"You don't need to jump in a river to force a divorce. If you want one, we'll go handle the paperwork this week."
In a dilapidated old building, a man in formal attire stood there.
His face was handsome, but a shallow scar ran across his left eyebrow.
Song Qingya had just opened her eyes, still groggy and not yet fully awake.
When she heard the unfamiliar voice, she flinched instinctively.
This small gesture, however, deeply stung the man's heart.
He frowned slightly, a bitter smile touching his lips.
"You're still that afraid of me."
There was a hint of bitterness in Fei Jin's voice.
They had been married for just three months.
But his new wife was already desperate to divorce him and get back together with the man she had loved before.
From his perspective, he had done his best to treat her well, granting her almost every request.
But strangely, every time she saw him, she was like a mouse that had seen a cat.
Seeing her reaction, Fei Jin's attitude grew even colder.
"Song Qingya, you don't have to be like this. Since I've already promised you, I won't touch you."
The entire room seemed to fall frighteningly silent in an instant.
'No, it's not because I'm afraid of him...' Song Qingya thought to herself.
She had always been drawn to good-looking men and would never feel any aversion to a handsome face.
But by the time she realized this and tried to speak up and explain, the man had already turned and left.
A torrent of information suddenly flooded her mind, making Song Qingya feel a wave of dizziness.
It was only then that she realized.
She, a famous actress, had actually transmigrated into the show after pulling an all-nighter to read the script!
The rights to this period novel had just been bought for a television adaptation.
The online buzz around the show was immense.
Everyone was speculating about who would be cast as the female lead, Wen Xiuxiu.
As a famous actress, Song Qingya and her rival starlet were both top contenders for the role.
However, fate didn't seem to be on her side, and in the end, she didn't get to be the female lead.
She had become a minor character with the same name as her—the male lead's frail and sickly ex-wife.
What was originally an ordinary character had now intersected with her real-life identity due to some external forces.
A few days ago, when her agent got the script, he was so angry he was practically fuming.
"This is outrageous! According to the original script, the ex-wife's name was Song Ya. But because *she* has a good relationship with the screenwriter, they actually forced the name change to Song Qingya!"
He said, slamming his hand on the table.
"What does she gain from doing this?"
Hearing her agent's words, Song Qingya also felt puzzled, not understanding why the other party would do such a thing.
"To mess with you, of course! How many times has she set traps for you before?"
the agent replied, his face filled with rage.
Faced with this situation, and knowing bigger troubles might be waiting for her, the agent still decided she should accept a role in the show, just to make her rival suffer a defeat.
However, Song Qingya didn't like the characterization of the female lead, Wen Xiuxiu.
According to the script, Wen Xiuxiu had already started to have improper thoughts about the male lead while his marriage was still intact.
Not only did she show no restraint, but she also constantly manufactured "chance" encounters, trying to stir up trouble in the couple's fragile relationship.
In Song Qingya's eyes, this was, simply put, a homewrecker!
What puzzled her even more was that she felt the ex-wife character in the show wasn't a bad person at all, yet she had been deliberately shaped into a villain.
She had completely ruined her own happy life, which made her both infuriating and pitiful to watch.
'If only someone could have pulled her back at the critical moment.'
With that thought in mind, Song Qingya had been lamenting this just last night.
Who knew that in the blink of an eye after the thought, she would find herself inside this body, having become that very character.
In this era, graduating from middle school was considered a high level of education.
Therefore, the original owner of the body, being a high school student, had naturally developed a somewhat arrogant personality.
After being picky and choosy, she only realized she ought to get married after all her friends had already wed.
Thus, the original owner resolved to stage a "chance" encounter, hoping to catch Fei Jin's attention this way.
The plan was for Fei Jin to stumble upon her bathing while he was taking a walk by the river.
And as it turned out, Fei Jin was indeed an honest man.
After unexpectedly encountering such a scene, he went directly to the Song Family the very next day to propose marriage.
In the first few days of their marriage, despite the drastic change in her living environment, the original Song Qingya was still quite happy.
As the days went by, however,
when she discovered that her husband actually had a scar on his face, her mood instantly soured.
Right at that moment, an unexpected piece of news arrived.
It was news about the original Song Qingya's first love.
After learning all this, in order to pursue the love of her heart, she took the initiative to ask her husband for a divorce just a few days after getting married and decided to head to Yang City to chase after that love.
Fei Jin didn't agree, so she threatened to kill herself, finally managing to get a divorce agreement out of him.
The original novel didn't describe her ending in much detail.
Only that after the female lead became a wealthy madam, she would mention it nonchalantly to her children.
"Your father's ex-wife was really foolish. She thought she was boldly pursuing true love, but her lover turned around and sold her to a bachelor."
The original owner's fate after the divorce was extremely tragic.
After being forced to give birth to a daughter, she lived every day being beaten and cursed, leading an incredibly difficult life.
Before long, she chose to end her own life out of despair.
When she died, she was tightly clutching the letters her first love had written to her.
'So love-addled.'
Song Qingya lamented.
She had thrived in the entertainment industry precisely by dedicating herself to her career and never getting caught up in scandals.
To her, men were for having a little fun with occasionally, but she could never let herself truly fall for one.
Recalling the contents of the script, Song Qingya realized the timing of her transmigration was terrible.
The male lead had agreed to the divorce shortly after the original character's failed suicide attempt and return to her family's home.
From then on, the two of them never crossed paths again.
When the male lead had just left, her instinctive flinch had caused a misunderstanding, and she had no idea when he would be back.
'No, I have to go find him!'
'I need to hurry up and latch onto this big tree to get a firm foothold in this unfamiliar era.'
She looked around. The surrounding walls were mottled plaster, with a few old posters of babies stuck to them.
Song Qingya decided to stand up and move around a bit.
Unexpectedly, she accidentally kicked over a chamber pot, which made an especially loud noise.
"You good-for-nothing, what are you fidgeting for!"
A middle-aged woman burst in from outside, cursing non-stop.
"What did I do in my past life to deserve this? It was hard enough to marry you off, and now you've been sent back! Do you have any idea how much face I've lost? Where can I even show this old face of mine?!"