Cannon Fodder, But Starting to Go Crazy

On the day he was forced into marriage, Ruan Zhen awakened. He realized he was the cannon fodder stepmother in a melodramatic novel – after his husband’s death, he would be forcibly taken and humiliated by his stepsons, eventually becoming a broken ragdoll who dies on a freezing winter night. He wasn’t even the main character. So after his death, those executioners would continue living happily, carefree and lawless. Why should they? His dreams and dignity, body and future, even his soul – all trampled upon so wantonly – Ruan Zhen’s face turned pale as he listened to the butler’s disdainful voice: “After marriage, you’ll be the young madam of our Song family. Your monthly allowance wi...