Scumbag Husband Deceived Me into Marriage to Support His Whole Family; Reborn to Marry a Research Giant

Su Yiwei lived a life of quiet suffering, deceived by her husband Jiang Wentao and her adoptive sister Su Yirou. In her previous life, she was tortured, imprisoned in a mental asylum, and ultimately killed after discovering that Jiang Wentao had been having an affair with Su Yirou, who was also the biological daughter of her father. Before dying, Su Yiwei stabbed Su Yirou and Jiang Wentao, and in that moment of death, she was reborn. She opened her eyes to find herself back on March 12, 1986, the day her parents were arranging for her to marry Jiang Wentao, while Su Yirou was set to marry into the prestigious Huo family. However, Su Yiwei quickly realized that Jiang Wentao and Su Yirou had also been reborn. They remembered their past lives and were determined to repeat their scheme: Su Yirou would take Su Yiwei’s place in the wealthy Huo family, while Su Yiwei would be forced to marry the declining Jiang Wentao, only to be discarded later.

The core conflict centers on Su Yiwei’s struggle to survive and exact revenge without revealing her own rebirth. Jiang Wentao, believing he has the advantage, publicly declares his love for Su Yirou and demands that Su Yiwei relinquish her engagement to Huo Jingsheng, a brilliant young physics professor, so that Su Yirou can marry him instead. Su Yirou plays the role of the innocent, heartbroken woman, feigning reluctance to steal Su Yiwei’s fiancé. Su Yiwei, however, sees through their act. She pretends to be a heartbroken, submissive woman who is devastated by the loss of her love for Jiang Wentao. This performance convinces Jiang Wentao that she is still deeply in love with him and that he can manipulate her as he did in their previous life. He believes that by forcing her to marry Huo Jingsheng, he is doing her a favor, while secretly planning to keep Su Yiwei as a mistress after Huo Jingsheng’s eventual death.

A key turning point occurs when Su Yiwei’s second brother, Su Haohan, returns home. Unlike in her previous life, where she remained passive and trusting, Su Yiwei now confronts Su Yirou directly. When Su Yirou attempts to manipulate Su Haohan by playing the victim, Su Yiwei slaps her repeatedly, exposing Su Yirou’s true nature. Su Haohan, furious at Su Yirou’s hypocrisy, beats Jiang Wentao and defends his sister. This public confrontation shifts the family dynamics, with Su Yiwei gaining the support of her biological brothers. Su Yirou and Jiang Wentao are forced to retreat, but their hatred for Su Yiwei intensifies. They realize that Su Yiwei’s behavior has changed, suspecting she might also be reborn, but they cannot confirm it.

Meanwhile, Huo Jingsheng, the genius professor, is revealed to have a deep, lifelong connection to Su Yiwei. As a child, he was bullied in the countryside, and Su Yiwei, then a young girl, protected him. He has loved her since he was five years old and actively sought the engagement, believing it was his duty to care for her. When he learns that the engagement has been swapped back to Su Yiwei, he is overjoyed, viewing it as fate correcting itself. He orders his assistants to prepare the highest standard of betrothal gifts, determined to marry her. Su Yiwei, however, remains unaware of Huo Jingsheng’s true feelings and his identity as her childhood protector. She views the marriage to him as a burden she must endure to avoid suspicion.

The story direction moves toward Su Yiwei’s strategic retaliation. She accepts the engagement to Huo Jingsheng, not out of love, but as a means to secure her independence and distance herself from Jiang Wentao. She plans to use her brothers’ support and her own wits to dismantle the schemes of Su Yirou and Jiang Wentao. Su Yirou, desperate to maintain her status, continues to plot against Su Yiwei, while Jiang Wentao remains confident that he can control both women. The narrative sets the stage for a complex battle of wits, with Su Yiwei aiming to expose the truth about the swapped identities and the betrayals of her past life, ultimately seeking justice and a life free from their manipulation.