Sweet Marriage in the ’70s: The Rugged Man Gets Flustered from Being Flirted With

An Lan was a brilliant student whose life was destroyed by a stolen future. Born to university professors in a prominent intellectual family, she was sent to the countryside during political purges to protect her from persecution. Despite her family's fall from grace, An Lan maintained her academic excellence, hoping to return to the city through the worker-peasant-soldier recommendation system or the college entrance exam. When the exam was reinstated, she scored 335, a result that should have secured her admission to a top university. However, she was told she had failed. In reality, her exam results were swapped by Bai Weiwei, a classmate who coveted An Lan’s life. Stripped of her future, An Lan was forced to remain in Yong’an Village, where she endured a miserable existence, marrying a paralyzed man and burying her in-laws and husband before dying in obscurity.

After her death, An Lan discovered she was a minor character in a novel, a cannon fodder whose only purpose was to provide the female lead, Bai Weiwei, with a jade pendant that contained a spiritual spring space. This space allowed Bai Weiwei to grow crops and beautify her appearance, launching her into stardom. Devastated by the revelation that her suffering was merely plot device for another’s glory, An Lan was reborn into her past, returning to the moment she first arrived in the countryside. She was bound to the Hey Xiu Hey Xiu System, which tasked her with rewriting the story’s outcome and weakening the heroine’s halo. Equipped with new abilities, including the power to transform her appearance and an item that forced others to speak the truth, An Lan resolved to reclaim her life and expose the injustices done to her.

Upon her return, An Lan immediately faced hostility from Li Yanli and Zhang Chunmei, who were manipulated by Bai Weiwei to sabotage her. They attempted to lure An Lan into a dangerous part of the mountain, intending to leave her to die among wild beasts. An Lan, however, was rescued by Huo Linyuan, a quiet and capable man from a poor family who had harbored unspoken feelings for her in her previous life. With the help of the mountain watchman and physical evidence, An Lan exposed the plot, turning the villagers’ sympathy against her accusers and securing a punishment for Li Yanli and Zhang Chunmei. This victory marked the first crack in Bai Weiwei’s seemingly perfect facade.

An Lan’s rebirth also allowed her to intercept the jade pendant that her parents had sent her, preventing Bai Weiwei from obtaining the spiritual space that had fueled her success. Without the pendant, Bai Weiwei’s advantages diminished, and An Lan began to systematically dismantle the support network that had sustained the female lead. She formed alliances with other characters who had been mistreated by Bai Weiwei, including Yao Chunjing, and used the system’s rewards to improve her living conditions and prepare for the future. Meanwhile, her relationship with Huo Linyuan deepened, as he became her steadfast protector and ally in her quest for justice.

The core conflict centers on An Lan’s determination to correct the wrongs of her past life while navigating the constraints of a world controlled by narrative forces. Bai Weiwei, aware of the changes, attempts to maintain her status through manipulation and deceit, but An Lan’s foreknowledge and system-assisted abilities give her the upper hand. As An Lan works to secure her own future, she also seeks to save those who suffered due to Bai Weiwei’s actions, including her parents, who are imprisoned in a labor camp. The story follows An Lan’s strategic efforts to rebuild her life, uncover the truth behind her stolen exam results, and ultimately confront the forces that sought to erase her existence.