Transmigrated into a 1970s Novel: The Vicious Military Wife Has Made Something of Herself

Su Ya, a highly skilled forensic doctor from the modern era, dies after being stabbed thirty-eight times by a criminal she helped convict. She awakens in the body of a malicious supporting character in a 1970s military marriage novel. The original host, also named Su Ya, had traveled to the remote border to confront her estranged husband, Captain Lu Xiao, driven by obsessive resentment over his frequent absences. In the novel’s original plot, Lu Xiao is captured and killed due to the distraction caused by his wife’s arrival, leading to the original Su Ya’s kidnapping and brutal murder. Determined to avoid this tragic fate, Su Ya resolves to use her professional expertise to survive and thrive, treating men as secondary to her career ambitions.

Shortly after arriving in the mountains, Su Ya encounters a crime scene where local police are struggling with a decomposed corpse. The municipal forensic doctor, Liu Ming, is incompetent and dismissive, while Director Gu Changzheng is under pressure to solve the case before the arrival of a senior expert from the provincial capital. Recognizing an opportunity to change her job and escape her doomed role, Su Ya insists on performing the autopsy. Despite Liu Ming’s contempt and Lu Xiao’s initial skepticism, Gu Changzheng permits her to proceed. Su Ya demonstrates exceptional skill, deducing critical details about the crime scene, time of death, and the victim’s lifestyle solely through observation, shocking the local authorities with her professionalism.

As the investigation progresses, Su Ya identifies that the victim’s residence, located in a dilapidated house halfway up the mountain, is at risk of being destroyed by impending heavy rain. She ventures into the storm to secure evidence, suffering a severe ankle sprain in the process. Lu Xiao, who had initially returned to base, realizes she is missing and leads a search party. He finds her sheltered in a cave, half-dressed and shivering. Instead of abandoning her, he carries her down the mountain, tends to her injury, and stays by her side, marking a significant shift in their previously cold relationship. Su Ya successfully recovers the key evidence—fingerprints on a torn newspaper—before the rain destroys the crime scene.

The case is solved, revealing that the victim, a financial officer, was murdered by her accomplice in embezzlement after a dispute over profit distribution. Su Ya’s work impresses Lin Wenguang, the senior forensic expert from Shanghai, who offers her a position as his apprentice at the provincial public security bureau. Su Ya accepts the offer, securing her career path and distancing herself from the dangerous domestic situation in the military compound. Lu Xiao, having witnessed her competence and dedication, begins to reconsider his perceptions of her, taking responsibility for his past neglect and attempting to rebuild their connection. The story concludes with Su Ya leaving for the provincial capital, having successfully altered her fate through professional achievement, while Lu Xiao follows, signaling the beginning of a complex reconciliation between the two.