When The Pretty Wife Acts Coy, Even a Tough ’70s Military Officer Loses His Soul.

Shu Nian was a squad leader in the 33rd century on Blue Star, surviving a zombie apocalypse caused by a mysterious virus that turned seventy percent of the population into flesh-eating monsters. During a final battle against the Zombie King, her team was wiped out when the creature self-destructed. Shu Nian lost consciousness and woke up in a different time and body. She had transmigrated into the body of a woman named Shu Nian in the 1970s, living in a military compound in northern China. The original owner of this body was the wife of Nie Minglang, a tall, broad-shouldered battalion commander. The original Shu Nian was known for her beauty but also for her shameless flirtation with other men, despite being married to Nie Minglang for three years. She had slept in a separate room from her husband and treated him with disdain, often chasing after men she considered more attractive, including a village bad boy named Erlaizi and various soldiers in the compound.

Upon integrating the memories, Shu Nian realized she was in immediate danger. Nie Minglang had caught her flirting with another soldier and dragged her home, where he confronted her with fury. Shu Nian attempted to explain that it was a misunderstanding, claiming she had only borrowed salt and twisted her ankle, but Nie Minglang refused to believe her. The social atmosphere in the compound was hostile; other military wives openly mocked and insulted her, calling her a vixen and a slut. Shu Nian discovered that she had retained her wood-type supernatural abilities from her previous life, which had strengthened her physical body and senses, but she kept this secret to avoid scrutiny. Her primary goal was to survive in this peaceful era, which was far superior to the hellscape she had left behind, and to avoid being divorced and sent back to the remote village where life was difficult.

Nie Minglang, having reached his limit, decided to end the marriage. He consulted his superiors and received approval for a divorce. One morning, he took Shu Nian to process the divorce papers, intending to set her free. During the walk, he asked her why she had always despised him, but Shu Nian remained silent, unwilling to admit that the original owner had found his handsome face ugly. Halfway through, they were interrupted by news that children had fallen through the ice of a nearby river. Nie Minglang rushed to the scene and rescued a boy named Gouer, who had been in the freezing water for too long. The child was unconscious, with blue lips and frozen limbs, and the local doctor declared there was little hope for survival.

Shu Nian, witnessing the child’s fading life force through her ability, decided to intervene. She fabricated a story about a life-saving pill given to her by an old doctor, claiming it could keep a person alive even on their last breath. To prove the medicine was safe, she swallowed half of a black pill she had prepared herself. Nie Minglang, skeptical but desperate, allowed her to administer the remaining half to Gouer. As she fed the child, Shu Nian secretly used her wood-type energy to sustain his vital signs. However, the child began to twitch and develop a high fever, a reaction caused by his body rejecting the supernatural energy. Feng Li, a influential woman in the compound, and Du Chunhua, Shu Nian’s so-called friend, seized the opportunity to accuse Shu Nian of murder, claiming she had poisoned the child. The crowd turned against her, shouting for her to be punished. Shu Nian ignored the accusations and focused on lowering the child’s fever, determined to save the boy’s life despite the hostility surrounding her.