Hu Yufeng had always been skeptical about fortune-telling, but her family's elders insisted on consulting people to analyze her future based on her birthday characters. They delved into everything from her longevity to her potential for marriage. When she graduated from college, a fortune-teller made a startling prediction - her peach blossom luck was destined to be extraordinary, with suitors lining up from one street to another.
From the age of nineteen to twenty-nine, Hu Yufeng experienced several passionate romances. Each one was etched deeply in her memory. These encounters were so captivating that they could have been transformed into standalone romantic novels. Her dating stories even became a source of inspiration for her mother's own romance books.
Tragically, Hu Yufeng's mother had suffered from cancer and passed away. On that very day, her mother published her final book, which seemed far removed from Hu Yufeng's own experiences. Hu Yufeng despised the novel, resentful that her mother had never mentioned it to her.
She only discovered its existence when it went viral, but what caught her attention wasn't her name as the protagonist. Instead, she was cast as the stepmother of the story's villain. Despite her successful career as a scientist, advocating for food conservation, animal and environmental protection, and conducting research on sustainable food crops, reading her mother's novels reminded her of how her life seemed to progress smoothly yet lacked the 'happily ever after' she yearned for.
Her last boyfriend, a prominent entrepreneur who owned a space exploration company, planned to propose to her in a magical floating cloud surrounded by the stars. He provided her with an address where he would be waiting for her answer. Tragically, before she could even step foot outside the gates of the Science Institute of Research and Food Technology (SIRFT), Hu Yufeng succumbed to food poisoning.
To her shock, she discovered that her mentor, the person who had guided her throughout the years, was responsible for her untimely death. This individual coveted her life and the groundbreaking research projects she had been working on. Hu Yufeng couldn't comprehend if she was too lucky or should never have died.
In a strange turn of events, she found herself inhabiting the body of someone who bore an uncanny resemblance to her, sharing the same name and surname. Soon, she unraveled the intricate details and deduced that she had somehow become a character within a novel. As she delved deeper into this realization, she discovered that her current existence was a part of her mother's unpredictable story, as if her life had become an extension of the fictional world her mother had created.
To her dismay, the story held little appeal for her. The protagonist was an extroverted, all-magical transfer student determined to dominate the academy by challenging societal norms. On the other hand, the male lead was a ruthless character and a school tyrant notorious for his poor academic performance.
After countless misunderstandings, the two protagonists eventually found their way into each other's arms, creating a beautiful love story that spanned from their school days to commanding the military and battling Zergs across the galaxy, all the way to donning exquisite wedding dresses.
Hu Yufeng found herself disinterested in this cliché campus romance narrative. Fortunately, the novel was not particularly long, with only a few hundred thousand words in its entirety. However, what she never could have anticipated was that she would somehow become entwined with the book itself.
Perhaps even the divine forces deemed it unreasonable for her twenty-nine-year-old soul to inhabit the body of a primary school student. Consequently, she neither assumed the role of the heroine nor a schoolgirl capable of launching attacks, retreats, and defenses. Instead, she found herself cast as the stepmother of the main villain.
In the novel, her mother, the author, meticulously describes the statuses and backgrounds of both protagonists and the villain's families. The male lead's father, a self-made businessman, possessed a name that adorned the rich list of the entire galaxy, while his mother belonged to the royal family. The male protagonist's parents were portrayed as a powerful couple, deeply in love with each other.
Conversely, the female lead hailed from a destitute background on a garbage star. Her parents had tragically passed away, and her natal family had abandoned her at a tender age. Through sheer determination and hard work, she managed to rise above her circumstances.
However, readers were also aware that she possessed a unique ability or "golden finger" that allowed her to manipulate events in her favor. Her ultimate goal was to command authority and soar high, exerting control over the galaxy.
In stark contrast, the main villain was depicted as the most formidable character in the novel—a gifted youth whose appearance was graced by the heavens. His father, the admiral of the galaxy, held immense power within his grasp. On the surface, he seemed to have everything needed for a joyous childhood, but tragedy struck when his mother died in an accident involving the male lead's own mother, who happened to be her twin sister.
Hu Yufeng grappled with the inexplicable fate that had entangled her in this novel. As the stepmother of the main villain, she held a unique perspective on the story's events. Determined to uncover the truth behind her presence in this fictional world, she embarked on a journey to untangle the intricate threads that bound her to the narrative.
Little did she know that her presence within the story would lead her on a path of self-discovery as she confronted the deep-seated secrets and hidden motives lurking beneath the surface of this seemingly cliché tale. Determined to make sense of her circumstances and find a way back to her own reality, Hu Yufeng embarked on a quest to challenge the boundaries of her existence, determined to rewrite her destiny and uncover the truth behind her mother's final novel.
"As long as I dress up as a character, I will know how she ended. But Mom really wanted me to suffer. The character I wore suddenly became the villain's stepmother! A person who had fewer appearances, more secrets, and less description. How will I live? They don't even have good food here!"