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Book of Yesterday free

Book of Yesterday

Translator: Enci

ongoing Drama Historical Josei
#Devoted Love Interest #Doting Love Interest #Second Chance

Shen Shuyue never imagined that when she finally heard news of Pei Guangji again after many years, it would be of his death. Even less did she expect that alongside the news of his death came another revelation: originally, the very next day, he was supposed to come to her home to propose marriage. Was fate really playing such a cruel trick on her? Had she known that he had also secretly admired her for years—when they spent their youth together day after day—they should have become a wedded couple long ago, sparing them all of these present twists and turns. Transported back eight years in time, Shen Shuyue looks at a Pei Guangji who doesn't even know her yet, and decides to exert just a little bit of charm to win him over early. Seven flowers, seven chances to return to the past. Shen Shuyue used only a single flower to win Pei Guangji over. Yet she used up every single flower, and still couldn't save him. — "If I can no longer see the yesterday's you, I will never be able to walk forward into tomorrow with peace." — "I know that fate lies before me, but behind me is you." Reading Notes: ‱ Primarily romance, supplemented by suspenseful court politics/strategy. Happy Ending (HE); sweetness outweighs angst. ‱ Fictional background with many custom settings; please do not treat it as historically accurate.

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Blessings Upon This Concubine free

Blessings Upon This Concubine

Translator: MJ

ongoing Drama Historical Josei
#Acting #Female Protagonist #Marriage

A Drama-Prone, Fussy Concubine × An Endlessly Tolerant, Devoted Young Master] (An ancient-setting romance full of mutual pampering + a heroine who imagines people are plotting against her + a twist on the usual tropes, with no inner-household power struggles) There is a reason she is worth twenty taels of silver. The moment Madam Duan saw her, she decided the girl would be good at bearing children! After entering the household as a concubine, her task is to give the Duan family descendants and prevent their line from dying out. The young master is prone to worrying and hard to coax. She speaks softly, flirts gently, and treats him with every tenderness. She makes his ears flush red and leaves him dazed with desire; his body proves more honest than his words. The man who used to hide whenever he saw her now holds her in his arms every night and refuses to let go. She had expected to face a jealous young madam. But where was the promised household intrigue? Where was the battle between wife and concubine? In the end, she was the only one putting on a one-woman show. Coaxed, cherished, and indulged, she sails smoothly through life, blessed with many children and much good fortune. When she suddenly looks back, she realizes that she has somehow become the very person she once never dared to imagine becoming. A life of complete fulfillment. Oh, wait. There is still a hyper-aggressive biological father who appeared out of nowhere, took to banditry, and needs to be dealt with. The key point—everyone else is honest and straightforward. She's the only black-sesame tangyuan: sweet on the outside, with a dark heart hidden inside.

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After Her Arrest, the Big Shot Took Her to the Civil Affairs Bureau mixed

After Her Arrest, the Big Shot Took Her to the Civil Affairs Bureau

Translator: Mr.v

ongoing Drama Josei Romance
#Female Protagonist #Arranged Marriage #Marriage

On the day she was supposed to register her marriage, her fiancé learned that his family's neighborhood was slated for demolition and relocation, and he broke off their engagement on the spot. Her best friend took her out to celebrate her newfound singlehood, but after getting drunk, she woke up to find a police officer forcing her to get married. "Sorry, my family comes from the countryside, and our circumstances aren't very good." "It's fine. My income isn't stable either, so please bear with me in the future." Who could have guessed that her younger brother, who lazed around at home all day doing nothing, actually held dozens of patents and possessed a fortune worth several billion yuan? Her birth mother and adoptive father, who supposedly knew nothing but farming, turned out to be agricultural tycoons whose farmlands spanned the entire country! Her biological father was none other than the chairman of her own company, and he wanted to hand the business over to her. Her husband, assigned to her by the government, stared at her in disbelief. "This is what you called poor family circumstances?" She pointed at the young big shot speaking on television. "And this is what you called starting a business with unstable income?" The young big shot fell silent in embarrassment, thinking to himself: He might earn ten billion yuan a year, or he might earn a hundred billion yuan. Wasn't that what unstable income meant?

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Tempting Him to Lose Control free

Tempting Him to Lose Control

Translator: vhunter

ongoing Drama Josei Mature
#Female Protagonist #Marriage #Beautiful Female Lead

That night, Zhou Muyuan gripped her waist and kissed her again and again... After being abandoned by the boyfriend she had loved for seven years, Jiang Qingyue neither cried nor made a scene. Instead, she set her sights on the younger paternal uncle of her ex-boyfriend’s fiancĂ©e. She lowered her neckline, flashed a glimpse of her slender waist, and clung to the tall man’s frame. “Doctor Zhou, marry me. I can help you study the human body.” The man refused coldly. “Miss Jiang, please show some self-respect.” Jiang Qingyue was undeterred. She flirted with him again and again, but the calm, self-controlled man remained unmoved. She decisively gave up and decided to marry someone else. On her wedding day, the man burst in and pinned her in the dressing room. “How dare you marry someone else?” “Doctor Zhou wouldn’t marry me. Am I not allowed to marry someone else?” His eyes reddened with anger, and he smiled through gritted teeth. “Fine. Didn’t you want to study the human body? Then let’s do it right now!” That night, Zhou Muyuan gripped her waist and kissed her again and again... Outsiders said that by marrying Zhou Muyuan, Jiang Qingyue had married above her station. Only Zhou Muyuan knew that he had been the one to overcome obstacle after obstacle and humble himself for love.

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The Omnipotent Heiress: The Black-Bellied Little Divine Doctor Is the Darling of the Wealthy Family mixed

The Omnipotent Heiress: The Black-Bellied Little Divine Doctor Is the Darling of the Wealthy Family

Translator: kara

ongoing Drama Josei Mystery
#Female Protagonist #Betrayal #Bullying

She grew up in the countryside with her grandmother. Her father never valued her, her stepmother wanted to control her, and her stepsister without any blood relation constantly tried to outshine her. Her half-brother was provoked into opposing her, while the young heirs and heiresses of the wealthy families looked down on her and refused to associate with her. But she... attends a wealthy family's banquet and sits at the table with the most revered elders. The powerful scramble to establish connections with her. International powerhouses spend fortunes just for the chance to meet her. He is the youngest heir of a mysterious family in Jing City, devilishly handsome, unimaginably wealthy, cold-hearted, and indifferent toward others. Until he meets her, that is—the persona of the mysterious Young Master Lu completely falls apart.

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125

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I Became a Dangerous Wife mixed

I Became a Dangerous Wife

Translator: Enci

completed Drama Josei Psychological
#Female Protagonist

Crossing over was already miserable enough, but I never expected to transmigrate into a Japanese housewife. Not only do I have to play a daily battle of wits with a bratty kid, but I also have to exchange pleasantries and "brew tea" with Japanese housewives who put on a full face of makeup just to take out the trash. To make matters even worse, my real husband has been replaced by a notorious serial killer! He disguised himself as my husband, stole his identity, and is currently living with me. How could this be... Not wanting to become his next victim, I pulled off a series of desperate moves, but the serial killer has somehow gradually fallen in love with me, as if he genuinely intends to become my real husband. All I know is that I must escape from his grasp and bring him to justice.

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147

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217

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Marrying the Grand Secretary

Translator: Mr.v

ongoing Drama Historical Josei
#Adultery #Female Protagonist #Ancient China

In her previous life, Su Qingluo was the daughter of Jinling's wealthiest man. After her parents died young, she had no choice but to seek refuge with her maternal grandmother's family in the capital, where she became engaged to her cousin, Lu Yan. Little did she know that Lu Yan kept a woman on the side, ultimately causing her and her unborn child to die together. In this life, Su Qingluo is determined to break off her engagement to Lu Yan, only to be forced by her aunt to marry an unscrupulous thug. Just when she has no idea what to do, Grand Secretary Lu Hengzhi suddenly proposes that they enter into a sham marriage. Everyone in the capital knows that Lu Hengzhi is aloof and noble, ruthless and merciless, and utterly uninterested in women. Rumor has it that a maid once tried to seduce him and was immediately executed. With an indifferent expression, Lu Hengzhi says, “You and I will marry for our own purposes. After three to five years, I’ll set you free.” With nowhere else to turn, Su Qingluo grits her teeth and agrees. Yet not long after their wedding, Lu Hengzhi pulls her into his arms. Her voice changes pitch. “I thought this was supposed to be a sham marriage
” Lu Hengzhi raises an eyebrow. “What’s wrong with making it real?”

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Marrying Up For The Rest Of My Life free

Marrying Up For The Rest Of My Life

Translator: eya

ongoing Drama Josei Mature
#Marriage #Beautiful Female Lead #Betrayal

Rong Zheng never imagined that one day she would find herself in her ex-husband’s older brother’s arms, caught in an entanglement she couldn’t escape. Rong Zheng was a psychologist. During an online consultation, she met a patient who claimed to be a mistress. It was only later that Rong Zheng discovered the truth—this “mistress” had been sleeping with her own husband. The worse is she had even given birth to his illegitimate child. Without hesitation, Rong Zheng divorced him. She took her daughter and left Jiangcheng for the capital, where she threw herself into academic research. She started as a newcomer at a hospital. Year by year, she climbed her way up. Eventually, she became an internationally renowned professor and authority in psychiatry and psychology. She was the youngest rising star in the medical field. Throughout those years, the man who stood at the top of power in the capital had been quietly protecting her. He always appeared in her life as her daughter’s “uncle.” One day, Rong Zheng brought him her award trophy to express her gratitude. “Big Brother, thank you for all your support over the years.” She never expected that the man—who had always kept his distance from women—would suddenly wrap an arm around her waist. His voice was low and husky. “How are you going to thank me?” Rong Zheng’s eyes widened in shock. Her heart trembled, and she couldn’t utter a single word. “How about pledging yourself to me?” The man lowered his head and whispered hoarsely beside her ear. Rong Zheng never imagined that she would end up in her ex-husband’s older brother’s arms, completely unable to escape his intense embrace. Later, with reddened eyes, she asked him, “You don’t mind that I’m divorced and have a child?” “Your divorce wasn’t your fault,” he said. A trace of tenderness softened his usually stern features. “As for the child
 why would I dislike my own child?” Rong Zheng: “

” *Thunderstruck!* Someone, please tell her—she was clearly pregnant with her ex-husband’s child. So how had that child somehow become her ex-husband’s older brother’s?

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You Sent Me to an Island—Now That You’ve Married Your New Love, Why Are You Kneeling? free

You Sent Me to an Island—Now That You’ve Married Your New Love, Why Are You Kneeling?

Translator: Etherna garcia

ongoing Drama Josei Romance
#Abusive Characters #Family Business #Love Triangles

A fallen heiress returns with a new face, a husband-chasing-ex’s hell to pay, a new male lead taking the stage, face-slapping revenge, hidden identities, and a battlefield of tangled relationships. Framed by the beloved woman her fiancĂ© treasured, she became the target of everyone’s accusations, including those of her own fiancĂ©, Shen Xiuhan. He forcibly sent her to Xiude Women's Academy, an isolated school on an island, to be disciplined. There, she was forced to live as a slave. She ate moldy steamed buns, was beaten with whips, stabbed with needles, and tortured until she no longer looked human. Once weighing 150 jin, she was reduced to just 70 jin. After a devastating fire, she faked her death and escaped that hellish academy. When she returned to the Shen family, she had taken on a new identity—and a new face. There was no longer any longing or love for Shen Xiuhan in her eyes, only coldness and disgust. No one knew that the girl everyone looked down on was actually fluent in eight languages. The European royal family specifically requested her as an interpreter for a banquet. Consulates from multiple countries competed to invite her to serve as their resident expert. Even powerful foreign aristocrats came to her door in person. Those who had once despised her were all left speechless, each of them eager to curry favor with her. Her cold-blooded father begged her to save the family business. Save it? When he rejected her calls for help back then, did he ever imagine that he would end up in such a state today? The man who had once tortured her was also drawn to her mysterious aura. After the truth was revealed, the aloof man knelt at her feet and begged humbly, “Tangtang, could you
 love me one more time?” “Love? It would be better scattered to the wind!” The Shen family’s second young master, Shen Moyan—dashing and charming, noble and otherworldly—stood with his bathrobe half open, an arm around Mu Ruotang. He kicked Shen Xiuhan, who was kneeling on the floor, aside. “Big brother, belated affection is cheaper than grass! The person who was engaged to her from beginning to end was me. Go stay wherever it’s cool!”

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The Salted Fish Marries a Playboy free

The Salted Fish Marries a Playboy

Translator: Mr.v

completed Transmigration Historical Josei
#Female Protagonist #Ancient China #Arranged Marriage

The rating has just opened and will rise. [Marriage First, Love Later + Warm Daily Life + One-on-One Romance, Both Pure] Yu Lingchun suddenly dies in her previous life and transmigrates to ancient times, becoming the daughter of a minor official. Though her father holds a low position, his ambitions are anything but small. He is determined to marry his daughter to the son of an earl—the notorious playboy of Bianjing. He excels at chasing cats and teasing dogs, eating, drinking, and having fun, driving his daughter to starve herself and take her own life before Yu Lingchun transmigrates into her body. After dying suddenly in her previous life, all Yu Lingchun wants in this life is to be a salted fish—to live lazily and without ambition. So what if her husband is a playboy? Once she marries him, she will be the Young Madam of the Earl's Residence. With money and free time at her disposal, how could she not live well? As for love—why would she expect romance in ancient times? Wouldn't it be better to simply enjoy her own life? After Yu Lingchun marries into the earl's household, her mother-in-law is kind, the elders dote on her, and her sisters-in-law get along harmoniously. The only exception is that playboy, who takes an instant dislike to her and does not even show up on their wedding night! Yu Lingchun does not care in the slightest. She admires flowers in spring, gathers lotus flowers in summer, enjoys autumn outings, and eats hot pot in winter. Every day is carefree and blissful. Who could have guessed that the playboy would suddenly go mad and start saying that he wanted to improve himself—and even earn her an imperial honorific? — At first, when he heard that his parents had arranged a marriage for him, with a dignified and virtuous young lady from a prominent family as his fiancĂ©e, He Zhaoran refused outright. He hated women whose lives were bound by rules. They might be beautiful, but they were like paintings—fragrance-free, flavorless, and unbearably dull. Later, when he was kneeling on abacus beads while clutching a pillow, begging his wife to open the door and let him into her room, he wished he could return and slap his younger self across the face. What did he mean by fragrance-free and flavorless? His wife was clearly the most beautiful woman in the world, peerless under heaven! Highlight: This is not a dominant female-lead story or a strong-female-lead story, but a lighthearted slice-of-life novel about eating, drinking, and enjoying everyday life.

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160

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Rejected by My In-Laws, Refused by My Birth Family: I Rise from Adversity in Style! free

Rejected by My In-Laws, Refused by My Birth Family: I Rise from Adversity in Style!

Translator: Zee

ongoing Transmigration Drama Fantasy
#Abusive Characters #Adultery #Female Protagonist

Magical space + supermarket + an unapologetically strong female lead + no romance. She catches adultery in two lifetimes: in her previous life, she catches her father cheating; after being reborn, she catches her husband betraying her. Was she sent into this world just to expose cheaters? Liu Siyue discovers that her father is keeping a mistress and has an illegitimate son. When she clashes with the Mistress, her father grabs and shoves her, causing her to fall and be struck by a car. When she wakes again, she finds herself in a strange place surrounded by unfamiliar faces speaking words of concern. She soon realizes that her consciousness has entered the body of a woman named Liu Siyue. Liu Siyue was sold by her parents to the Lu Family in a neighboring village as a child bride. She was only eight when she was taken away, and her parents told her, “The moment you leave the Liu Family today, you will no longer be one of us.” At her in-laws’ home, she was treated like livestock, forced to work endlessly while being given barely enough to eat. By chance, she catches her husband having an affair with the Elder Sister-in-law. The shock causes Liu Siyue to go into premature labor and give birth to a daughter. The Lu Family then falsely accuses her of having an affair, claiming that the child is not the Younger Brother-in-law’s. Lu Yunzhou gives her a divorce letter and orders her to take the daughter she gave birth to—their so-called burden—and get out. She carries her daughter back to her Birth Family, only to be driven away by her Father and Mother and her Brothers and Sisters-in-law. Completely heartbroken, she considers ending her life. She stands at the Earthen Cliff by the village entrance, gazing at the place where she grew up. Unexpectedly, the earth beneath her feet gives way, and she tumbles down the slope. Passing villagers rescue her and take her to her Birth Family, but after they refuse to keep her, they send her and her daughter to Second Uncle’s household, where the pair are taken in. Moved by Heaven’s compassion, she is gifted a magical space accompanied by a Supermarket. Heaven is surprisingly adorable. Given another chance at life, she vows never to waste it. Watch as she changes her fate, helps Second Uncle build a prosperous life, takes revenge on the Lu Family, and humiliates her Birth Family. There is plenty of good fortune to go around—but her Birth Family will not get so much as a sip of the soup.

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Reborn in the 1980s: The Fake Daughter Marries a Tough Man in the Countryside free

Reborn in the 1980s: The Fake Daughter Marries a Tough Man in the Countryside

Translator: Zee

ongoing Transmigration Drama Josei
#Adopted Children #Female Protagonist #Marriage

Lin An'an had lived a smooth and privileged life in the Lin family for twenty years when she suddenly discovered that she was not their biological daughter. Her adoptive parents threw her out, her fiancé abandoned her, and she followed the scumbag man to the south, only to be sold to pay off his debts. After losing both her innocence and her heart, she met a tragic end and spent the first half of her life in misery. When she opened her eyes again, Lin An'an had been reborn on the very day her true identity was exposed. She was still cast out and still faced the same circumstances, but this time, she made a different choice. Resolutely returning to the countryside to live with her biological mother, she refused to repeat the mistakes of her past life. She broke off her engagement, slapped down the hypocritical white lotus who had switched identities with her, started a business, married a high-quality man, and gave birth to several children. She turned a terrible hand into a royal flush and made a flawless comeback.

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The Emperor's Regret free

The Emperor's Regret

Translator: Neila31

completed Drama Historical Josei
#Female Protagonist #Ancient China #Marriage

On the day Shaoyin returned to the capital after being widowed, nearly everyone in the capital believed she had come back for the current emperor, Xiao Heng. Everyone knew that Xue Shaoyin, the Empress's niece, had been infatuated with her maternal cousin, Crown Prince Xiao Heng, since childhood. They also knew that while she loved him, he had never returned her feelings. It was said that when the Crown Prince reached marriageable age, he personally removed Xue Shaoyin's name from the list of marriage candidates. Shaoyin threw a fit over it, ultimately enraging Emperor Chengzong, who ordered her to marry into a distant land and sent the clingy nuisance away for his son. Five years later, the Crown Prince Xiao Heng had already been enthroned for several years, while Xue Shaoyin, who had been married off far away, had become a widow. When she returned to her homeland after her husband's death, everyone assumed she would continue pestering Xiao Heng as she had in the past. The noble ladies competing for the position of Empress also regarded her as a formidable threat. Yet almost no one knew that Shaoyin had been the one to request the distant marriage. By the time Xiao Heng personally crossed out her name in front of her, there had not been even the slightest place for him left in her heart. Now, her heart belonged only to her late husband. In truth, it was the emperor secluded deep within the palace who had finally come to his senses and regretted everything night after night. Emperor Xiao Heng believed that Shaoyin's return could restore everything to the way it had been, never realizing that she already had an eternal white moonlight in her heart. Even as the Son of Heaven, there were things beyond his reach. In this world, no one could ever defeat a dead man in love. [The emperor grovels after losing his wife; the male lead's harem is merely for show, while the female lead's marriage to her late husband was a real marriage.]

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49

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Spring Affairs in the Marquis's Household free

Spring Affairs in the Marquis's Household

Translator: Mr.v

completed Drama Historical Josei
#Female Protagonist #Arranged Marriage #Marriage

After years of marriage, Cui Lingrong had always believed herself to be happy. Her husband was respectful, she had a son and a daughter, and the household accounts were firmly in her hands. She had once thought that Song Shulan was merely devoted to his official career and indifferent to romance, but that his heart was always in tune with hers. It was not until she returned home from mourning that she discovered Song Shulan had already taken an Equal Wife. Her mother-in-law said, "You should be magnanimous." Song Shulan said, "It was necessary for my career." She lowered her eyes and swallowed all her bitterness into silence. But on a rainy night, she learned that this Equal Wife was the moonlight of Song Shulan's youth that he could never attain—and that she herself was merely a fitting ornament placed at the right moment in his life. So, in the year she was conferred the Noblewoman Title, Cui Lingrong proposed a Mutual Divorce. ~Song Shulan had never imagined that his proper, rule-abiding first wife would reveal such an expression in another man's arms—her cheeks flushed, her eyes shimmering with allure, a vivacity and charm he had never seen before. He lost control and stepped forward to confront her, only to see her calmly gather her collar, the loose neckline revealing glaring marks. "Song Daren," her voice was light and cold, "you and I are already strangers. What right do you have to question me?"

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365

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My Mom is the Period Drama Boss's White Moonlight free

My Mom is the Period Drama Boss's White Moonlight

Translator: Zee

ongoing Drama Historical Josei
#Female Protagonist #Marriage #Business Management

[Main Story Completed~ Gentle single mother x Ruthless live-in boss | Broken mirror mended | Child-rearing | Food | Daily life] Lin Meiyan is mild-tempered, gentle, and beautiful. Keeping a small restaurant with her five-year-old daughter, she is a single mother whom people scramble to introduce potential suitors to. To this, Lin Meiyan merely laughs it off. That is, until her daughter is abducted. Her happy life suddenly collapses, and at her wits' end, she remembers the words of an old educated youth. The ex-boyfriend she abandoned years ago to return to the city has now become a prominent figure in Jiangcheng. Late that night, Lin Meiyan dialed the number in her memory that she had never called before. The call was answered instantly. Her voice trembled as she said, "Yu Jianghai, my daughter is missing." Yu Jianghai was born into a distinguished and noble family. Peerlessly handsome, he was a true "chosen son of heaven." When he fell from grace into the mud, he suffered the coldness of the world. After his name was cleared, relying on his precise vision and ruthless methods, he became the CEO of Jianghai Real Estate within just a few years—a diamond bachelor far beyond the reach of anyone in Jiangcheng. He was perfect in every way, except he never spoke of his experience being sent down to the countryside years ago, and he avoided women and marriage like the plague. Everyone thought he had severed all emotions and was destined to remain alone. Until one late night, he received a phone call. Later, the entire city of Jiangcheng knew that the daughter of the Jianghai Real Estate owner was missing. After the daughter was found, Lin Meiyan finally agreed to go on a blind date. At that time: Lin Meiyan's date was a worker at a state-owned enterprise, over thirty years old, a widower with one son. Lin Meiyan said, "I'm not marrying into another family; I'm only looking for a husband to marry into mine." The man left, muttering curses. Lin Meiyan sighed softly and closed her blind date notebook. Just as she was about to turn and leave, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by a fierce and imposing man at the next table. The man lowered his eyes, his voice low and raspy, "I won't take a wife; I will only marry into yours." "Do... you want me?" Years later, during a reunion of the educated youth who had served in the countryside, a friend tried to stand up for Yu Jianghai: "She abandoned you back then to return to the city. How do you plan to get revenge on her?" Yu Jianghai replied, "By marrying into her family." [Gentle and radiant beauty but strong-willed single mother × Ruthless boss who has been plotting for a long time to win her back] PS: Paragraph comments are open, welcome to join the fun~

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