Eighty-Eight Blind Dates

Thirty-three-year-old Zhao Dayong is an honest, hardworking farmer from the village. Over the past eight years, he has gone on eighty-eight blind dates, and every single one ended in failure. The villagers tease him by calling him "Zhao Eighty-Eight." After hitting one obstacle after another in his search for a wife, he had already given up hope. Then, by a stroke of luck, he stumbled upon a heavenly matchmaking manual.

On his eighty-ninth blind date, he met Qian Qiaoqiao. She's fiery-tempered and loud, and she dares to speak her mind and snap back at people the moment they meet. She seems hard to get along with, but in truth she's hardworking, kindhearted, and a natural at running a household. Even stranger, Qian Qiaoqiao also has a heavenly manual hidden away.

As it turns out, the two manuals are part of a wager between Yue Lao and Meng Po. The pair are swept into this divine gamble, where fate is no longer decided by heaven, but deduced entirely by the manuals. A simple, awkward farmer and a sharp-tongued but softhearted country girl, two people who could never have crossed paths, are bound together by the manuals.

From then on, the two bicker and stumble through life together. They must rely on the manuals to resolve one problem after another in their daily lives, while gradually learning to get along. In this wager between the immortals, will they be able to...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.