A Ruined Marriage: A Match of Equals

An Ning's full-moon celebration.

"I've raised the eldest for so long, and we've grown attached. Let's send the second one to the countryside..." Gu's mother, still in confinement, looks at the baby girl in her arms with disdain. Another useless daughter!

Age thirteen

"Mom, I don't want to take a milk bath..." Gu Yining cries.

"Be good. It's the only way to make your skin look better..." her mother says.

"Mom... I want one too..." That's Gu Anning's voice.

Age twenty-five

Gu's father looks at his two grown-up daughters and sighs.

"Let's have Anning get married first..." After all, the younger one is still a little young.

Gu's mother turns away. "Why is she in such a hurry? Her older sister is here. Who would choose her?"

Age twenty-nine

"I'm sorry, Ms. Gu. Mr. Wang has chosen your second daughter, Ms. Gu Anning..."

It isn't until the wedding day that the Gu family learns that the man isn't marrying the Gu family's pampered young lady...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.