Weren’t We Supposed to Be Estranged? How Did I End Up Pregnant?
说好的貌合神离呢？我怎么揣崽了
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 710k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 3y ago
- English
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- After Reincarnating as the Eldest Daughter-in-Law of the Marquis's Household, I Fail to Remain a Widow穿成侯府长媳后，我守活寡失败了Alternate title on Fanqie
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Not bad, not bad!! Finally, there's a female lead who doesn't fawn over the male lead and his family. I'm so fed up with transmigrated female characters who have no self-respect and fawn over men. Finally, a female lead who acts like a normal person from the 21st century: If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you too. If you give me the cold shoulder, then let's see who can be more grumpy! 🤭🤭🤭
I didn't realize it was a serialized novel when I started reading, and I ended up wanting more after finishing it. There are a few typos and omissions, but thankfully they don't affect the reading experience. The writing style is lighthearted, and apart from the initial part where the male lead is always causing trouble for the female lead (who always retaliates), there aren't any truly awful…
Family members, let's go, it's so great! 🥰🥰🥰 The female lead is like a little sun.
It's rare to see such well-written, slow-paced, yet captivating and lingering prose. I could tolerate the sister-in-law Feng, I could tolerate the kidnapping scene, but I couldn't stand the idiocy. This is a poorly written sequel; I'm abandoning it. It's infuriating; no matter how well the beginning was written, it's all wasted.
It's so good! The only downside is that it's not finished updating yet, so sad T_T The female lead is like a little sun, warming many people's hearts. She's a ray of light shining into the male lead's heart, finally bringing a little seedling of hope to his otherwise mundane life. The male lead is gentle and refined, and the female lead is lively and independent—the characters are truly amazing!
Wow, this is so beautiful! A marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, a slow and steady relationship! The female lead is incredibly intelligent and perceptive! The male lead is like a sickly beauty; although he's a bit arrogant at the beginning, he has a very upright mind and no prejudices! The key is that there are very few top-quality individuals, and both families are very protective of their own, with excellent elders!
It's a good read. Both the male and female leads are very clear-headed. The male lead is a sickly and aloof nobleman, while the female lead is a transmigrated and optimistic person. She treats the male lead and his mother as her superiors, so there are no mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflicts or inexplicable palace intrigues.
The writing style is the most ideal I've encountered—delicate and gentle, following the characters' emotions without being overly joyful or sorrowful, leaving a warm, subtly melancholic feeling. Please, author, don't be influenced by the comments; continue with your own ideas. Update slowly; we're always here for you.
I absolutely adore the female lead's personality; it's probably 95% similar to mine, so I have a very strong bias towards her. She's clear-headed, and the male lead is love-struck—ahhh, this is my ideal romance! So envious! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Dear author, this book is fantastic! Keep up the good work! ✊ Don't listen to those trolls spouting nonsense. So far, each character in this book has a distinct personality, and everyone is intelligent. The female lead is not a naive and innocent character (I personally dislike novels with naive and innocent female leads). She is smart, optimistic, kind-hearted, and not a saint.