After Marrying Far Away to Miaojiang, I Reborn Through the Civil Service Exam

Since childhood, Xiang Qiuwan’s greatest wish had been to escape her family of origin.

At university, starved for affection, she thought that as long as someone treated her well, she would follow him anywhere.

At long last, she finally met someone who treated her well. She crossed regions and ethnic boundaries, traveling thousands of miles to be with him, only to discover that things were nothing like she had imagined…

The whole family sat around eating and drinking, raising their glasses. Xiang Qiuwan stared at the only dish on the table that day: a pile of black, gooey tadpoles boiled with cabbage. For a moment, she didn’t know whether she should even pick up her chopsticks.

Everyone was having a good time. She alone felt like an outsider, surrounded by a language she couldn’t understand, customs she couldn’t get used to, food she couldn’t stomach, and a husband whose temperament swung between hot and cold, who came from a blended family and was especially “protective of his family.” Then there was her mother-in-law, who acted one way to her face and another behind her back, and was blatantly biased toward her eldest son’s family…

This marriage couldn’t go on. She had to get a divorce, but if she wanted custody of the child, she needed to plan carefully…

Xie Jiang had always worked diligently to support his family. Though he sometimes acted foolishly and had a bad temper, he felt he treated his wife well: he could entertain guests and cook, and he did the laundry, made meals, brewed ginger soup, and bought sanitary pads. Still, he felt his wife growing more distant, and she brought up divorce every few days. He had no idea what she was trying to do…

(Content warning: This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, and there is no golden finger. The leads are both ordinary people who work hard and get on with everyday life. There are domestic details, conflicts, and warm moments. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read.)