After Our Marriages Were Switched, the Aloof Tough Guy Spoiled Me Rotten

[Rough-and-ready hero who wins you over + fake and real heiresses + contract marriage + love after marriage + face-slapping the in-laws] Ding Xiaorou, who dies unexpectedly in the modern world, wakes up inside a book called The Fake Heiress Is the Real Winner, as its fake-heiress heroine. According to the plot, her adoptive parents are supposed to marry her off to the male lead, Yang Zehong, a widower with three sons, to repay the enormous debt the Zhang family owes the Yangs. She’ll then live happily ever after, doted on by her husband and cherished by her children.

Ding Xiaorou has no interest in becoming someone else’s stepmother. Before she can refuse the arrangement, her stepsister, Zhang Meiyu, eagerly steals the match with the Yang family and smugly taunts Ding Xiaorou. “Little sister, it’s my turn to enjoy this life. I’m going to be living in unbelievable luxury, so don’t be too jealous.”

Ding Xiaorou gives a faint smile, but inwardly she’s cheering. Go ahead, take him! The widower male lead and his stepsons are all yours. One day, you’ll realize that without the heroine, the male lead and his sons are just ordinary people. That lavish life you’re dreaming of? Ha, not a chance.

To escape the Zhang family’s moral blackmail, Ding Xiaorou has no choice but to pretend they’ve succeeded in manipulating her. She marries Chen Chaoming, Zhang Meiyu’s husband in her previous life, and signs a one-year contract for a marriage without sex.

“Chief, a man should keep his word! Are you trying to break our agreement?”

But a year later, Ding Xiaorou stares at the man who keeps pulling all kinds of tricks to climb into her bed and refuses to leave it. Exasperated, she throws the contract at him and grits out her question.