[Traditional family intrigue + face-slapping the scum + fictional Republican-era setting + devoted couple + strong female and male leads]
Xu Rusheng has spent eight years as a wife in name only, earning money for the whole family to spend. But after her scumbag husband returns from studying abroad, he brings home a pampered young woman as his mistress.
He uses the money Xu Rusheng earns to keep another woman, yet still expects her to step down as his legal wife and become a concubine?
Dream on!
She uses every trick in the book to slap her scumbag husband's family in the face, then writes out divorce papers with a flourish. Soon after, she meets the possessive young marshal who dotes on her relentlessly!
She loves doing business, so Lu Fengxing buys up the best storefronts and puts them right at her disposal!
She hates her scumbag husband's family, so Lu Fengxing makes everyone who ever wronged her pay!
Xu Rusheng: “I don't want to stay cooped up in the inner quarters anymore. I want to make my own way in the world.”
Lu Fengxing narrowed his eyes and murmured lovingly in her ear, “Marry me. You can take care of the outside world, and I'll run the household.”
From then on, the renowned Young Marshal Lu of Jiangbei gladly became a househusband, washing his hands to cook for his beloved wife.
Xu Rusheng couldn't help feeling it was a waste. “You're giving up the position of military governor, which was practically yours for the taking. Won't you regret it?”
“Regret it?” Lu Fengxing pulled her into his arms and coaxed her gently. “Be good tonight, and I won't regret a thing.”
Xu Rusheng tried to sneak away. “Um, I have something to take care of, so I won't be back tonight...”
“Trying to run?” His possessive side was awakened.
Xu Rusheng was swept up in his arms. “Lu Fengxing, you really change your tune in a second!”
Beautiful, really beautiful. The female protagonist is not pretentious at all. She finds out that her ex-husband likes the second female lead and gets a clean divorce. The emotional scenes are also very tense. You and the male lead go back and forth, and you won't be weak on one side. The emotional scenes are evenly matched. I fell in love. Loved it.