1980s setting + devoted couple + one-on-one romance
A haughty, dark-skinned heiress and a two-faced officer
The original owner didn't love her husband and made his life miserable, doing everything she could to get a divorce.
For their daughter's sake, Bai Si firmly refused to divorce her and ignored all her antics.
Then one day, he realized the detestable woman had changed tactics. It seemed she was trying to get her way by using her beauty.
After watching her for a while, he realized her aim had shifted. She no longer mentioned divorce or acted out. It seemed she genuinely wanted to build a life with him.
The truth was, Wen Li couldn't beat him or out-argue him. After learning her lesson the hard way, she finally accepted that a military marriage couldn't be dissolved.
In the end, if it was all about putting on an act, who couldn't do that?
She played along perfectly, pretending they were one happy couple, while privately giving him hell.
But Bai Si was a man who always played fair. Since she was a patient, he always felt he should give way to her a little.
Later, he discovered that this patient would mysteriously disappear for days at a time, claiming she was off acting. But whenever she came back, she seemed to radiate an eight-foot aura, dressed so flashily it hurt his eyes.
The officers' families in the compound came to complain every other day, from her selling off their belongings to repay debts, to her talking up a storm, to her making quick money...
Every shock Bai Si experienced in his life came courtesy of Li Er.
Li Er's outrageous antics made Bai Si see her in a new light time and again, but he still refused to treat her.
Ever since Wen Li found out why she was called Li Er, whenever something came up, she'd curl her lips into a mocking smile and say, “Trying to make me mad? What if I get so angry I die?”
“You...” Wen Li had worn away every last bit of Bai Si's patience!