After Remarrying a Sickly Man Who Wasn't Expected to Live Long, My Former Fiancé Regretted It

Dragging her still-healing injured leg, Qiao Yi went to look after her drunk fiancé, Xiao Jiawen. There, she overheard him discussing how he had conspired against her with Liang Muyan, his childhood friend who had grown up with them both. Her leg injury wasn’t an accident caused by Xiao Jiawen pushing her down the stairs. He had done it on purpose, just so he could give the quota for joining the commune to Zhen Bailian. “You’re ruthless. You actually pushed Qiao Yi down the stairs and broke her leg just to get your precious Bailian into the commune,” Liang Muyan said with a laugh. “Aren’t you afraid she’ll find out and make a scene?” Xiao Jiawen replied indifferently, “Bailian needs this opportunity more than she does. I’ll marry Qiao Yi later, so she won’t have to go to the countryside.” There was no way Qiao Yi would do what Xiao Jiawen wanted. He’d broken her leg for another woman; if she really married him, who knew how she’d end up dying? With her fair skin and pretty face, how hard could it be for Qiao Yi to find a man to marry? On the day she broke off the engagement, before she had found a suitable candidate, Gu Yinan, the sickly man rumored to have little time left, came to see her. Gu Yinan said bluntly, “I’ll marry you. I’ll give you anything you want. Just bear me an heir.” Looking at the refined and gentle Gu Yinan, Qiao Yi thought he did have good looks and money, and he was hard to turn down. It didn’t matter if he died young. She could inherit his house and fortune with the child. Qiao Yi asked worriedly, “You want a child, but can your health handle it?” She didn’t want him blaming her if they couldn’t have a child. Years later, Qiao Yi rubbed her aching back as she watched Gu Yinan cradle and soothe their child. So much for being sickly. So much for dying young!