The Lovely Eighties Widow Smiles, and the Fierce, Rugged Man’s Heart Races

[Fictional setting + awakens to the truth of the book + no transmigration + no rebirth + no System + no pocket dimension]

[Sweet, charming heroine with a strong spirit + blunt, fierce, principled country man who fiercely protects his own despite his gruff words]

To find a wife for her older brother, timid Ruan Tao was tricked by her parents into marrying Zhang Widow's foolish son.

Who could have known that on their wedding night, the foolish groom would fall and die? After her mother-in-law beat her, leaving Ruan Tao a widow on her very first day of marriage, she unexpectedly awakened to her own self-awareness.

It turned out that the world she lived in was a rural period novel, and she was the gentle, indecisive heroine in the book.

Thinking of how miserable her future would be, she decided to fight fate and do everything she could to save herself.

But she couldn't manage it alone, so she set her sights on the fearsome, rough man next door, doing everything in her power to earn his protection.

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The first time Yan Shen saw Ruan Tao, he knew she was a troublemaking temptress. Though she always looked pure and innocent, she never failed to unsettle him.

He had no interest in a woman who threw herself at him, but every night she appeared in his dreams, making it impossible for him to control himself.

Just as his willpower began to crumble, he discovered that Ruan Tao was getting close to another man.

Consumed by fury, he dragged her straight home and locked her in his arms.

“Stay by my side. I'll protect you for the rest of your life!”