Doctor Zhao's Country Bride Comes to the City

Tags: Period drama, sweet romance, family life, career, slice of life

In late autumn 1976, Cheng Xingwan woke from a long, oppressive dream, her pillow damp with tears.

In the dream, she had lived an entire life: trapped in a hopeless marriage, forever overshadowed by the unfinished romance between her husband, Zhao Pingjin, and her cousin, spending decades feeling inferior and swallowing her grievances.

When she opened her eyes, the calendar on the wall clearly read, “November 3, 1976.”

This time, she was determined to break free of her shackles.

She would no longer be the timid bride who had married in someone else’s place.

She no longer wanted to gaze up at an unreachable husband.

And she would no longer deny herself just to please her in-laws.

When her sisters-in-law made things difficult and her sister-in-law picked a fight, she stood tall and said, “Our parents have three sons and a daughter. Taking care of them shouldn’t be the responsibility of our branch alone.”

But what confused her was that Zhao Pingjin, now back from abroad, was nothing like the man in her dream. He carefully put away the fountain pen she gave him, tucked her in on late nights, and gazed at her with a tenderness she didn’t recognize...

Cheng Xingwan suddenly realized that perhaps this man had never been the person she imagined him to be.