Devoted couple + historical era + marriage first, love later + everyday child-rearing + stepmother + family life + rugged male lead
Shen Zhaozhao transmigrates into a period novel as the cannon-fodder true daughter.
After being taken back by her family, she has to fulfill a marriage contract and marry an older man who has never married but already has children. She also has to raise a whole bunch of kids.
To top it off, her half-sister is the reborn heroine.
In her previous life, Lu Manman married the older man in her sister’s place.
The man was cold and distant, showing her no affection.
He left her alone in an empty marriage for the rest of her life.
Meanwhile, her sister, who had been lost among the common people, caught the eye of an officer at first sight and became a powerful, influential businesswoman.
Her life made everyone else envious.
After being reborn, she swore to take back everything that belonged to her.
She would make her sister taste the hardships she had suffered in her previous life.
In the end, Lu Manman’s schemes failed and only brought misery upon herself.
Shen Zhaozhao, on the other hand, lived in luxury with the older man, in a mansion with fancy cars, while her several adopted sons all grew up outstanding, respectful, and filial.
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Her birth family takes her back and demands that she honor a marriage contract. Her husband is childfree, both his parents are dead, she gets to become a mother without the pain of childbirth, and he’s generous with money.
Shen Zhaozhao is overjoyed. What a deal!
Other people might not want it, but she treasures this permanent job opportunity.
“Mothers are all great, but stepmothers can make a contribution too.”
Years later, the reborn younger sister has to endure her officer husband’s mistress and illegitimate child moving into their home, all while suffering in silence.
She comforts herself by thinking that at least she isn’t working as Shen Zhaozhao’s servant.
Later, her husband defects and flees to Bay Island. She is investigated, then finally proven innocent and released from prison.
But one day, she sees the man who was cold and distant toward her in her previous life carefully helping Shen Zhaozhao choose baby formula at a maternity store.
She hears him scolding her for tricking him into having a child.
She wants to rush over and beat the sister who stole her life, but someone
