The three Li sisters each tossed an embroidered ball to choose a husband. In my previous life, I risked my life to catch the second sister's ball, even though she was the least favored. To give her a good life, I studied day and night. By the age of forty, I'd risen to the position of Grand Secretary and earned her an aristocratic title. But she was always indifferent, saying I was too ambitious.
When I was on my deathbed, she was busy buying pastries for her eldest sister's husband and her third sister's husband. It turned out she loved the eldest brother-in-law's muscular body, and the third brother-in-law's honeyed tongue.
Reborn and back at the moment when the embroidered balls hung in the air, I sneered and dodged the second sister's ball. Who could have guessed that two golden-red embroidered balls would land perfectly in my arms? I looked up and met two...