[Both leads are each other’s only love × childhood betrothal: a snow-white, lively heroine × a cool, aloof hero with a heart of coal]
As a girl, I was nothing but a “money-losing burden” in my grandmother’s eyes.
Then my hardworking, honest father was suddenly injured and bedridden, too weak to care for himself and unable to have children. My usually gentle mother suddenly took charge of the family.
As for me, I was bound to a top-student System. I was so poor that I could only use sign-in points to get a little extra food and grow plump and rosy-cheeked.
To keep me from being sent to the countryside, Dad planned to transfer his job to me. Grandma exploded: “A married daughter is like spilled water!”
She started frantically setting me up on blind dates, and every man who showed up was a complete disaster.
Just as I was about to flip the table and lose it,
the courtyard gate suddenly swung open.
A tall man stood silhouetted against the light, his voice booming:
“My name is Yan Shanhai. I’m here to honor my childhood betrothal to Comrade Lin Xiaoyang.”
Grandma’s teacup shattered with a crack.
The son-in-law had just delivered himself to our door!
I almost missed it because of the title. It seemed to be more about gossiping in a courtyard house, which made me chuckle.