Reborn in the 1980s: The Spicy Wife Tames the Cold Big Shot

[Period-setting rebirth + contract marriage + fiery wife trains her husband + powerful figure with a secret identity]

Reborn on her wedding night, Shen Jingqiu discovers that she is living inside a tragic novel. In her previous life, her scumbag uncle tricked her into marriage. She worked herself to the bone for her husband's family, only to die a miserable death at the bottom of a well.

This time, she looks at Lu Beichen, the “cold-faced military officer” who is badly injured, down on his luck, and supposedly about to be cast out by his family. She tears off her scumbag uncle's mask of kindness and turns the situation to her advantage. “Shall we work together? You keep me safe, and I'll help you rise again.”

Everyone laughs at her for being crazy enough to marry a useless man. But no one knows she has the next forty years of business plans in her head. Even fewer know that her seemingly destitute contract husband is actually the heir to one of the capital's most powerful families, lost to them long ago.

From reselling grain coupons to building a business empire, Shen Jingqiu leaves everyone who once bullied, humiliated, or mocked her dumbfounded. When Lu Beichen's astonishing identity is finally revealed and he shields her from harm, she simply raises an eyebrow and smiles.

“Lu Beichen, don't forget that our contract never included falling in love with you.”