[Period setting + alternate history + courtyard compound + sweet romance + gossip + family drama]
When she was ten, Lin Yue followed her lovestruck mother into a marriage in Huaihua Alley. In a home where she was treated like an outsider, only her older brother was a safe haven.
After graduating from high school, the notice ordering her to go to the countryside arrived right on schedule. Lin Yue made her decision at once and married Gu Xiangyang, who had grown up in the alley. “Let’s get married and keep each other company.”
She thought marrying into the Gu family would let her escape the chaos of her stepfather’s household. Little did she know that life in the courtyard compound would be another “exciting” trial.
Her muddleheaded in-laws each favored a different child. Her troublemaking sister-in-law was always scheming behind her back. Her spoiled younger sister-in-law cried every day for new clothes. Her invisible brother-in-law never lifted a finger but took every advantage, and there was also a pampered nephew, the family’s “precious heir,” who was always causing trouble.
While the in-laws’ petty squabbles never stopped, her lovestruck mother kept showing up with her stepfather’s family to make trouble, leaving Lin Yue unable to find a moment’s peace.
She spent her days dealing with a parade of bizarre relatives and her evenings sighing over the endless family drama filling the courtyard. Rubbing her temples, Lin Yue complained, “Gu Xiangyang, I regret getting married!”
He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and pulled her close, his voice low and indulgent. “Too late to regret it now, wife.”
From then on, the courtyard compound in Huaihua Alley came alive. Lin Yue used her wits to take on the unreasonable relatives and her skills to build a fortune, while Gu Xiangyang became a devoted wife-protector, spoiling her without limits.
Everyday family squabbles bring the warmth of ordinary life, and gossip and spectacle bring little joys. This young couple’s sweet romance blossoms amid the chaos of their courtyard compound, and their life gets better and better!
I haven't seen how powerful the heroine is yet
It's really good. It's deeply rooted in people's hearts and worth reading.
This really hurts my family the most.
The novel is very true. When I was a child, I also grew up in an engineering college. There were rows of bungalows, and each house was the same size. The children ran wildly and randomly in the compound every day. It was very picturesque when I thought about it.