Thrown out of her home on a snowy night with nothing to her name, Hao Meili thought she'd hit rock bottom. Then her stepmother forced her to become a substitute bride, marrying the disabled heir of the Shangguan family in Longcheng.
"Marry him, and your grandmother can enjoy her old age in peace. Refuse, and you'll be collecting her body!"
For her grandmother's sake, Hao Meili gritted her teeth and agreed, thinking to herself: I've seen enough old-school short dramas to know the tropes. Disabled domineering CEOs are diamonds in the rough!
On their wedding night, the man in the wheelchair looked at her coldly. "Woman, don't even dream of getting what's not yours."
Hao Meili quietly bundled up in long underwear, a sweater, and a padded coat, becoming an onion bride. Shivering, she said, "CEO, your mansion is freezing. I need to focus on staying alive."
Later, she used medicinal Chinese cuisine to help detoxify him, and he used ruthless methods to help her get revenge. She took on anyone who crossed her and crushed the villains, while he backed her up, protected her, and doted on her.
At a family banquet, the uncles tried to give her a hard time, but her knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine amazed everyone. At a shareholders' meeting, their rival loudly taunted them, and he suddenly stood up, leaving the whole room stunned.
His first love came back to drive a wedge between them? Blocked! Her stepsister spread lies to smear her? Sent to prison! Her ex-husband showed up to pick a fight? Shipped off to a psychiatric hospital!
Hao Meili clapped her hands and looked at her domineering CEO husband beside her and the twins in her arms. "Tsk, this substitute-bride comeback is even more addictive than the dramas I watch!"
Shangguan Fugui pulled her close, his voice full of affection. "No script could be as lovely as you. My onion bride, I'll spoil you for the rest of my life."
