I Became a Chubby Bride in the ’70s, and Commander Gu Won’t Leave Me Alone

[Period Setting + Military Marriage + Winning Her Back + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple, Sweet Romance]

Ning Ruan, a top surgeon, died suddenly and woke up in the body of a lazy, greedy, 200-jin army wife in a military compound in the 1970s. Looking at her wobbling rolls of fat and the cold-faced commanding officer Gu Zheng, who had been forced to marry her out of gratitude, Ning Ruan was ready to give up. But her deeply ingrained professional fastidiousness wouldn’t let her! The house was filthy, bare, and run-down, and she was so overweight that she got winded after a few steps. Ning Ruan was furious: “You call this a life?”

Since she’d been given a second chance, she was going to make it count! She rolled up her sleeves and got to work: losing weight, putting the worst offenders in their place, taking college entrance exams, treating the sick, saving lives, and starting a business. She did everything she could, transforming from the military compound’s public enemy into a renowned surgeon who dazzled the medical world.

As for her bargain-bin husband? Everyone in the military district said Gu Zheng was cold and heartless, had no interest in women, and never even looked at his own wife. What they didn’t know was that he had a secret he could never reveal: severe face blindness. To him, everyone looked the same. At first, he avoided Ning Ruan and thought of her as nothing more than a breathing lump of flesh in his home. Later, he fell in love with the chubby little bundle of joy.

[Bonus Scene] After Ning Ruan slimmed down, she showed up with divorce papers. “Gu Zheng, let’s get divorced. You can’t even recognize my face anyway.” But the man, who had always been aloof and self-restrained, hoisted her over his shoulder in front of everyone and carried her home. With bloodshot eyes, he cornered her by the bed.

“Who said I wanted a divorce?”

“I may be face-blind, but I’m not blind!” The man grabbed her hand and pressed it to his chest, his voice hoarse and burning with passion:

“I just like you, you know.”