Yingxu’s Sixteenth Book

[1980s + rugged hero protects his wife + size difference + intense romantic tension + heartwarming wish fulfillment] “Don’t move around. I run hot, so let me warm you up.” On New Year’s Eve in 1983, heavy snow sealed off the mountain roads. Lin Ruan was thrown out of her home by her cruel mother-in-law and nearly froze to death in the snow, until Pang Yong, the fearsome “Living Yama” next door, pulled her into his sweltering truck cab. That night, in the cramped cab, the rugged man’s burning chest became her only salvation. Everyone said Lin Ruan was doomed to a hard life: she had married a hypocrite, lived like a widow, and still had to serve her cruel mother-in-law and her lecherous father-in-law. Only she knew how fiercely the transport team captain, a terrifying man whom no one dared provoke, cherished her in private. Short on money? He gave her some! Picked on? He beat them up! Craving meat? He brought her the whole pot! While her hypocrite husband was still putting on an act, Pang Yong had already pinned her deep in a haystack. Red-eyed, he pulled all his worldly possessions from his pocket. “Ruanruan, what that good-for-nothing can’t give you, I can! Come with me, and I’ll give you my life!”