Period: The Rough-Hewn Man’s Darling, the Tender Little Widow

Strong female lead + feel-good story + period setting + rugged man + size difference + skin-tone difference + sweet romance + gourmet food + devoted couple + building a fortune

Food blogger Lin Nuonuo passes out after getting an electric shock from her blender. When she opens her eyes, she has become a doomed character with the same name in the 1970s.

The original owner’s husband died of a heart attack on their wedding night, without even touching her hand. She became the village’s youngest and most beautiful widow.

Her in-laws call her a jinx, snatch all her bride price, and even force her to marry her lazy brother-in-law off in exchange for a bride to settle his debts!

With nowhere else to turn, Lin Nuonuo knocks on village bully Zhou Ye’s door late at night.

Zhou Ye is the most fearsome thug in Hongxing Village. Everyone says he fights like he doesn’t care if he lives or dies, and that even in the county’s black market he has pull. No one dares cross him.

The man has just finished bathing. His wheat-colored upper body is bare, his muscles solid, a scar cuts across his brow, and his eyes size her up like a wolf’s.

Seeing the little woman outside the door, her eyes red from crying, looking like a drenched kitten, Zhou Ye feels his heart stir. His voice is hoarse. “Want to live?”

Lin Nuonuo nods furiously.

“Fine. Stick with me. From now on, no one will dare lay a finger on you.”

From then on, the village’s fiercest wolf has a little, soft, fair-skinned shadow following him around.

He keeps her under his wing. Anyone who dares say a word gets a fist in the face.

Everyone says Lin Nuonuo has wandered into the wolf’s den and will be devoured sooner or later. They don’t know that the wolf holds her in his palm, cherishes her in his heart, and dotes on her like she’s the most precious thing in the world.