After Running Away from My Wedding, I Became the Roughneck’s Darling

In the bitter winter of 1975, a blizzard sealed off the mountains. Jiang Mian, a sent-down youth, was so striking that the production team leader's foolish son tried to force her into marriage. To protect her virtue, Jiang Mian fled into the mountains on a snowy night. In her panic, she stumbled through the gates of the Huo family, rumored to “eat people without leaving a trace.”

Shivering with cold like a dying kitten, Jiang Mian collapsed into the arms of Huo Yiye, the eldest brother, whose whole body radiated menace. Weeping pitifully, she pleaded, “Please, don't send me away. I don't eat much, and I'll be good…”