She said marriage was an exchange of benefits.
He said, “Then let’s exchange them for a lifetime.”
On the first day Lin Wantang transmigrates to the 1970s, her own mother forces her to marry a butcher whose wife has died.
She doesn’t cry or make a scene. She climbs over the wall and heads to the commune, then gets herself transferred to the military district with a single order.
The day after her household registration is finalized, she meets Huo Zheng.
A regiment commander, thirty-two years old, with powerful connections and ruthless methods.
When he looks at people, it’s as if he’s looking at prey.
Everyone avoids him.
But Lin Wantang proactively hands him a “Marriage Agreement.”
“Commander Huo, we each get what we need. You need an easygoing wife, and I need a stable home. If we spell out the terms, things will be simpler for both of us.”
Huo Zheng looks at the paper and smiles.
He thinks this is a “forced” marriage that he’s in control of.
He thinks this young woman can’t escape his grasp.
Until rumors spread through the military district and an investigation team arrives.
He proposes a divorce, hoping to get her out of it unscathed.
But she tears up the divorce agreement right in front of him.
“I, Lin Wantang, never make a losing deal. The risk of losing you is greater than anything else.”
Only then does Huo Zheng understand:
From beginning to end,
he was the one being “forced” into this marriage.
[Older military powerhouse × clear-headed bad girl · marriage first, love later · he chases her after the breakup · whoever falls first loses]
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