Reborn + broken engagement + business + taming her husband + both leads are faithful + an ex who chases his wife to the bitter end + an icy male lead who goes mad for love
[From a downtrodden marquise’s wife to a clear-headed pickle queen, her icy ex-husband chases after her, begging to get back together]
The day I discovered that Mu Tingchao had also been reborn, I tore up our marriage contract with my own hands.
In my previous life, I became a laughingstock. He blamed me for holding him back from teaching and educating others.
In this life, I simply wished him a house full of successful students.
I brought back Gui Yuan, a maid who had just turned one month old, from Sweetwater Lane. Holding her tiny hand, I smiled softly:
“Your big sister will take you to Jiangnan to see the fireworks. In this life, it’ll just be the two of us.”
I’m not crazy. I just don’t want to live for anyone else anymore.
I opened a pickle shop.
The noble ladies laughed at me for being a lowly merchant, but I turned around and sold my pickles straight to the imperial palace.
I adopted the maid who had served me in my previous life, renamed her Gui Yuan, and raised her as my own little sister.
I traveled through scenic landscapes, basked in my parents’ affection, and lived more freely and boldly than anyone.
On the day I left the capital, I was just about to run away with Gui Yuan.
But he stopped me, his eyes red. “Jiuxi, I’ve used that piece of pine-soot ink for ten years.”
“Why do I think of you every time I grind it?”
Clutching Gui Yuan, I broke down. “How would I know? Can’t you just stay away from me?”
But with bloodshot eyes, he said:
“Your servant wronged his wife greatly in his previous life. In this life, I am willing to resign from every official post, just to stay by her side and make amends.”
The court was shaken, and all of Bianjing was in an uproar.
Watching him clumsily learn to make soup, to wait, and to love me, I only smiled faintly.
“Master Mu, if you don’t know how to treat me, then treat me the way I treated you.”
I waited for him through two lifetimes. This time, it’s his turn to wait.
