[Period Setting + Devoted, Rugged Hero + Everyday Family Life + Wife-Doting + Rugged Chef]
Widow Xu Suihua is driven out by her mother-in-law. One night, she runs into Lu Zheng, who won't leave her alone.
When a scoundrel harasses her, Lu Zheng cripples one of his hands. “How dare you touch my woman?” When she gets her period, Lu Zheng is even more anxious than she is. He changes her sanitary belt and washes her soiled underwear. Every day, he finds new ways to nourish her: braised pork so tender it melts in your mouth, and pig's trotters stewed until they're rich and sticky. Before long, her belly begins to swell.
Only when she starts needing to pee constantly and feels nauseated does she realize she's pregnant! Her morning sickness is severe, and Lu Zheng feels so sorry for her that he holds her close, gently patting her back to soothe her.
Her mother-in-law, who had always refused to let her remarry, asks cautiously, “Suihua, when do you think you'll marry him? I've already prepared your dowry...”
Then her former husband, long believed to have died far away, comes home. The moment he walks in, he starts making a scene, demanding to take Xu Suihua back and steal the child in her belly. She decisively cuts all ties with him.
Her former in-laws treat her like their own daughter, saving all the best food for her and keeping her away from every chore. Her sister-in-law is fiercely protective, the first to clap back at anyone who dares gossip about her. Lu Zheng dotes on her and the baby in her belly as if they were the most precious things in the world. When her legs cramp at night, he gets up without a word and massages them for hours.
Once treated like a beast of burden and abused by her husband's family, the widow now carries a child while her husband adores her, her in-laws cherish her, and her sister-in-law protects her. Those who once bullied her watch with envy but don't dare say a word. As Xu Suihua strokes her round belly, she finally understands how peaceful and happy it feels to be cherished above all else.
