The 1980s: I Took Someone Else's Place on a Blind Date, and a Demobilized Officer Chose Me

The score has just come out, so please don't mind it. [Period setting + countryside + family life + tough guy protects his wife + building a fortune + face-slapping]

Chen Yuping, a temporary worker at the grain depot, was born into a family that favored sons over daughters. She did the hardest work and ate the least, and the only thing she could count on was the sisterly bond she shared with Li Xiufen, the depot director's daughter.

Li Xiufen didn't like her blind date because he was a lame veteran, so she talked Chen Yuping into going to the park in her place, promising to come as soon as she was done with her own business. In the end, she never showed up.

Chen Yuping had only planned to sit for a while before leaving, but one remark stayed with Zhou Mingcheng: “As long as you come back safe, that's better than anything.”

A few days later, the Zhou family came to propose. Li Xiufen showed up for the meeting, but as soon as she sat down, the man gave her a cold look and said, “The girl I met that day wasn't you.”

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