[Not a strong female lead, not a wish-fulfillment story, both leads are virgins, happy ending]
The woman who runs a pastry shop in Yuhua Alley in eastern Jingcheng makes wonderful pastries.
Everyone who knows her knows that her husband died not long after they married, leaving her to raise their child alone through hard times. Yet she’s a resilient woman.
People urge her to remarry, but she always refuses because she can’t forget her first husband.
Over time, everyone comes to know that Madam Ye still carries her short-lived late husband in her heart.
What few people know is that she isn’t actually a widow. She was tricked out of her money and seduced by a scoundrel.
She claimed the man was dead to protect her reputation.
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The Marquis of Jingyuan, Xie Yi, had won great distinction on the battlefield before he was even thirty.
Three years after leaving the capital to fight, he returned victorious. On the day of his return, he fell in love at first sight with a gentle, graceful woman he saw on the street.
His friend told him she was Madam Ye, the famous beauty of the pastry shop in the eastern part of the city. She was a good woman, though she’d had a hard life, having been widowed at a young age.
His friend also said that being a widow was no big deal. Being chosen by the Marquis of Jingyuan was her good fortune. Two loads of betrothal gifts would be enough to bring her into his household as a concubine, and she should consider herself blessed.
Xie Yi said nothing.
But before long, people noticed that the renowned Marquis Xie, celebrated for his military achievements, was chopping wood and heating water in the backyard of a pastry shop.
Madam Ye, however, coldly drove him away. “My lord, you come from a noble and powerful family. I dare not presume…”
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When Xie Yi first heard that Lan Zhen’s husband had died, he was secretly delighted, thinking it was a good thing he was dead: now he had a chance.
Only later did he learn that the “dead man” was himself!
(Content warnings: The early chapters have plenty of angst and romantic tension, with a dramatic amnesia plot. The hero pursues his wife first, then has an emotional breakdown. After regaining his memories, he continues pursuing her. The pacing is a slow burn.)
Currently, I see 63, who has been abusing the female protagonist, both physically and mentally. Even when she is hurt, she has to make cakes for the male protagonist. The female protagonist is the only one who is sour. The male protagonist feels that he is the superior one and looks at the widow with a baby and bows down for love. He feels uncomfortable when the female protagonist rejects him (this is probably the sourness of the male protagonist in the early stage). , He also verbally humiliated the heroine, more than once, saying that the heroine is not responsible (the original words are not true, but it is also the meaning, it probably means that she wants to marry Qi Hai), and he bluntly said that the heroine asked the heroine to follow him. After the heroine refused, he directly said that the heroine was seducing him the first time they met. Every time the heroine is abused by others, it has something to do with it. ① The maid who worked as a boardmaker in the hero's house died after returning home. Her family brought the body to the heroine's shop to cause trouble, and then waited for the hero to come and save the heroine. ②The male protagonist's concubine's father wanted to violate the female protagonist, but the male protagonist killed her. During the process, the female protagonist was injured and was coerced by the male protagonist to make cakes. When the male protagonist was not around, the concubine brought her mother's family to trouble the female protagonist. The latest chapter, Chapter 63, is here. I guess we still have to wait for the hero to come to the rescue. (This concubine is so arrogant because the male protagonist asked her to stay outside, and then she became ill and was thought to have slept.) Although she is a double-cleansing woman, the male protagonist nominally has more than a dozen concubines, and one of them is believed to be having sex with her. Although the heroine's son generally loves the heroine, some small details, including his son's attitude towards the hero whom he has just met and his disobedience to the heroine, made me feel like a bit of a white-eyed wolf. Moreover, in some plots, the female protagonist will compromise with the male protagonist for the sake of her son (not much but very unpleasant). I don't know what the plot will be like later on. This is my evaluation after seeing Chapter 63.
First of all, the summary is that it looks good, very good-looking! There is tugging, but it's not the kind of torture, but the kind of sourness that makes people want to keep watching. The character of the heroine is very good. After she thought she was abandoned by the hero, she did not feel sorry for herself, but gritted her teeth to make a living and live her life bit by bit. After knowing that the male protagonist had forgotten her, she decisively wanted back the money she had spent on the male protagonist and settled things with him. I hope that the following plot will make the male protagonist pursue his wife more fiercely. Although I had difficulties at the beginning, I really want to see the plot where the male protagonist pursues but fails to catch up and cries. Come on, work harder, please give me some food❗
It's good to watch. I really like this kind of pulling and pulling. I hope that in the future the author will not let the female protagonist be a concubine because of the male protagonist's power. I just like this kind of chasing and chasing drama 😳😳😳😳
It is a book that is both online and detailed. The male protagonist has amnesia but the plot is not tacky. The female protagonist's baby is strong and capable. The plot is also a bit funny. It is not a loss if you invest in it. The author will continue to work hard to write a good follow-up. Carefully choose to read this author's book. If you don't want to start reading, you can save it first. This book is too difficult to wait for. Sometimes a chapter is added in one day, sometimes in two days, and sometimes in three days. It feels like it does not respect the readers at all and is very random. I haven't finished this book yet, so I'm going to start a new one. Once you finish one book, readers will naturally follow you for other books.
Nice! The foreshadowing is laid out perfectly, and then gradually revealed layer by layer, the rhythm is smooth and exciting, and there is no delay at all! The characters of the male and female protagonists are also very charming, and they are even more urgent!! [Asking for explosive updates][Asking for explosive updates]
It's really good to read. I don't know why the rating is so low. Maybe it's because the plot of this book is not that corny? The author's writing style is very good, and all kinds of life details and situational details are very well polished. I think this book can stand up the characters in it and the plot is very good, so it deserves at least a nine-point rating on Tomato. The data for this book is really too low. I am convinced that you should not look at the ratings when looking for a book! Will miss this great book!!!
I have caught up with the latest, I feel it is very interesting and sour, the female protagonist is very tenacious, she really stays away from the male protagonist when she says she wants to, does not take the initiative to provoke, and is very clear-headed. Although the male protagonist always sticks to me, I like this kind of early stage that can be seen clearly and decisively, and the story is very coherent. Every plot is useful, instead of like some novels, there are some unnecessary redundant plots and conflicts just to keep the male and female protagonists together. I hope to update it soon.
The sky is falling. I saw the latest and found out that it is a serialized book 😢😢😢 It is very interesting and I hope the author will keep updating 😢😢😢
It's pretty good-looking, but can the abominable broom star stop pretending to be the male protagonist and harming the female protagonist? 😦 The long mouth is for talking, and the long brain is for use. The abominable broom star has been bringing disaster to the female protagonist. He knows that the heroine is not good at her identity. Damn the broom star, and he has been bringing all kinds of bad reputations to the female protagonist. Pure broom star.
Not bad, not bad. When I saw the hairpin in the pawn shop, I thought it was another cliché being replaced. Fortunately, the author did not write it like this. The writing style is also very good, and the writing is very touching. I cried at several places.