The Bride Who Came to Bring Good Fortune: The Roughhewn Man Next Door Cherishes Her

[1980s + rural life + family squabbles + age gap + intense romantic tension]

Zhou Wan’er was bought by the Lu family ten years ago as a bride to bring good fortune. She cared for her frail husband, served her lazy, sharp-tongued mother-in-law and her father-in-law with the bad leg, looked after her blind grandmother, and supported her younger sister through school. For ten years, she worked like an ox for her husband’s family.

Right after registering their marriage, her husband, who worked in the county seat, turned around and attached himself to a powerful, wealthy city woman. Unaware that she had been cheated on, Zhou Wan’er continued to be the most hardworking and obedient daughter-in-law in the Lu household.

Her husband’s divorce papers struck Zhou Wan’er like a bolt from the blue, but her mother-in-law demanded she stay, continuing to let the Lu family bleed her dry as she cared for them all.

Heartbroken, she wiped away her tears and turned to look at Lu Zhendong, the short-tempered, rugged bachelor who had returned from military service and lived next door.

Eyeing his broad shoulders, trim waist, and muscular chest, Zhou Wan’er asked softly, “Would you still want a secondhand woman like me, divorced and all?”

Lu Zhendong closed in on her step by step, his gaze so heated it nearly sparked. “If he doesn’t want you, I do! I’ll spend my whole life cherishing you!”

“Anyone who dares lay a finger on you again, I’ll break their damn legs!”

Zhou Wan’er calmly stepped toward him. Let that consumptive ex-husband regret it!