The 1980s: The Pampered Capitalist Heiress Joins the Army and Is Spoiled Rotten

[Alternate-history 1980s + military life + marriage first, love later + age gap + love grows over time + sweet romance, no angst]

An accident turned Lin Wanrou, a sent-down youth in the south, into a married woman.

Her husband was Shen Junhui, the youngest regiment commander in the Northwest Military Region, a stern, sharp-eyed officer with an aura of icy restraint.

He was seven years older than her and had never even met her, yet when she had nowhere else to turn, he personally signed their marriage certificate.

“This marriage is only in name. I’ll help you with the paperwork and arrange a place for you to live. You don’t need to feel pressured.”

His voice was cool, as if he were handling official business.

Lin Wanrou thought it was merely a temporary arrangement, but she never expected that...

As soon as she moved into the military housing compound, the other officers’ wives would crowd around her with questions;

When she fell ill with a fever, the cold-faced commander would knock on her door in the middle of the night to bring her medicine, then sit by her bed and keep watch until morning;

When she wanted to work at the clinic, one phone call from him was all it took to arrange everything;

When people gave her a hard time at the military canteen, he gave the entire logistics department a dressing-down.

What surprised her even more was that behind closed doors, this seemingly hard-hearted man would call her name in a low, husky voice, clumsily try to take care of her, and even stiffly put an arm around her shoulders when she cried.

“Wanrou, don’t be afraid. I’m here.”

She began to understand that hidden within this sham marriage were old feelings and a heart that had never revealed itself.

And amid the wind and sand of the northwest, surrounded by the everyday warmth of the military compound, she truly fell in love with the man who was willing to lower his head for her.