[1980s + arranged bride swap + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + animal thoughts + both leads have no prior romantic experience + everyday life]
[Cold, abstinent, powerful man X charming, radiant little money-lover (nine-year age gap, love at first sight that grows deeper over time!)]
What does it feel like to catch your stepsister cheating with your fiancé on your wedding day?
On her wedding day, Ye Zhaozhao unexpectedly hears animals' thoughts, catches the cheaters red-handed, and calls off the wedding.
Under pressure from her scumbag father, she is forced to take her stepsister's place and marry He Beishen, a stern, powerful factory director who has already been married and has a child.
Only later does she learn that it all started with her stepsister's nightmare.
In the dream, after marrying into the He family, her stepsister is met with a cold husband, a spiteful stepdaughter, and torment from the He family. In the end, unable to bear the loneliness, she cheats and dies a tragic death.
Afraid of dying, her stepsister chooses to steal Ye Zhaozhao's life and make her the “scapegoat.”
Ye Zhaozhao doesn't mind. She plans to make the best of things, save up some money if she can't, and become a carefree rich woman after getting divorced.
But what if her stepsister's dream was the opposite of the truth?
The stepdaughter, sweet and obedient in public but a troublemaker in private, follows her around calling her “Mom” over and over;
Her picky, sharp-tongued mother-in-law keeps slipping money into her pockets every few days;
Her icy second sister-in-law protects her every day, afraid she'll be mistreated;
Her delinquent third brother-in-law turns over a new leaf, and her spoiled fourth sister-in-law becomes clingy. One by one, they all become completely different people.
Even the famously cold and abstinent He Beishen seems like a different man after marriage, clinging to her day and night and never leaving her side.
Her stepsister never gets to laugh at Ye Zhaozhao. Instead, she hears that the He family treats her like royalty.
Red-eyed, she shows up at the door and demands, “Why do you get to live better than me?”
The whole He family shields Ye Zhaozhao behind them. “Because she's one of us!”
