Dream of the Red Chamber: Second Marriage, and Mr. Lin Keeps Eavesdropping on Me

Yu Tingsui transmigrated into a book, becoming an unlucky widow whose husband’s relatives were pressuring her to remarry so they could seize her inheritance.

After reclaiming her property, she set her sights on the most promising catch in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber: Lin Ruhai, the childless, wealthy, short-lived Imperial Commissioner of Salt. She wanted a peaceful life of leisure, after all.

All she had to do was marry him, outlive him, and look after his vast fortune and the young Daiyu. Then she’d be the happiest little widow in all of Jiangnan!

On their wedding night, Yu Tingsui held out a bowl of ginseng soup to detoxify him and smiled with gentle grace. “My lord works tirelessly for the state. I only pray that you enjoy peace and good health year after year.”

The next moment, though, Lin Ruhai heard her excited muttering in his ear:

[Drink up, drink up! I traded with the System for this antidote. Please don’t get poisoned to death by the Zhen family like in the original. If you die, those bloodsuckers in the Jia family will come after Daiyu and our fortune! For the sake of my retirement fund, get it together!]

Lin Ruhai, who had been preparing to make his final arrangements: “???”

Later, Lin Ruhai, who had once been frail and sickly, grew younger with every passing year and even rose through the ranks.

Watching her belly grow rounder by the day, Yu Tingsui fell into deep thought: What happened to the short-lived widower I was promised?