The Pretty Little Bride of the 1970s Stops Chasing Him

[Period romance + military officer hero + groveling pursuit + childhood betrothal + clear-headed heroine + face-slapping triumph]

Shen Zhiyi had loved Lu Zheng for years.

Everyone knew she was the girl promised to the Lu family long ago, and that her heart and soul belonged to the cold-faced military officer.

She brought him meals, knitted him scarves, and waited for him to return from missions. She couldn't bear to hear anyone say a bad word about him.

But Lu Zheng didn't want the betrothal.

“The marriage was arranged by our elders. I never agreed to it.”

“Don't come looking for me again. It gives people the wrong idea.”

Later, when both families formally discussed the marriage, he rejected her in front of everyone.

Shen Zhiyi finally smiled through reddened eyes.

“Let's call off the engagement.”

Everyone thought she was just being petulant and that she would soon swallow her pride and go comfort Lu Zheng as she always had.

But this time, she really stopped pursuing him.

She turned her attention to college entrance exams, making clothes, and opening a shop. She grew more beautiful and clear-headed, and her life flourished. The people who once laughed at her for throwing herself at him later lined up to ask her to make their clothes. Those who had looked down on her finally realized she had never been the one reaching above her station by marrying into the Lu family.

And Lu Zheng finally realized that the girl who used to chase after him, calling, “Brother Lu Zheng,” no longer looked back at him.

He panicked, regretted everything, and went mad trying to win her back.

But Shen Zhiyi only looked at him calmly. “Comrade Lu, our engagement is over.”

Later, the cold-faced officer stood in the rain, eyes red, begging her again and again:

“Zhiyi, I was a bastard before.”

“This time, can I be the one to pursue you?”