The 1980s Substitute Bride: The Fiercest, Roughest Man Spoils Me Rotten

[Period setting + both leads are chaste + sweet romance + transmigration into an alternate-history book + substitute bride and doting husband + building wealth in the countryside + gentle slice-of-life with satisfying face-slapping]

A top antique-appraisal prodigy transmigrated into the 1980s and became a beautiful, ill-fated character who was manipulated by others in the book.

To escape her family home, she took the place of another bride and married Lu Chuan, the rough man rumored to be a ferocious brute.

On their wedding night, she looked at his handsome face and stuck to their agreement: they would share a life together, but not consummate the marriage yet!

After the wedding, the rough man secretly bought her a red bellyband, then endured night after night as he looked across their clearly drawn line at his lovely wife.

Until one night, his wife, half-asleep, crawled into his bed, ran her hands over his abs, and whined sweetly. Lu Chuan lost it! In a husky voice, he murmured possessively, “Wife, you’ve lit the fire, so why won’t you put it out?”

“You’re my wife. We’re not just consummating the marriage, you’re going to have my babies!”

The whole village laughed at Zhao Xiu’er for wasting money and picking up other people’s unwanted junk.

Lu Chuan stood up for her: “Buy whatever you like. If we’re short on money, I’ll earn more!”

Who could have guessed that everything she picked up was a valuable antique or famous painting?

Using her expertise, she helped the whole family make money and get rich, shut up the villagers who gossiped about her, and face-slapped the poisonous green tea.

The cold-faced, rough man cherished her in the palm of his hand and clung to her day and night, making up for their wedding night. The once-disposable substitute bride grew into the most envied little darling in the whole village!

Zhao Xiu’er rubbed her lower back, looking bashful. “We agreed we’d just share a life together. So why are you kissing me so passionately at night…”