[1980s Military Marriage] [Transmigrate into a Book to Save a Child] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Devoted Couple, Sweet Romance]
On her first night after transmigrating into a period novel, Xu Jianchun found herself in a deadly predicament.
Her five-year-old nephew had a fever that wouldn't break. Delirious, he kept calling for his mother. The original owner was so furious she wanted to throw him into the woodshed. "If you're calling your mom, then let her come save you!"
Xu Jianchun carried the child to the clinic in the middle of the night. She knew that if the boy died, as he did in the book, her husband, a stern regiment commander returning from a mission, would make his wicked wife pay dearly.
She mapped out a plan: save the child, raise him well, earn her husband's trust, then get a little money to start over and divorce amicably. She would study, find a job, and live freely on her own.
But as she cared for him, the five-year-old started clinging to her. "Auntie, will you be here tomorrow, too?"
Even the regiment commander, stern and unyielding outside the home, began acting strangely. By day, he came up with every excuse to get home early. At night, he kept taking cold showers.
While she was still figuring out how to leave gracefully, the man had already included her in his plans for the next few decades.
When he saw the divorce plan listing only a modest amount for living expenses, he finally understood: she truly had no intention of staying.
