[Reborn | Substitute Bride | Marriage Before Love | Partners in Marriage | Everyday Business]
In her previous life, Shen Lingyi married into the Marquis's household in her younger sister's place. Her 600 taels of dowry went to waste, and she couldn't even save the inn her mother had left her. In the end, she died of illness in the fifth year of toiling for both families.
Reborn on the day of her wedding, she was once again presented with a list of borrowed dowry items by the steward. On the surface, it asked to borrow 600 taels, but hidden beneath it was an acknowledgment of debt meant to saddle the second branch with the Marquis's household's old debts.
She put away the keys. "I'm not lending the silver, and I'm not signing this either."
Everyone thought the new bride was going to make a scene. Instead, her new husband, Pei Yanzhou, stood by her side and insisted they first straighten out the household accounts together.
She had an inn, and he had an old carriage workshop. They repaired rooms and welcomed guests on one side, fixed carriages and took jobs on the other. They went from sharing a living arrangement to making plans for a future together.
Some people waited for them to come back and admit they were wrong. What they got instead was an inn ablaze with lights and a courtyard full of carriages.
In this life, Shen Lingyi would no longer fill other people's holes. She would make her own life into the one she truly wanted.
