The Female Lead Takes On Her Evil Mother-in-Law 女主大战恶婆婆

1. 1 丑 The Ugly Daughter-in-Law Takes on Her Cruel Mother-in-Law 丑媳妇大战恶婆婆 Pan Yu盘语Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing The print edition is titled The Fading Embers of Mortal Life and is available on Taobao. [Satisfying highs and heartbreaking lows] [Traditional period setting] [Family drama] [The hardships of real life] This is the story of the joys and sorrows of three generations of women in a dysfunctional family, and how they grow amid the chaos of family life. Fu Ying is born into desperation. Her mother is a gambler, and her father is violent. When she reaches marrying age, no one dares take her as a wife 58kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
2. 2 荒 The Wild Years: Secret Stories of Rural Women 荒唐年代：乡村妇女们的秘密往事 One One One Trumpet Flower一一一朵喇叭花Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Traditional era fiction, not a wish-fulfillment story + Realistic subject matter + Changing times + Ensemble cast Li Guixiang, a rural woman whose husband worked away from home, gave birth to three girls, completing the Zhang family's trio of sisters. But in the early 1990s, when family planning was at its strictest, life was bound to be hard for Guixiang and her three children. They faced enormous fines for having more children, while her extremely son-preferring mother-in-law only made things 10.1kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 81kReads9.4Score7.5kShelves

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   You could check out this book where the female protagonist and her best friend get back at their mother-in-law.

4. 4 怒 After Giving My Mother-in-Law a Piece of My Mind, I Let Loose 怒怼婆婆后，我彻底放飞 July's Dove Chocolate七月的德芙巧克力8k WordsCompleted After I Finally Stood Up to My Mother-in-Law, I Let Loose 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Battle against the evil mother-in-law

5. 5 凡EN Mortal Bones, Immortal Destiny 凡骨 Master of One Update壹更大师Eastern Fantasy8.3M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available to buy online) The world's spiritual bones are divided into four grades. First grade: Heavenly Spiritual Bones. Second grade: Golden Spiritual Bones. Third grade: Mystic Spiritual Bones. Fourth grade: White Spiritual Bones. All the rest are ordinary bones, unfit for cultivation. Xu Taiping is an ordinary man with ordinary bones, yet he swears to prove to the cultivation world that ordinary bones can slay demons, ordinary bones can vanquish evil, and ordinary b 566.7kReads9.3Score73.5kShelves

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6. 6 月 Reborn During Confinement, I’m Done Pretending! 月子里重生，我不装了！ Mint Drizzle薄荷霏霏Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted Quit my job? Dream on! I’m Su Wanwan, and I’ve clawed my way back from a future three years from now, where I was divorced and thrown out onto the street. In my previous life, I believed Zhang Lei when he said, “I’ll take care of you.” I quit my job as a regional model manager at a five-star hotel and stayed home to raise our child, only to be controlled until I could barely breathe. I couldn’t get a penny for living expenses. When I wanted to return to work after giving birth, he mocked me: “Yo 1.3kReads8.1Score130Shelves

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   A young woman, believing in love, naively enters into marriage, only to find herself trapped in a quagmire. She ends up killing herself and her child. She rises from the ashes, recovering and defeating the scumbag husband and wicked mother-in-law, along with their entire family. The story is delicately portrayed and deeply relatable. Many mothers were moved to tears.

7. 7 快 Quick Transmigration: The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Determined to Do Good 快穿之恶婆婆她一心向善 Tomato Fish Stew番茄鱼煲Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [There is a golden finger, no CP, no CP, no CP. Important things are said three times.] [This story is all about warmth. If you're looking for an intense, dramatic face-slapping story about punishing villains, please look elsewhere.] Across three thousand small worlds, there is a group of troublemakers. They are sharp-tongued and unreasonable, stirring up trouble and driving wedges between people, selfish to the core. They wreak havoc in their sons' and daughters-in-law's lives, leaving families 4kReads9.3Score310Shelves

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   It looks pretty good, haha, the plot is quite original.

8. 8 怀 I Was Pregnant with Someone Else's Child, but My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Give Birth 怀了别人的种，婆婆却逼我生下来 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance35k WordsCompleted I Got Pregnant by Another Man, but My Mother-in-Law Forced Me to Have the Baby —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A tragic love story within a wealthy family, a horrible mother-in-law, and outrageous experiences.

9. 9 无 The Faceless Woman 无脸婆 Monk0900和尚0900Ancient Romance24k WordsCompleted The Faceless Woman —Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 婆 My In-Laws Treated Me Like a Pack Mule. After I Ran Away, Their Whole Family Fell Apart 婆家把我当牛马，我跑路后他们全家崩了 Monk0900和尚0900Marriage & Romance16k WordsCompleted My In-Laws Treated Me Like a Workhorse. After I Ran Away, Their Whole Family Fell Apart 5Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 七 The Wicked Mother-in-Law of the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院恶婆婆 Ye Xiu's Wife叶修老婆Modern Romance732k WordsCompleted [Period setting + wicked mother-in-law + family life + farming + both spouses transmigrate] Chen Suwen, who had healing, wood, and fire abilities, was hot-tempered and feisty. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a notoriously wicked mother-in-law living in a residential compound. A wicked mother-in-law? So she didn’t have to rein in her temper, force herself to compromise, or worry about acting out of character by being nothing like the original owner? She’d transmigrated from the apocal 5.1kReads8.1Score242Shelves

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    Highlights of each book: ① Chen Suwen is a hot-tempered and fiery person who transmigrates from a post-apocalyptic world with three supernatural abilities, becoming a notorious and wicked mother-in-law in a residential compound. The neighbors sympathize with the daughters-in-law of the Zhou family, but under her leadership, the Zhou family's life improves, and the sons and daughters-in-law become successful. ② The novel uses a series of conflicts arising between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in daily life as its starting point, showcasing the transformation from conflict to harmony. Closely reflecting real life, it allows readers to find ways to resolve mother-in-law/daughter-in-law problems. ③ Qin Yun is an ordinary woman born in the 1980s who marries into a family that verbally abuses her. Her mother-in-law is shrewd and capable but picky and mean. After Qin Yun gives birth, she is constantly harassed by her mother-in-law and often subjected to malicious gossip from neighbors. Gradually despairing amidst the arguments, Qin Yun begins her fight back for her child, no longer silently enduring the abuse. ④⑤⑥

12. 12 婆 The Battle Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law 婆媳对决 Shi Yi石衣Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted Fang Xiaorou, a beautiful village girl and the only child in her family, was tricked by Li Jiang, a man from her village who sweet-talked her into getting pregnant before marriage. When her future mother-in-law heard the news, she was even happier than her son Li Jiang. She immediately bought a case of milk and went with him to Xiaorou’s house. When Xiaorou’s mother asked with an ingratiating smile when the young couple would get married, her future mother-in-law said they were still too young.. 7.6kReads8.7Score560Shelves
13. 13 我 My Days Living with My Impossible Mother-in-Law 我与极品婆婆相处的日子 Qingyun1987晴芸1987Modern Romance98k WordsCompleted Qin Yun, an ordinary woman born in the early 1980s, marries into a family that seems unremarkable but is often cruel with its words. It is only after having a child that she realizes her mother-in-law is no ordinary woman. Her mother-in-law is sharp and capable, yet constantly critical and harsh. Any task done imperfectly earns Qin Yun endless scolding. She tries her best to be a good daughter-in-law and care for the family, but she can never meet her mother-in-law’s standards. Her mother-in-law 3Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate to the 1970s! One Marries the Uncle, the Other the Nephew, and They Live Across the Hall 闺蜜一起穿七零！嫁舅甥，住对门 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Both Male Leads Are Devoted + Sweet Romance + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Family Life + Funny Early on] Wen Tang and her best friend Chi Yue found a novel about a real and fake heiress on a fiction website. Unlike other stories of its kind, the two heiresses weren't rivals but helped each other. They went to the countryside together, got married together, and even married an uncle and his nephew. Then they built their fortunes togethe 54kReads8.9Score7.3kShelves

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    Wearing period costumes, best friends work together to subtly manipulate their mother-in-law [shy][shy]

15. 15 拿 I Traded My Ex-Husband for Military Merit! I Absorb the Heroine’s Luck and Cheat My Way to Victory 拿前夫换军功！我吸女主气运开挂 A Fresh Perspective Every Day天天新视角Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted At fifteen, Shen Youning was sent to the Li family as a child bride. She worked in the fields for work points, while her mother-in-law emotionally manipulated her into using the money her parents had left her to raise her fiancé’s child and serve the whole family. Only after they had drained her of everything and sold her to a wife-beater did she learn that the Li family had wanted her money all along, and had even killed her entire family. Reborn in the 1970s, Shen Youning was a little socially 1.4kReads8.8Score174Shelves

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    The female protagonist's life is on a winning streak thanks to her swearing.

16. 16 智 Outsmarting My Mother-in-Law: If I Can't Beat Her, I'll Divorce My Husband 智斗婆婆，斗不过我就和老公离婚 The Full Moon of Yore当年圆月Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted Click in, click in, hurry up and click in! I guarantee you'll get rich after reading this. Click in, click in, hurry up and click in! I guarantee you'll get rich after reading this. Click in, click in, hurry up and click in! I guarantee you'll get rich after reading this. 329Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sisters, I'm getting a divorce. My mother-in-law is just like the ones described in this book—I can't stand her anymore.

17. 17 七 The 1970s: You Want to Inherit Everything? Here's a Tip-Off Letter for You 七零：想吃绝户！一封举报信送你 Fermented Rice Balls酒酿原子Modern Romance620k WordsCompleted Rebirth + Fake-Death Scumbag + Living Off Someone’s Inheritance + Capitalist Heiress + Sent to a Farm for Reform + Hunting + Farming + Retired Special Forces King In her previous life, Wu Mingfang was deceived and mistreated for years by a scumbag and his family. She spent over twenty years as a servant in her supposedly dead fiancé’s home, only to learn that he was alive, had married and had children in a big city, and had become a company executive. Li Jiayao, whom she had been told was adopte 131Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    🍰🍰🍰The female lead, Wu Mingfang, has an uncle who lives overseas. He was reported as a capitalist, and the whole family was sent to a farm for reform. Wu Mingfang's parents couldn't bear to see their daughter suffer in the countryside, so they married her off to her former betrothed, Li Da. In fact, Li Da had already died while studying in Haishi. Reborn, Wu Mingfang battles her wicked mother-in-law.

18. 18 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves

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    12. Some say poor children learn to be independent early, while others say poverty doesn't last three generations. I naively thought that poverty lasting three generations meant the fourth generation would become rich! On the contrary, there is no fourth generation. Barren land cannot grow vibrant flowers, and ignorant families cannot produce talented individuals.

19. 19 快 Quick Transmigration: Why Do I Always Become the Wicked Mother-in-Law? 快穿：总是穿成恶婆婆怎么办 Hopeless Waiting无望的守候Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Mo Lin gets a job at the Plane Protection Bureau. His work is to forcibly transmigrate into the bodies of people who hinder the development of three-dimensional planes, helping others while padding his own pockets. Those whose bodies are taken over are forcibly expelled, so if you don't like that premise, don't read. The protagonist has no romantic pairing. This isn't a romance, and there's no melodramatic cast of awful relatives or overpowering golden finger. The story is warm and low-key. The 4.9kReads9.4Score414Shelves
20. 20 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.9kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
21. 21 我 I Became the Wicked Stepmother Who Was Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 我穿成了年代文女主的炮灰恶婆婆 More Green Light青光更多Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted After dying of a serious illness, Yang Mei transmigrates into the body of a village woman in the 1970s and becomes the hateful mother-in-law everyone despises. After inheriting the original owner's memories of her past life, Yang Mei sets some goals for the future: First, make the most of this healthy body. Sleep until she wakes, eat meat until she's full, and enjoy life to the fullest! The only problem is, right now every household eats coarse-flour flatbreads, so that's going to be tough. Seco 528Reads9.0Score101Shelves
22. 22 穿 I Became a Horrible Mother-in-Law, and Now I Earn Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Day 穿成极品恶婆婆，每天赚二十万两 Cicadas Chirp at Midnight半夜鸣蝉Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead, Farming, Feel-Good, Adorable Kids, No Romance] Meng Ying died in the apocalypse and opened her eyes to find herself transmigrated into a 32-year-old peasant woman in ancient Osmanthus Village. A single young woman had skipped straight past marriage and childbirth, becoming a mother-in-law with three sons and a daughter. Though it was quite a leap, she was still pretty satisfied to have escaped the despairing world of the apocalypse. The peasant woman had been a piece of work 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
23. 23 穿 I Became the Wicked Mother-in-Law, Then the Whole Village’s Pillar of Strength 穿成恶婆婆后，我成了全村顶梁柱 Qing Yi青依Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [The heroine has no romantic pairing. She's all about her career, not love!] A leading medical expert opened and closed her eyes, only to transmigrate into a book and become a widowed old woman with six sons and three daughters! None of her children amounted to much: one was a gambler, one selfish and narrow-minded, one dull but honest, and one a weak-willed doormat… With personalities like that, no wonder they all ended up as cannon fodder in the original story! They'd accepted their fate, but 2.2kReads9.2Score213Shelves
24. 24 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book as a Cruel Mother-in-Law, She Stops Making Trouble 穿书成恶婆婆以后，她不再作妖 Su Mi苏麋Ancient Romance675k WordsCompleted She woke up to find that she had been reborn inside an unfinished, sugary romance web novel, as the future mother-in-law of its heroine. Remembering the tragic fate of the wicked mother-in-law in the book, she couldn't help but grind her teeth in fear. No, no, no! While the male and female leads were still young, she had to change her fate and make a fortune! [There is a couple, and the male lead is very devoted. Readers with strong feelings about romantic purity may want to skip this. Although 292Reads8.5Score—Shelves
25. 25 穿 After Becoming the Mean Mother-in-Law, I Led My Whole Family to Prosperity 穿成极品恶婆婆后，我带全家致富 Lei Yin雷音Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted [Farming, feel-good fiction, transmigration, food, adorable children, famine, no romance] After waking from a deep sleep, Su Mu found herself in the body of a 36-year-old farmwife from Daliushu Village, notorious throughout the surrounding countryside as a vicious, awful mother-in-law. Her seven sons knelt by her bed, calling her Mother, while all four of her daughters-in-law were pregnant. She had been single her entire life, and now she had woken up as someone else's mother-in-law. Faced with 81Reads7.0Score—Shelves
26. 26 重 Reborn in Another Era: The Wicked Mother-in-Law Isn’t So Wicked After All 重生年代：恶毒婆婆不恶毒 The Gentleman on the Beam梁上君子Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted Only after she died did Xie Lanlan learn that she was the so-called wicked mother-in-law in a novel, and that anyone who stood in the way of her son's love was doomed to die horribly. But after being reborn, Xie Lanlan refused to believe in such nonsense. She lived freely, repaid kindness and grudges, and enjoyed every moment. With children of both sexes and a devoted husband, what could be better than this life? 58Reads6.2Score—Shelves
27. 27 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as a Blessed, Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Lead My Good-for-Nothing Kids to Wealth 穿书福运恶婆婆，带渣崽崽们暴富 Ballball the Soon-to-Be Millionaire暴富的大球球Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming, family squabbles, building wealth, a woman transmigrates into a book as an older mother-in-law] After staying up all night reading a novel, I opened my eyes and found myself transmigrated into a book. Talk about bad luck. Of all people, why did I have to become her? I ended up as the silly, sweet heroine’s stepmother, the villainess’s biological mother, and a wicked farm wife with a whole brood of useless kids. Zhang Jing complained, “Well, this is great. No more nagging me to get 691Reads8.9Score107Shelves
28. 28 穿 Transmigrated into the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿成极品恶婆婆 Xiao Jiuli萧九离Ancient Romance292k WordsCompleted A top-tier female artist transmigrates into the body of a fierce farm wife in ancient times, and not just any farm wife, but a terrible mother-in-law who favors sons over daughters and is about to drown her newborn granddaughter. Under the fearful stares of the whole family, Zhang Lanlan beckons her over: Come here, come on, don't be scared. Come with me, and I'll give you meat~ 1.2kReads9.1Score118Shelves
29. 29 穿 Reborn as a Wicked Mother-in-Law, I Take My Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成极品恶婆婆，带着全家去逃荒 Yuxiang Shredded Pork Bun鱼香肉丝包Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Yin Tao nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard someone call her Old Madam Li. Had she really transmigrated into a widowed old woman? Only after opening her eyes did she realize she was a woman in her early twenties. ...Wait, what were they saying? Trading children for food? No, trading grandchildren for food? They were in the middle of a famine! Before Yin Tao could even sort through her memories, she rescued her grandson. Once she had taken in all of the original own 660Reads8.2Score100Shelves
30. 30 婆 Eight Hundred Rounds of Mother-in-Law Vs. Daughter-in-Law 婆媳大战800回合 Flowers Bloom in the Warm Breeze0119花开风暖0119Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted “I don’t have a daughter. If you marry into our family, you’ll be my own daughter.” Out of ten thousand people who say this, you’d be lucky if even ten mean it. If even one actually follows through, you’ve hit the jackpot. 2.4kReads8.9Score263Shelves

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    Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war article

31. 31 至 Closest Yet Most Distant: You and Me 至近至疏【你我】 Flowers Bloom in the Warm Breeze0119花开风暖0119Modern Romance243k WordsOngoing How did the confident and lovable Huo Qingqing go from a cheerful, optimistic, sincere, and self-assured girl to a pessimistic, dispirited woman? For her, this marriage has offered a little uncertain love, but far more exhaustion and suffering. She doesn’t regret not calling off the wedding while she was in the bridal car, but she is increasingly convinced of one thing: a lack of affection can perhaps be overcome, a lack of money can be remedied, incompatible looks can be ignored, and excessive 3Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 重 Reborn in the 1980s: A National Treasure of a Doctor, She Tears Her Rotten Family Apart! 重生八零：国宝级女博士，手撕极品全家！ Xi Fengyue西枫月Modern Romance7k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: A National Treasure of a Female Doctor Tears Her Terrible Family Apart! 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These three books are all short stories about beating up scumbag husbands and wicked mothers-in-law. After reading them, my breast nodules disappeared! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

33. 33 隐 I Hid My Identity to Marry a Jerk. After the Divorce, I Revealed Everything 隐瞒身份嫁渣男，离完婚我摊牌了 Xi Fengyue西枫月8k WordsCompleted I Hid My Identity and Married a Jerk. After the Divorce, I Revealed Everything 5Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 全 Publicly Put on Trial by the Internet: My 50-50 Husband Calls Me His “Property” 全网公审：AA制老公说我是他的“地” Xi Fengyue西枫月6k WordsCompleted Publicly Shamed Online: My 50/50 Husband Called Me His “Property” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 35 怀 My Mother-in-Law Schemed Against Me for Carrying a Girl, So I Fought Back with My Child 怀女娃遭婆婆算计，我带娃逆袭 Cangshan Guan Miao仓山观淼12k WordsCompleted Pregnant with a Girl and Set Up by My Mother-in-Law, I Turned My Life Around with My Child —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The mother-in-law plotted to harm the woman's unborn child.

36. 36 整 Putting My Tyrannical Mother-in-Law in Her Place: This Household Is Mine to Run 整治刁蛮婆婆，这个家我说了算 Luo YunyI落云一Modern Romance147k WordsCompleted Before the wedding, she fawned over me every chance she got. After the wedding, she turned nasty and spiteful. My drama-queen mother-in-law causes trouble every day. My husband and I are united against her. Watch me deal with this two-faced, wicked mother-in-law. If you want a happy life, never let a wicked mother-in-law have her way. 133Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 婆 The Battle Between Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law: My Husband Won't Take My Side 婆媳大战之老公不帮我 The Depressed One Lives Below郁郁居人下8k WordsCompleted The Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law War: My Husband Won't Take My Side 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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