A commoner woman married four times x a prince marrying for the second time.
On the sixth day of the third month, a huge piece of news spread through Yaoshui County, Qingzhou: That shameless daughter from the Wei family's barbershop on Tiger-Skin Alley was back!
She married a wealthy merchant at sixteen, ran away with another man at eighteen, and when that man died on the road to exile, she came rolling back to her hometown barefoot and chained. The townsfolk whispered that the woman surely wouldn't live to see the end of spring.
But the next morning, when the barbershop opened, Wei Yinhong sat behind the counter dressed in mourning white, her smile bright and clear.
"Would you like a shave, sir?"
She sat behind the counter for half a month, with gossip in her ears and hooligans shouting abuse at the door.
With no customers coming in, Wei Yinhong could only stare blankly at the restaurant across the river.
A man sat by its window, looking serious as he drank alone. A fishing rod rested beside his seat.
Wei Yinhong thought, These days, fishermen have even more free time than barbers.
Then one day, after the hooligans hurled one insult too many, the fisherman suddenly burst out the door and kicked one of them flying.
He turned and came inside, his voice as cold and heavy as his expression. "Madam, I'd like a shave."
Wei Yinhong: So fishing comes with this perk too...
Later, he became a regular, and she got used to seeing his face.
One day, while she was shaving him, a troop of soldiers in iron armor suddenly rushed to the door and knelt before the man in unison.
"We pay our respects to Your Highness!"
Yinhong's hand holding the razor trembled. What other secrets are you hiding from me?
A little scene:
Yinhong: I've been married four times.
The Prince: I've been married twice. That makes us even.
Yinhong: There's someone in my heart.
The Prince: From now on, let it be me.
Yinhong: I'm bad luck for my husbands.
The Prince: ...
Reader's guide:
* A down-to-earth heroine who hustles for money x a prince who's always on the verge of a rampage
* The heroine has a complicated romantic past and several marriages. Read with care if that's not your thing.
Theme: What doesn't kill me will only make me stronger
