After My Husband Passed Away

Ming Zhao had been married into the Shen family for less than a year when she became a widow.

After her husband's death, life grew harder and harder. With no one to protect her, Ming Zhao was also saddled with the reputation of being a husband-killer, and had to tread carefully in her husband's family.

One day, a disobedient child from the clan pushed Ming Zhao into the water. As she fell, she spotted the Fourth Young Master standing right on the bank.

Shen Qi was a refined and distinguished young gentleman, mild-mannered and upright. Though young, he was highly valued by the emperor.

The two had never had much to do with each other, but with nowhere else to turn, Ming Zhao stretched out her delicate hand toward Shen Qi.

Biting her red lip, her lashes trembling, she asked, "Fourth Brother, could you give me a hand?"

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Shen Qi had little capacity for emotion. He had been indifferent to everything since childhood. He barely remembered Ming Zhao, only that his eldest brother had caused a huge uproar in the family when he insisted on marrying her.

But little by little, he noticed the things that made his sister-in-law different.

Her skin was very fair, and reddened at the slightest touch.

She was ticklish, and even a gentle scratch made her let out a catlike cry.

She loved to cry.

Shen Qi did not understand what it meant to like someone, but seeing his sister-in-law's tearful expression of delight, he thought she must like him.

Until one day, his long-dead eldest brother returned, and his sister-in-law tried without hesitation to cut ties with him.

Shen Qi smiled, but his eyes were filled with menace. So he wasn't the one without a heart. Ming Zhao was.

Theme: Live well.