Raising My Frail Wife All Over Again

Recommending my next novel, My Cool and Aloof Widowed Boss Is Pregnant, and a friend's novel, Has the Little Marquis Caused Trouble Again Today?

Both Reborn | Size Difference | Status Difference | Pregnancy and Childbirth [Sickly Little Darling x Fatherly Tycoon]

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In his previous life, Shen Ling married Huo Yanshen and took his husband's affection for granted, acting as outrageously as he pleased.

Until the day Huo Yanshen went out to buy him dessert himself, and never came back.

Shen Ling endured endless accusations that it was all his fault, and eventually lay alone in a hospital bed.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to five years earlier.

Looking at his pale face in the mirror, Shen Ling decided to be a docile, sensible wife in this life, one who would never cause anyone trouble again.

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Huo Yanshen was reborn, too.

The first thing he did after opening his eyes was rush home and pull Shen Ling into his arms.

But when he got home, he saw only Shen Ling's thin figure curled up by the bed. The little terror who used to make a scene over one or two harsh words now just blushed and quietly nestled in his arms when Huo Yanshen held him a little too tightly. He called Huo Yanshen's name in a soft, ingratiating voice.

At night, it was the same. Even with his eyes forced red at the corners, he only obediently tilted his head back to cooperate, reaching up with his slender, pale arms to wrap around Huo Yanshen's neck and cling to him sweetly.

Huo Yanshen narrowed his eyes. "Why aren't you acting spoiled like you did in our previous life?"

"Did someone bully you?"

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Huo Yanshen was known in their circle as a living King of Hell, a ruthless force who could turn the business world upside down.

Everyone thought a man like him could never truly care for his wife.

They all waited to see him make a fool of himself, wondering when this discarded son, with no family to back him up, would be cast aside.

Then, at a charity gala, a secretly filmed video from the middle of the night took the internet by storm.

In it, Shen Ling was wrapped in an oversized knitted sweater, his belly slightly rounded, trudging out wearily. Huo Yanshen, who had rushed over, hurried to meet him and draped his suit over Shen Ling's shoulders. Shen Ling's eyes were red as he gave Huo Yanshen's shoulder a soft slap.

He even dared to complain that Huo Yanshen had come too late. "You're so late..."

Everyone expected Shen Ling to be thrown out.

But in the video, Huo Yanshen only kissed the tips of Shen Ling's reddened fingers.

"Baby, that was a good hit."

Everyone: !!!

Only then did they belatedly remember: no wonder Shen Ling's family had once brazenly come knocking, only to be uprooted and erased completely; no wonder the people who had mocked Shen Ling had vanished one after another.

Is it too late to get on our knees and beg for forgiveness now?

Reader's Guide:

1. More than half of the main story takes place during pregnancy, which lasts a long time.

2. Fictional wealthy-family setting. Please don't overthink it qaq

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Gu Chao never imagined his own father would bundle him up and hand him over to a man, who became both his direct supervisor and his fiance.

His life and work were now under that man's thumb.

His fiance was named Jiang Jinyue. Rumor had it he was a widower with a face like a bewitching demon, and the gossip about him had never stopped circulating around the company.

How he had risen to the top, and what he had used to get there, were questions everyone answered with knowing glances.

The first time Gu Chao saw the man behind the desk, his features looked as if they had been sketched in a single stroke: cold, sharp, and so beautiful he hardly seemed real.

Gu Chao: Tsk, he's definitely something.

Too bad that, beautiful as he was, he spoke in a dull, boring way.

But from that day on, Gu Chao began to dream. In his dreams, a pair of hands would wind around him, soft and warm, while scorching breath brushed his neck. Everything about them reminded him of Jiang Jinyue.

Gu Chao hated how helpless he was in his dreams, and he grew increasingly at odds with Jiang Jinyue.

Until one day, he was summoned to the office.

Jiang Jinyue said calmly, "I'm pregnant. The baby is yours."

Gu Chao: "...Huh?"

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Gu Chao was convinced he'd been made to take responsibility for someone else's child.

He'd never even touched this man. How could there be a baby?

But Jiang Jinyue was simply too beautiful. Though his face was always cool and distant, his loose clothes stretched over the gentle curve of his pregnant belly. Whenever he raised a hand to rub his waist, Gu Chao found himself being nice to him against his better judgment.

The way the men at the company looked at Jiang Jinyue made Gu Chao sick.

He wanted to gouge out every one of their eyes.

Gu Chao told himself this had nothing to do with him, but his dreams became more and more vivid.

In them, the man who normally couldn't be bothered to spare him a glance would obediently lift his soft, gentle face. His eyes were red and glistening with tears, his lips wet and shining, as he called someone's name in a hoarse voice.

Gu Chao was consumed with rage.

The scenes he hadn't even dared to imagine in his dreams had already happened to someone else.

He thought he must be crazy. Lusting after a pregnant widower made him a beast.

But he couldn't control himself.

Possessiveness kept him awake all night. He could no longer tell if this heart-wrenching impulse was moral decay or love.

One night, Gu Chao fell into that dream again.

Suddenly, the dream became clear. Scenes he had never experienced came rushing back to him, like a memory that had lain dormant for years being awakened.

The person in the dream raised his face, lips parting to speak. The name he called was Gu Chao's.

"Gu Chao, please don't die..."

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Jiang Jinyue's husband, Gu Chao, died, and he attended Gu Chao's funeral.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to six years earlier.

On an ordinary morning, a young Gu Chao saw someone who should not have been there.

Jiang Jinyue pushed open the door and met those startled, lively eyes.

Premise: Love can cross the distance of time.