A Sickly Beauty's Daily Life Taming Her Husband [The Nineties]

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The plot has been revised, with some parts added and others removed. It has undergone major changes.

Du Zhaoyan is reborn at twenty. Her parents are determined to find a live-in son-in-law for their chronically ill daughter, and Feng Xu comes calling again, as brazen as ever.

From then on, she keeps a hound-like “ex-husband” on a tight leash, rewarding him now and then and tightening the chain when needed, all while waiting to dump him once she's done with him.

At seventeen, she was in the city hospital fighting for her life, often drifting in and out of sleep.

After she was discharged, a man named Feng Xu showed up in the village. He approached her and waited for her, waiting for three whole years.

He didn't work in the fields to grow crops. He did it to see the woman he loved, get close to her family, and maintain the image of a hardworking, honest man so her family would trust him.

Without her even realizing it, she somehow turned a drifter who had idled away his time in the city into a hardworking, honest country man.

She had to admit she'd been fooled by him in both her lives.

What kind of big boss would give up a life of luxury to come farm? He had to be crazy.

Her previous life had ended badly. Reborn with bitterness and resentment, she had no intention of getting married again.

But he really was useful.

For taking her to get treatment,

for not treating her like an invalid and letting her work,

for understanding her ambition and her unwillingness to settle,

and for having such a handsome face,

The more she looked at him, the more he grew on her.

He was so good at flirting. What was she supposed to do?

Fine. Since he was both good and bad, she might as well make do with him for now.

Feng Xu was reborn two months after Zhaozhao. There was no doubt about it: she'd blown her secret identity.

He'd been an idiot when he was young, letting her lead him around by the nose.

The regrets of his previous life were beyond fixing.

He wanted to keep her on a tight leash once more.

But his partner had no sense of romance, and the road to winning her over stretched on forever.

For his greedy little animal, Feng Xu would cherish her and tempt her with treats. If she misbehaved, he'd put up with her. If he couldn't take it anymore, he'd use his mouth to make her behave and kiss her fiercely.

He took his time, looking forward to the day judgment would come and dreading it at the same time.

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After securing her life, Du Zhaoyan's repressed desires from her previous life grew ever stronger. She became greedy for food, money, and pleasure, and her curiosity kept growing.

The chronically ill girl turned incredibly bold when drunk, biting into the dog of a man and taking a good bite out of him.

Remembering how bold she'd been the night before and how Feng Xu had half-heartedly resisted, she wanted to cry. She only wished she could black out when she drank.

“Zhaozhao, you ate me. So why are you pretending it didn't happen?”

What she thought was successful dog training was really just a vicious dog willingly putting on a collar and placing the other end of the leash in her hands, even reminding her from time to time, “Come train me already!”

The experiences of her previous life were the starting point of this one, and she hadn't exactly started from a high place.

She went from being clueless in her previous life to making peace with herself in this one, finally breaking free of her shackles and achieving true rebirth.

The heroine is neither strong nor weak.

In this life, she only wants to be an ordinary person with flesh and blood, a temper, and desires.

The hero is exactly as the heroine imagines: cunning, and a total dog!

Somehow, this ordinary woman and her dog are doing better and better together!

Please note:

1. Both leads are reborn. Six-year age gap.

2. The heroine's secret identity is exposed first. Sweet and doting. The heroine won't suffer in this life, though the hero might.

3. The characters aren't perfect.

4. Fictional setting inspired by a bygone era. Entirely made up.

5. The medical details are nonsense and have nothing to do with actual medical knowledge. They're only here to serve the plot.

Theme: Live in the present and make peace with yourself.