*
Cheng Yuhe's family was poor. Her parents were saving up a bride price for her younger brother, so as soon as she turned eighteen, they pointed her toward marriage with the Jiang family in the eastern part of town.
Jiang Zhixu was handsome and fair-skinned. He was the boy she'd secretly liked all through school. Whenever she saw him lift his shirt while playing basketball, revealing his waist, she'd blush with embarrassment. She had no objections to the marriage at all and happily went through with it.
The newlyweds were affectionate, and the noise they made at night displeased her mother-in-law. Cheng Yuhe blushed scarlet, embarrassed even herself.
Then, three months after the wedding, her husband fell off a cliff and died while riding a bus back to his hometown. Cheng Yuhe was forced to become a widow.
Her husband's family accused her of bringing bad luck to him, while her own family thought she was a disgrace. With nowhere else to turn, she left home and went to work in a factory.
She hid away in a big city and became a garment factory worker, supporting herself with her own hands. Her life got better by the day. The only problem was the terrible factory dormitory. Twelve people crammed into one small room, and she could barely breathe.
The women in her dorm teased her for being fussy and pointed at a rich factory owner's son in the distance. "If you hate it here so much, why not find yourself a temporary husband and move out?"
Cheng Yuhe had never heard that term before. Once she understood what it meant, her little face flushed bright red. Why were people in the city so open-minded...
*
Shao Chi considered himself different from the other sons of factory owners.
First, he was richer than them.
Second, he was more handsome than them.
This arrogant young master was even more conceited and bad-tempered than the others. He'd even mouth off to his own father if the old man came too close.
Then one day, a pretty new young woman at the factory suddenly stopped him. Shao Chi hadn't even had time to snap at her when she blushed and asked timidly, "Um... do you want a wife?"
Little scene:
During the day, Cheng Yuhe watched her new boyfriend at the factory, mouthing off to the whole world. At night, when no one was looking, she slipped into his private dorm room and got a special scolding from him.
"What were you laughing about with that guy next to you at work this morning?"
"Haven't I told you not to laugh with other men? I think you did it on purpose. You want to make me so mad I die, so you can find someone else, right?"
*
With her relationship and housing problems solved, Cheng Yuhe felt like a dead tree blossoming again. Everyone who saw her during that period told her how much healthier and more radiant she looked.
Then one day, just after Cheng Yuhe got off work, the gatekeeper told her that someone had come to see her.
Jiang Zhixu, who had been missing for a long time and had only recently recovered from a serious illness, was waiting outside. His eyes lit up when he saw her, and he rushed over and pulled her into a tight embrace. "Baby, I've missed you so much."
Cheng Yuhe stiffened.
Not far away, Shao Chi watched them, his expression dark and his gaze fixed on them.
"...Baby?"
"Didn't you say I was your only husband?"
Theme: Strive for a happy and wonderful life
