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Yuxi Town is home to three famous handsome widowers.
One is Shen Qingyan, a scholar who makes his living selling calligraphy.
One is Gu Zhao, the charming younger son of a wealthy family.
One is Li Er, a butcher who sells pork at a market stall.
They each married and then lost their wives in turn. It's truly a pity.
When Chen, the neighbor, brings them up while chatting with Zhu Anning, she sighs along.
But she wonders to herself: What do they have to do with her, a widow whose husband just died?
Yet, somehow, all three widowers set foot where they shouldn't: in Zhu Anning's home.
At dawn, Shen Qingyan stands outside her door holding a scroll of calligraphy with ink that's still wet. Dressed in a simple blue robe, he has gentle eyes and brows.
He says her home looks bare, so he's brought her a piece of calligraphy to brighten it up.
Zhu Anning can't refuse. Shen Qingyan sets it down and leaves without even accepting a cup of water.
When the sun reaches its zenith, Gu Zhao arrives, fanning himself.
Dressed in fine clothes and a jade crown, he smiles and says he was passing by, so he thought he'd see if Zhu Anning needed any daily necessities.
After exchanging a few words at the door, he turns and leaves. His manner is perfectly open, yet the women on the street keep glancing over.
At sunset, Li Er closes his stall, shoulders half a pig, and heads straight to Zhu Anning's door with a fresh slab of pork belly.
In a gruff voice, he says, “It's hard for a widow to get meat. Take this.”
Before Zhu Anning can reply, he's already striding back to his butcher stall.
In just one day, rumors in Yuxi Town spread like wildfire.
Some say Zhu Anning is a seductress, flirting with men as soon as her husband dies.
Some say three widowers are fighting over one widow, turning her into the whole town's laughingstock.
The cruelest gossips say she's ill-fated, that she killed her husband and will bring misery to those three poor men as well.
When Chen comes by again, she looks troubled, as if she wants to say something but can't.
Everything she says is meant to urge Zhu Anning to behave respectably and avoid men, lest she give people something to gossip about.
Three days later, Zhu Anning packs her bags, ready to leave Yuxi Town.
All three men block the doorway to her home at once.
“Madam.” “Wife.” “Darling.”
Zhu Anning secretly asks the System, “Can I still apply to fake my death?”
After transmigrating into a book, she married three times and faked her death three times.
“...I'm afraid not, dear,” the System replies.
Oh no. She's done for.
【Taking the Wife's Surname】
Shen Anning vs. Shen Qingyan: spoiled young lady × impoverished scholar
“Anything is fine. I'll even keep being your dog. Just as long as you want me.”
【The Wrong Beloved】
You Anning vs. Gu Zhao: widow married for good luck × charming young master
“Blame me for asking too much. I ended up costing you your life.”
【A Meeting on the Road】
Chang Anning vs. Li Taiping: child bride sold to bury her father × general who slaughters pigs
“The flowers bloom along the road. You can take your time coming home.”
【Reader's Guide】
1. The early story follows each of the three male leads separately. The love triangle only appears later.
2. Expect melodrama and regretful groveling in equal measure. Be warned!!!!!!!
Theme: The world is full of love.
