Warmth in the Old City [Republican Era]

[Architect Who Transmigrates into a Book and Becomes a Young General’s Wife x A General Who Is Cold on the Outside, Warm on the Inside]

Raising kids and building a career, both at once

Bai Guang, a single mother in her thirties, spent her days raising a child while enduring relentless workplace bullying at an architectural design institute.

Even though she worked hard, the company kept looking down on her. The night she learned she was being laid off, she transmigrated into a Republican-era novel she often read.

Overnight, she became Bai Zhaoning, the firstborn son of the military Zhou family, Zhou Huaiyu’s original wife.

She wailed inwardly: The original wife was sickly her whole life, nothing more than a background character in this grand old mansion.

She didn’t want to waste her life in this godforsaken place. She still had a child in the twenty-first century!

Bai Guang never imagined that she would fall in love with Huaiyu and settle down by his side. They adopted a son and had a daughter of their own, then began a life balancing their careers with raising children.

But after only a few peaceful years, Huaiyu gave up his military command. Then an unexpected person appeared, like a thunderclap, shattering all their happiness and calm...

Little Scene:

Huaiyu bit Zhaoning’s ear.

“Can I call you Guangmei? I’ll only call you that in bed. No one else will know.”

Half a year later.

Zhaoning blushed scarlet and refused to speak to him. “Why don’t you count how many times you’ve called me Guangmei in public?”

She had never met anyone as shameless and insolent as Huaiyu.

Content warning:

The beginning is slow-paced, followed by a honeymoon period when the couple are devoted to one another. A major misunderstanding occurs later. The male lead pretends to court an enemy woman for revenge, with no actual crossing of boundaries. Expect a trust-shattering, groveling-after-betrayal arc. The ending is a HE with scars. Read with care if that bothers you.

P.S. The setting and atmosphere are inspired by the Republican era, but the military and political factions in this world are entirely fictional and do not correspond to real history. Please don’t try to match them to real events.

Theme: Women should be independent and strong. A simple, peaceful life is what matters most.