My Husband Only Wants to Make Money

【Clearheaded and independent, money-making maniac transmigrated wife × Gentle and refined, doting husband, scheming imperial-exam candidate】 A huge backlog of chapters, with a guaranteed daily update!!! 【He opened his eyes to find himself in ancient times, saddled with a childhood betrothal.】 After ten years as an overworked corporate drone, Su Jingshui drowned and transmigrated into the body of a poor young man in the Great Sheng Dynasty. His original self had been forced by his uncles to become the concubine of a fifty-year-old licentiate. After fleeing for two days and one night, he sought refuge with the scholar to whom he had been betrothed as a child. But as soon as he arrived at the Shen household, he came down with a high fever and died. Su Jingshui: “...” Fine, he’d take this lousy script, but the betrothal belonged to the original owner. What did it have to do with him? There was no way he was getting married. He’d save enough money and leave. The world was vast, and he wasn’t about to get trapped in some back courtyard, playing the dutiful wife and raising children. After his father and grandmother died one after the other, Shen Zhiyuan had to observe mourning and could not sit the imperial exams. He reached the age of nineteen with the awkward title of licentiate still his highest achievement. The villagers mocked him for remaining a mere licentiate after six years. He pretended not to hear them and shut himself away to study. Then one day, a young husband-to-be appeared, someone to whom he had been betrothed in childhood. The young man was only fifteen, strikingly beautiful, quick-witted, clever, and full of ideas and drive. After falling ill, he began thinking about how to make money to support Shen Zhiyuan’s studies. At first, Shen Zhiyuan was touched. But little by little, he realized something was off. Was this fiancé so determined to make money because he wanted to leave the Shen household and set up on his own as soon as possible? Later, when a ferocious epidemic broke out and the county town was sealed off, all Shen Zhiyuan could think about was how small and thin Su Jingshui was, and what he would do if someone bullied him. Only after pulling him into his arms did Shen Zhiyuan finally understand: in this life, he was going to marry Su Jingshui. If Su Jingshui refused, he would coax him until he agreed. Fortunately, Su Jingshui was not entirely without feelings for him, either. Shen Zhiyuan passed the licentiate examinations, and the two officially married. Su Jingshui focused on opening shops and making money, while Shen Zhiyuan worked hard to climb higher so Su Jingshui could spread his wings without worry. In their old age, a colleague asked, “Lord Shen, what made you fall for your wife back then?” Shen Zhiyuan smiled. “He came from far away. He’d suffered a great deal, yet there was still a light burning in his eyes.” “The moment I saw him, I thought: I have to keep him by my side for the rest of my life.” Su Jingshui overheard him. That night, he nipped Shen Zhiyuan’s ear and asked, “What would you have done if I’d really run away back then?” Shen Zhiyuan rolled over and pinned him beneath him, his gaze dark. “I would have chased you.” “I’d chase you to the ends of the earth and bring you back.” “Did you... know from the beginning that I wasn’t him?” Shen Zhiyuan paused. He lowered his head and kissed the corner of Su Jingshui’s eye, his voice as soft as a sigh: “That’s why I said you came from far away.” “From a very distant place, all the way to my side.” Note: This is a slow-burn story with plenty of family and everyday life. It is not a pure face-slapping power fantasy, and the leads don’t get together right away. Volume One focuses on their feelings growing from nothing to something; Volume Two is about married life!!!!! 【Reading Guide】 1. One-on-one, both leads are each other’s first and only, happy ending. They marry first and fall in love later, with both pursuing each other. 2. Farming and imperial examinations, building a business from the ground up, everyday-life style, with equal emphasis on romance and career. 3. The transmigrated husband isn’t love-struck; he’s all-in on his career, and all his business ideas come from modern knowledge. 4. The top is devoted but not a self-sacrificing saint. He recognizes his partner’s soul at first sight and trusts and supports him without reservation. 5. A gradual, steady relationship, from living with his husband’s family to becoming a first-rank noblewoman, leveling up and overcoming challenges all the way. Theme: Whatever hardships you face, keep striving and live a life that shines.