Qian Xiaonian and Zhao Linchuan grew up together in an orphanage, childhood sweethearts who promised that once they realized their feelings for each other, they would attend the same university and spend the rest of their lives side by side.
But just before the college entrance exams, Qian Xiaonian was diagnosed with cancer. After much deliberation, he left a breakup letter after the exams and secretly ran away. Less than half a year later, he died.
Who would have thought that after dying, he would transmigrate into the body of a young man in ancient times? Once Qian Xiaonian finished absorbing the memories, his vision went dark. Oh, his life was so hard. In his previous life, he was an orphan who got cancer. Now he had transmigrated and was still an orphan, forced to slave away for his uncle's family.
When he learned that before long they would force him to marry an old widower and become stepfather to three children, Qian Xiaonian angrily slapped the bed. No way. He had to run. But his escape failed, and he was locked up instead. The day before the wedding, Qian Xiaonian despairingly picked up a cleaver, his gaze resolute. He would take his beastly uncle's family down with him.
Just then, Zhao Linchuan, the childhood sweetheart he had abandoned, arrived with an axe in hand.
Qian Xiaonian froze, cleaver raised. Wait, Zhao Linchuan had transmigrated too?
Zhao Linchuan had just returned from corvee labor. He let out a cold snort and swung his axe, frightening everyone back. Then he pulled a marriage contract bearing the local magistrate's seal from his robes and said icily, "Qian Xiaonian is my husband. I'm not dead yet, so let's see who dares marry him off to someone else."
Core theme: Work hard, enjoy delicious food, and fall in love sweetly.
