Raising a Mysterious Wife

In her previous life, she was blind to the truth and kept company with wolves, until her family was destroyed and she perished in a raging fire. Reborn at the age of fourteen, she stopped her parents from adopting a villainous girl and reunited with the childhood sweetheart she had once lost. [Announcement] My new novel, What Can I Do to Warm You?, is now updating. Please add it to your library and let it build up a backlog! [When They Were Young] Gu Xi was born into a family that favored sons over daughters. From childhood, all she heard was her father's angry shouting and abuse. At the worst of times, when her mother tried to take her own life, her father shouted at Gu Xi, "You're just as much of a burden as your mother. Why don't you just die already?" Yes. Why not just die already? Gu Xi often asked herself that. It wasn't that she couldn't bear to leave this world. She couldn't bear to leave her weak, helpless mother. Her mother was her reason for carrying on. Gu Xi wanted to grow up and become strong enough to give her mother a better life. Then her reason for living crumbled, and her whole world came crashing down. Unable to bear it at seventeen, Gu Xi disappeared without a word, leaving behind the boy in white. She cut off contact with her parents and left her hometown. [After They Grew Up] Boss Tang built his business from nothing. Tall and long-legged, with soulful eyes, he was popular with women. He was all smiles and easy conversation in public, but spent sleepless nights alone. A girl had vanished from his world during their senior year of high school. For twelve years, there had been no word from her. On an autumn night that year, Boss Tang celebrated his birthday amid dazzling lights, wine, songs, and laughter. Gu Xi walked into the private room, looking desolate and completely out of place. The usually composed Boss Tang stumbled and scrambled over to her. "Xi, is it really you?" The girl had delicate features, her face a blend of faint sorrow and indifference. The mature man before her overlapped with the boy in white in her memories. Back when they were young: The boy in white said, "Xi, if I'm still unmarried and you're still single ten years from now, let's be together." Time had passed, and everyone had changed. She wasn't sure if he still remembered that promise. Theme: