Marrying That Old Man

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The day Song Die died, the rain fell even harder than the day Yiping went to ask her father for money.

Naturally, she couldn't make out Xie Zhao's unsteady figure running toward her.

During the years Xie Zhao was adopted, the Song family never treated him unfairly.

Though she could be spoiled and willful, she had always shown him some respect.

But none of that mattered as much as the lifelong happiness of the woman he loved.

"Zhou Jiayi loves Xu Qingqing. I've called off the wedding for you," Xie Zhao said calmly, as if he didn't know that the marriage alliance between the Song and Zhou families was the Song family's last hope of survival.

The Song Corporation was on the brink of collapse.

Xie Zhao had gone from being her lifeline to the final straw that broke her.

Reborn in this life,

Song Die's first move was to trap that heartless bastard Xie Zhao in some godforsaken mountain.

[The dazzling, pampered butterfly of high society X the insecure, twisted poor boy]

I walked 2,600 kilometers from Liangshan to return to her side.

A butterfly won't fly back to me, so I have to catch it myself.

Xie Zhao

Content warnings:

1. The heroine didn't take her own life. She died in an accidental car crash!!! The hero has no unrequited love for anyone else. He's only ever loved the heroine. It's all a misunderstanding!

2. Both leads have flaws. They're not perfect.

3. This is not an angst novel. This is not an angst novel!!!

4. The story has a lot of original worldbuilding. This is the author's fresh start, so if you don't like it, please don't insult me! Just close the page, thank you, thank you, thank you!

After her stepmother died and her elder sister married, the concubine-born Hua Lian thought she'd finally made it through the hard times.

Unfortunately, after only two happy days, the emperor bestowed her upon Prince Qi, a thirty-two-year-old man.

Worst of all, on her wedding day she was pushed forward to take a sword for Prince Qi,

and died!

As the saying goes, the consequences in this life are the sins you committed in your past life.

Hua Lian never imagined that she'd incurred a debt of sin spanning six whole lifetimes.

From then on, Hua Lian's goal was to marry old men.

Here are the five old men you need to win over. Collect all five, and you can be reincarnated sooner!

For what makes a pampered wife, look to Hua Lian.

Rugged man x delicate beauty

Poor scholar x young widow

Treacherous official x fallen noblewoman

Hunter x young nun

Old men have three great qualities: they're considerate, mature, and in good health.

Young wives have three great qualities: sweet voices, pretty faces, and a love of acting spoiled.

Theme: Keep striving to live