After Failing to Become a Widow

Rong Jing transmigrated to ancient times and was sold for fifty taels of silver by his brother and sister-in-law to the Li family's son. He became the sickly husband who married into the Li family.

He didn't mind marrying into the family, but he did object to a marriage arranged without the couple ever meeting.

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The Li family ran a respectable restaurant. It wasn't bringing in a fortune every day, but it was always packed with customers.

Shopkeeper Li had only one child, a son who was not yet married. After his death, unscrupulous relatives set their sights on the restaurant, planning to marry the young man and seize the Li family's assets.

Although Li Wei was a son, he was decisive. He simply paid the Rong family on the corner of the street to marry their sickly scholar into his family.

Under the laws of the Great Qi, a son who became a widower after his husband's death could set up his own household. Li Wei hoped the invalid would die soon, so no one could scheme against his family's business.

But Rong Jing dragged his sick body out of bed and into the little kitchen. He made a bowl of clear noodle soup and, after eating like a starving ghost, managed to pull through.

On the first day, he made clear noodle soup. The next morning, he started simmering soup, and that evening he enjoyed a delicious chicken soup.

On the third day, he squatted by the stove and watched the fire all day. When he heard a noise, the sickly man dragged his frail body over to find Li Wei.

There he saw a young man in plain clothes, with delicate features, scolding troublesome relatives until they cowered like grandchildren.

Rong Jing thought: Maybe a marriage without ever meeting isn't so bad after all.

Everyone said Li Wei was too stubborn. Why not simply be a carefree wife of the household? Instead, he chose to marry a sickly man into his family and shoulder the business himself.

Although Li Wei had wanted to become a widower, he never mistreated Rong Jin. The longer they lived together, the less he wanted Rong Jin to die. He fed him good food and medicine, determined that surely he could be cured!

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Later, the Li family's restaurant grew more and more popular. Signature dishes such as mouthwatering chicken, one-pot stew, and tofu with shredded vegetables became famous among food lovers. Someone even became more concerned about the health of their husband than the Li family's young man was. Whenever they heard Chef Rong Jing cough, diners sound asleep at home would all shudder.

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"Marked by My Ex-Boyfriend's Uncle"

Huo Xinghe is tall and handsome, with a cool, noble air, yet he's obsessed with farming.

His ex-boyfriend thinks he's gone crazy. The Huo family heirs are fighting over the estate, beating one another to a pulp.

But Huo Xinghe has put down roots in the countryside, wearing plaid shirts, work pants, and rubber boots every day, completely unconcerned with his appearance.

[I've been dating him for three years, and he hasn't even touched me.]

[A future without material comforts is worth nothing.]

[I can't feel his love. Let's break up.]

His ex-boyfriend doesn't know that the results of Huo Xinghe's three years of research are about to be revealed: a patent even the head of the Huo family covets.

One day, during a torrential downpour, Huo Xinghe found a beautiful, flushed omega in the fields. His voice was hoarse and breathless as he sneered, "Do you want to mark me too?"

Huo Xinghe didn't say a word. He carried the omega back to his home and gave him an injection of suppressants.

The beautiful omega was stunned.

But damn it, the suppressants had expired, and the omega backed Huo Xinghe into a corner.

That stormy night, Huo Xinghe nearly failed to hold on to his conviction to keep farming!

The next morning, the omega left a huge check and walked away.

Huo Xinghe: ...

Qin Si was the most outstanding of the third-generation Qin family heirs, yet he had to swallow his pride and pursue Huo Xinghe again.

He'd never been one to go back to an ex, but Huo Xinghe held the patent his company needed most.

Qin Si set aside his usual tactics and went to the Huo family home. From behind a half-closed door came the coquettish voice of an omega.

Hoarse and soft, full of pent-up desire: "Huo Xinghe, are you impotent or what?!"

Then came the alpha's helpless but patient reassurance.

"Be good, listen to me..."

"The doctor said we need to take it easy in the early stages of pregnancy."

Qin Si recognized the voice. The coquettish omega was none other than his aloof, proud uncle!

The door opened.

He saw Huo Xinghe with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist: six foot three, a muscular build, broad shoulders, long legs, and a piercing gaze.

Huo Xinghe glanced at what Qin Si was holding and said calmly, "Come to my office tomorrow to discuss the patent. It's too late to receive guests now."

The door closed, and Qin Si, left outside, quietly crumbled.

Theme: Stay true to your original intentions, uphold your mission, and strive for a better life.