We Pretended to Be Poor, Then Got Married

As the only girl among her generation of grandchildren, Shi Muqing was born into luxury and raised in comfort. Any boy who tried to get close to her was beaten so badly by her five same-year cousins that he questioned his life choices. After eighteen years of being single, she finally left her academically hopeless cousins behind, got into Qingbei University, and promptly started dating Luo Huai, a handsome, poor student. Their love was sweet and pure. They shared a bowl of noodles, waited for the bus together in the cold wind, and smiled as their days slipped by, sweetness shining in their eyes. Shi Muqing took playing poor seriously, and loved him wholeheartedly, until one day... She attended a charity gala as an antiques appraiser and saw Luo Huai, who was supposed to be away on a business trip, sitting among the donors with an air of aristocratic elegance. "Mr. Luo has donated an ancient guqin from the Southern Song dynasty!" "Mr. Luo has donated a Ming-dynasty official kiln porcelain bowl!" "Mr. Luo has donated four antique carved screens from the Qing dynasty!" Luo Huai: Qingqing, I donated all of these in your name. We can build up some good karma and have a baby. Shi Muqing: ...??? * Fake sweet and gentle archaeology big sister * fake well-behaved architecture big shot From campus to career. Recommended upcoming contemporary romance: Tangli Pastry The first gift Tang Li received after graduation was a three-year-old younger brother, Tang Jiajia, from her parents. He was a full eighteen years younger than her. They'd secretly had a baby without telling her, which was bad enough, but then her unreliable parents impulsively booked a trip to Antarctica and took off, dumping her brother on her to look after for three months. Tang Li took a detour and dropped her brother off at a full-boarding kindergarten. On Monday morning, every child cried and begged not to go to school. Under the threat of his older sister's glare, Tang Jiajia waved expressionlessly. "Goodbye, nanny!" Tang Li: "...Call me Auntie!" On Friday afternoon, Tang Xiaoli, an overworked office worker, was so busy she was dizzy when she got a call from a young male teacher with an impossibly beautiful voice. "Hello, Jiajia's mom. Jiajia says you're very likely to forget to pick him up, so he asked me to remind you." Tang Li, a devoted voice fan: "...Now that's a rare specimen." Cheng Lu: ? Later, Tang Li finally saw Cheng Lu on the playground. The handsome six-foot-tall young man was hopping around onstage, holding up his long fingers to make bunny ears... He was so cute she wanted to squish him. That night, for the first time ever, she bought Tang Jiajia a hamburger. "Does your teacher Cheng have a girlfriend?" Tang Jiajia took a bite of his hamburger and shot his older sister a scornful look. "Teacher Cheng doesn't like hot-tempered women." Tang Li: … * Because Tang Jiajia's arms were too short to reach, Teacher Cheng helped wipe him after he used the toilet at kindergarten. He felt very embarrassed, and one time, after Teacher Cheng had finished wiping him, he said earnestly, "Teacher Cheng, when I grow up, I'll wipe your bottom every day." Cheng Lu: ...That's really not necessary. You're teacher's good little boy and cutie. This is what teachers are supposed to do. Later on, Tang Jiajia once caught Teacher Cheng in his older sister's room, dancing like a cute little bunny for her. As he danced, he hugged her and said, "All right, don't be mad anymore. You're my good little girl." Tang Jiajia's whole world collapsed in an instant. Theme: How do you balance love and studying?