The moment Feng Ruo opened her eyes, she saw red candles and bed curtains, the candlelight flickering crimson.
She realized with a start that she had transmigrated into the middle of an arranged marriage where bride and groom had never even met.
They'd gone from betrothal to wedding in just a few days. Her predecessor had never even laid eyes on her fiancé before being carried off in a bridal sedan.
She'd heard that her fiancé was the only son of a powerful maternal relative of the emperor, a man who went around killing chickens and beating dogs, did every sort of evil, and had a long list of misdeeds.
Unwilling to waste her life after marriage, her predecessor had downed a cup of poison on the spot.
Feng Ruo, now in her body, curled her fingers nervously, her heart pounding. She heard hurried footsteps outside, coming and going in a flurry.
She blinked, then slowly lifted one corner of her veil and met the handsome face of a man bound head to toe on the floor, his face red with frustration.
Their eyes met. Right on cue, his stomach growled.
Feng Ruo: ...
The groom, You Yanei, bound head to toe: ...
Feng Ruo: Um, would you like a late-night snack?
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At first, You Jing was a hundred percent against the marriage his family had arranged for him. What kind of nonsense was this, a gentle, virtuous beauty? His family just wanted her to keep him in line and make him improve. They had a hundred mu of fertile land and half a street of shops, enough wealth to last three generations. Why would he need to improve himself? Become an official? He'd rather be a dog tha...
Later, after a steady diet of mashed potatoes, mixed-noodle hot pot, rice noodles, spicy hotpot, barbecue, grilled meat, burgers, pan-fried buns, tiger-skin chicken feet, soup dumplings, towel cakes, snowflake pastries, stinky tofu, roast duck, spicy chicken...
You Jing: Fine! If a dog won't do it, I'll do it!
I'll earn my wife an official title! Please don't leave me, wifey, sob~
Theme: May all the unhappiness in life be healed with good food.
It's delicious and beautiful. Why don't you update it?
I don't think I'm worthy of falling in love if I can't read 🤩
I don't think I'm worthy enough to fall in love if I can't read 😭 😭 😭
Spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers.
No one? Then I'll be number one!
Spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers.
More, faster, damn it! Why didn't I read this book a year later?
"It takes a step forward" is a big thorn in the side of the author~ it → she