My Wicked Cousin Helps Me Rise to the Top

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Gu Zheng was graceful and beautiful, but her cousin framed her and made her marry the poor scholar Song Lin in her place. She only realized what had happened after they entered the bridal chamber. By then, it was too late.

They said Song Lin was a poor scholar who knew nothing but how to read, and his mother-in-law was sharp-tongued and difficult to get along with. The young lady from a wealthy family had fallen right into the mud.

But Gu Zheng discovered that none of it was true!

Her husband was supposedly poor, but as Gu Zheng stared at the thick stack of banknotes, she wondered: Wasn't he only supposed to know how to read?

Her mother-in-law was supposedly harsh, but as Gu Zheng looked at the household keys, she wondered: Wasn't she supposed to be difficult to get along with?

And later, her much-maligned husband passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar. Taking Gu Zheng by the hand, he rose all the way to the highest ranks of the court!

On the day she returned to her parents' home, her cousin saw Gu Zheng's dark circles and delicate, weak appearance and asked with malicious intent:

"Gu Zheng, is your husband treating you badly?"

Gu Zheng quietly rubbed her sore lower back and nodded with teary eyes. "He really is treating me terribly."

Song Lin, the Grand Secretary of Da Sheng, feared by all, woke one day to find himself back in his youth.

A fortune in family wealth? Fine clothes and fine horses?

Not a chance.

Back then, he was a poor scholar whose clothes were patched three times over.

He had no possessions, no reputation, an elderly mother, a young brother, and a single thatched hut.

And his future wife had not yet been harmed or forced to marry him in her cousin's place.

Song Lin remembered the splendor of their life together in the previous world, then looked at the raindrops falling inside the house. Rolling up his sleeves, he decided he should get rich first.

Reading Guide:

1. Sweet, satisfying, and romantic. One-on-one, both leads are each other's first.

2. Set in an alternate world, emptier than the author's wallet!!!

3. Cousin Gu Zhiyuan is reborn from the first life, while Song Lin is reborn from the second. In the third life, Song Lin loves only Gu Zheng. This is important!

4. The heroine, Gu Zheng, dreams about events from her past life!

Recommendation: I Can Be Your Little Wife by Shanchabu Zha. Once you're someone's little wife, you're not a freeloader anymore!

Next story, Marrying My Ex-Husband's Father. Please add it to your favorites!

Qin Shou was a heaven-appointed general, destined to live alone. On the day he decided to adopt an heir, he had a dream. His adopted son would marry Shen Wei, the Grand Secretary's daughter, but they would have no children in their three years of marriage.

The reason? Shen had been sent to his own residence by him.

Remembering the stunning beauty from his dream, Qin Shou awoke with an unusual interest and promptly tore up the adoption papers.

If he could have a beauty by his side, why would he need an adopted son?

Shen Churong had a graceful figure, fragrant skin, and a reputation for using her beauty to get whatever she wanted. Her fame resounded throughout the capital.

Handsome young men from the capital kept watch outside the Grand Secretary's residence, hoping to catch the scent of her passing by.

Yet whenever the wives of marquises and dukes brought up Shen Churong, they all clenched their teeth.

"My son bought her a shop on Vermilion Bird Avenue."

"My son gave her an estate atop Mount Wenshan."

Qin Shou overheard them by chance. Holding the beauty in his arms as she murmured sweet words, he pinned her down. His voice was hoarse, as if suppressing something, as he demanded,

"What did my son give you?"

"A man..."

At first, Qin Shou only thought he couldn't sleep alone and that having someone with him would be nice.

Later, he let the beauty stir up trouble, making his adopted son and his first love miserable.

Later still, the beauty used him and ran away. Qin Shou kicked open the Shen residence's front door and barged in.

Transmigrated as the Cousin's Foil: Please add my new story to your reading list!

Lin Mingshan caught a cold and transmigrated into an era novel. In the book, the heroine Lin Yuanyuan got a magic space, changed her fate, built a fortune, and settled in the capital.

Lin Mingshan, meanwhile, was the heroine's cousin and a cannon-fodder villainess. She spent her life making trouble for the heroine, lost her husband and children, and died alone in the street, with no one to care for her in old age.

Thinking of the original owner's tragic ending, then looking at her lame husband, who had just returned from the army, and her pitiful little one, so skinny he could barely walk, Lin Mingshan shivered. She decided she'd better work hard to live her own life well.

But why hadn't the original novel mentioned that the heroine had stolen her magic space from her?

Reading Guide:

1. One-on-one, both leads are each other's first, and it's sweet and satisfying!

2. Set in an alternate world, emptier than the Yellow River's wallet!!

Theme: Even when you're at your lowest, turn toward the sun.