After the Engagement Was Annulled, I Married a Boss From Shiwen

My new novel, After Mistaking the Male Lead in a Period Novel, is now available!

Xia Shao had had enough of her life as an overworked corporate drone and was planning to quit and retire in her hometown.

To her surprise, when she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to the 1960s, an era of shortages, and found herself saddled with a cuckold's hat. By the time she traveled thousands of miles to the Northeast to confront her fiancé, he had already married a local woman and had two children.

Afraid things would get out of hand, her fiancé's family hurriedly arranged a match for her.

The man was tall and handsome, and he had a relative who was a manager at a major factory. Xia Shao took a shine to him at first sight.

What her fiancé's family neglected to mention was that the man was cold, sharp-tongued, and idle. Back home, he was notorious as a street loafer.

After marrying him, Xia Shao would have to do all the cooking and cleaning, and earn money to support the family, too. The hard times were just beginning.

What Xia Shao didn't mention was that before transmigrating, she'd read a novel in which a tycoon, greatly respected by the male lead, happened to be her new husband.

And right now, the motherland was still young. The land was rich, factories dotted the landscape, and opportunities were everywhere. Marrying him meant she'd have a stable job with no overtime. The good times were just beginning!

The one thing Xia Shao hadn't expected was that while her workplace never made her work late, her billionaire husband did...

When the man gazed at her with furrowed brows and coaxed her hoarsely to hang on just a little longer, all she could think to ask was:

What happened to being filthy rich and never coming home?

What happened to being a workaholic with no worldly desires?!

Here are some upcoming period novels in a similar vein. If you're interested, please add them to your reading list!

The Period Novel Foil Only Wants to Eat Popcorn

Blurb:

Two young brides married into Linxia Village, and they were complete opposites.

One was hardworking and capable, taking care of everything at home and outside. The other was lazy, greedy, and sly, doing nothing but watch the drama and eat snacks.

One took meticulous care of her two stepchildren. The other wouldn't lift a finger, not even to wash a bowl.

Everyone in the village said Lin Qiao was the one who knew how to make a life. She'd follow her husband to his military post and live the good life. As for Cheng Xia...

She'd be sent packing back to her parents' home sooner or later!

Sure enough, at dawn, Lin Qiao made breakfast for her stepchildren, grabbed her hoe, and headed to the fields.

Cheng Xia slept until late morning, then crunched sunflower seeds in the courtyard as she watched her stepson do the laundry.

The six-year-old boy frowned, a fading bruise still visible on his left cheek. “Wash all of this, and then tell me how to get out of doing it and make Er Pang look bad, too?”

Cheng Xia hummed as she flipped through the gossip System that had transmigrated with her. “He wet the bed last night. His quilt's still hanging in the courtyard.”

Yikes, his dad was also fooling around with Li, the widow from the next village. A dog had even chased his shoes right off!

That wasn't something she could tell a child. Cheng Xia scrolled further. “I need to sell that old ginseng root I dug up yesterday. I'll bring you some meat. If you can heat up your own lunch, I'll tell you where Xiaohu hid the eraser he stole.”

When Commander Jiang heard that his son was being treated so badly by his new wife that he was practically wasting away, he rushed back from his army post.

As soon as he entered the village, a chubby little boy in overalls, looking fairer and plumper than before, blocked his way. “My dad's been gone for years, so he's probably not coming back. Would you marry my mom and be my new dad?”

Commander Jiang: “...”

After Mistaking the Male Lead in a Period Novel

Blurb:

Lin Qiao transmigrated into a period novel she'd only heard about from a friend. She couldn't even remember the male lead's name.

As a foil character who was a poor match for the male lead, she knew he would marry her only so he could leave the military and go into business, trading his freedom to choose a spouse for freedom in his career. Once he succeeded, she would make a scene at every turn until everyone hated her, and their marriage would end in a miserable divorce.

Lin Qiao thought, This is... this is wonderful!

She'd have food and shelter, no marital obligations, and a hefty alimony payment. Why not marry him? It wasn't as if she wanted to wait around for her uncle and aunt to sell her off.

Sure enough, on the day of their formal introduction, the tall, handsome man sat ramrod straight in his uniform, his face stern. He was so businesslike he seemed less like he was on a blind date and more like he was at a briefing in the war room.

But then he handed her his salary card and passbook~

Lin Qiao accepted them without a worry. Now all she had to do was wait for her husband to ask for a divorce.

In their first year of marriage, she rubbed her aching lower back and felt that something was off.

In their second year, she noticed the extra stars on the man's shoulders and felt even more certain something was wrong...

Then one day, the man's eldest nephew got drunk at her house and cried that he regretted pushing his childhood engagement onto his uncle.

The man was peeling shrimp for her with his eyes lowered. He glanced at his nephew, and the young man sobered up instantly, his face turning pale with fright.

Only then did Lin Qiao realize she hadn't married the male lead at all. She'd married the male lead's cold-faced, terrifying uncle!

No wonder she was already expecting his child, and he still hadn't asked her for a divorce!

Theme: Life may treat you unfairly, but you mustn't treat yourself unfairly.