My Stepmother Threw in the Towel

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Shen Yurong hanged herself after marrying a wastrel. After dying, she met her mother, who had passed away years earlier. Knowing how hard her daughter's life had been, her mother gave her many skills and sent her back to a turning point in her life.

Shen Yurong returned to the day after she had completed the wedding ceremony with the wastrel.

The wastrel was surnamed Xie and named Yanzhi. At twenty years old, he did everything except visit brothels.

The last time she entered the Xie household, she couldn't bear the humiliation and hanged herself the next day. Since her mother wanted her to live well, she would live, and make her life a remarkable one.

So what if he was a wastrel? She could simply teach him some manners.

Before she could, though, Xie Yanzhi went off to the border.

Shen Yurong gritted her teeth in anger: Good riddance. He'd better never come back. She'd gladly live as a widow, farming and raising fish. What could be better?

Xie Yanzhi was the orphaned son of a God of War. To stay alive, he had to conceal his identity and pretend to be a wastrel.

After finally marrying the woman he had longed for, he no longer wanted to drift through life and let people mock his wife and children in the future. After much deliberation, he went to the battlefield. If he survived, he'd give her boundless glory. If he didn't return alive, he'd accept his fate and set her free.

Warning: The male lead is barely in the story at first, but later becomes fiercely protective of his wife.

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Shen Yanmo was reborn, returning to the moment she had just been thrown out to the estate.

Before she was reborn, she was the unloved legitimate daughter of parents who had both died. She married the Marquis of Wuchang as his second wife. The old madam of the marquis's household feared a daughter of the Shen family might give birth to a legitimate son and mistreat the first wife's legitimate son, so she was always on guard against Shen Yanmo.

The marquis feared that a Shen girl would be a wicked stepmother. Cold and aloof, he refused to consummate the marriage with her and went off to war, leaving Shen alone to suffer the household's disdain.

A year later, the marquis returned victorious. Drunk, he pulled Shen Yanmo into bed and consummated their marriage, behaving like a lovestruck young man despite being the father of several children. Afterwards, he despised her, threw her onto an estate to fend for herself, and she died in childbirth.

After being reborn, Shen Yanmo gets a divorce agreement, establishes her own household, and leaves the marquis's household and its intrigues behind. She won't be a stepmother anymore. She'll focus on raising her own children. It's far better than fighting over favor.

Years later, Shen Yanmo discovers that the person who consummated the marriage with her was someone else. That person wants to marry her.

Sorry, she's not interested.

Her ex-husband regrets divorcing her and wants to get back together.

Get lost.

A Little Scene: Ye Shaofu, dressed in his wedding robe, stands in front of the Shen residence. "Tell your mistress I'm here to marry her. Send her out."

A servant from the Shen residence opens the door and hands him a letter. "I'm sorry, Your Highness. Our mistress has gone on a long journey, and her return date is uncertain."

Ye Shaofu unfolds the letter and reads a few lines before spitting out a mouthful of blood and fainting.

Warning: The male lead is a virgin, a virgin, a virgin. Important things bear repeating three times.

This story is set in a fictional world. Please don't nitpick historical accuracy.

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Theme: Even when life is difficult, never give up on yourself.