Deadly Antidote

[The print edition, retitled "The Cure for You," is now available. @Shi Jiuyuan]

"He's been ill for many years. She's the only cure."

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When Xie Qianqian was ten, she was sent to the Shen family. The old master liked the girl from the Xie family very much. He thumped his chest and told the Shen children to raise her well, declaring that she would become a Shen grandson's wife someday.

Not long after making that declaration, the old master kicked the bucket. So which Shen grandson was she supposed to marry? There were three of them.

Back then, Xie Qianqian was flat-chested, short, and skinny as a rail. The Shen family's second and third grandsons made a game of teasing her every day.

Only Shen Zhi would silently step in front of her when they went too far, scaring everyone away.

A few years later, Xie Qianqian had grown into a dazzling beauty with graceful curves.

Just as the second and third Shen grandsons were fighting tooth and nail over her,

Shen Zhi, the eldest grandson who lived abroad, suddenly returned home. He scooped Xie Qianqian up with one arm and set her down in front of the old master's portrait in the Shen family hall. Bending toward her, he asked, "When are you going to marry me?"

Xie Qianqian glanced at the old master's mysterious smile in the portrait and felt a chill. "Um, I'm not old enough to marry legally yet."

Shen Zhi smiled calmly. "Your twentieth birthday is in three days. I'll ask you again then."

(Rescue/healing/age gap) Originally titled "I'm Not Being a Rich Family's Little Daughter-in-Law Anymore"

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