In That Faraway Frontier [The 1960s]

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Blurb: Yang Qiujin was the prettiest girl in Xinfeng Production Team. At eighteen, she followed her parents' wishes and married Chen Shengqing, a fellow villager.

Chen Shengqing was handsome, broad-shouldered, long-legged, and ambitious, a model young man. He had no romantic feelings for Yang Qiujin, but his mother threw a fit and threatened to kill herself, so he reluctantly married her.

Less than a month after the wedding, he was drafted into the army. He was gone for seven years, earning several military honors and rising to the rank of battalion commander.

At Chen's mother's insistence, Yang Qiujin set off with her six-year-old son to join her husband on the northwestern frontier.

She knew Chen Shengqing didn't care much for her. Their marriage had been arranged by their parents, so it wasn't as if they had any foundation of affection.

She didn't expect much. She'd raise her son and build a career of her own. Chen Shengqing could do whatever he wanted.

At first, Chen Shengqing thought the same way. But after spending day and night together in the harsh frontier, he changed his mind.

This woman was wonderful in every way. How had he been so blind that he hadn't fallen for her from the start?

A story of a hero and heroine who marry first and fall in love later.

The male and female leads are both natives of their world. No one transmigrates or is reborn in the story.

Blurb screenshot posted to Weibo on June 21, 2022.

Theme: Enduring hardship and making selfless contributions