A Marriage in Name Only in the 1960s

Complete: The Great Beauty of the 1980s Courtyard House

Shen Xi grew up in comfortable circumstances and never imagined that one day she would have to go with her parents to a labor camp. Because she was frail, her parents urgently entrusted her to Lu Ling, the son of a comrade-in-arms.

At just twenty-four, Lu Ling has already become a deputy regimental commander with a promising future. But he is busy with missions and has no interest in women, yet remains single despite his age.

They end up together in a marriage in name only, forming a temporary family.

On a deserted island, among barren hills crawling with insects and snakes, the original owner weeps. It's too hard here. She won't do it. So Shen Xi, who came from the apocalypse, takes her place.

Shen Xi is delighted. This place is wonderful: endless blue waters, clams to dig for in the sandy shallows, sea cucumbers to catch in the deep ocean. It's practically the life of her dreams.

And Lu Ling is handsome and kind. Just looking at his handsome face is enough to make her stay here quietly for ten years before leaving to seek her fortune elsewhere.

Lu Ling has a splitting headache. Having a young wife is such a hassle. Not only is she delicate and frail, she keeps sneaking off the island without permission, going into the sea one day and climbing a cliff the next.

He thought he was just getting a roommate, but before he knew it, he was worrying about her every step of the way. Somewhere along the line, Lu Ling had gotten himself involved.

Ten years pass, and at last the clouds part to reveal the moon. Shen Xi watches the little one perched on Lu Ling's shoulders, pleading sweetly, and the older one rolling up his trousers to pick crabs on the beach with a bucket in hand. Maybe they shouldn't get divorced after all.

Now underway: The Pampered Wife Returns to the City in the 1980s

Ye Wan transmigrates into a period novel. While the other educated youths return to the city with big bags and small bags of luggage, Ye Wan comes back with two little ones. The boy is the villain, the girl is the heroine, and she is their impoverished single mother.

Her scumbag father scolds her for secretly getting married in the countryside and kicks her out, telling her to give the children away or go back to the countryside.

Ye Wan stays up all night writing a little piece titled “A Father Is Like a Mountain” and shows it to her scumbag father. “I'm registering myself and both children here. If you don't cooperate, I'll send this straight to the newspaper.”

Her scumbag father's face darkens. Gritting his teeth, he says, “I'll get you registered.”

With her compensation money in hand, she raises the children while charging down the road to prosperity. Who could have guessed their father would come back?

Gu Ye is an outstanding soldier, fighting on the Vietnam battlefield and devoted to serving his country. As he lies in a pool of blood, a voice tells him his wife and children are waiting for him.

Her stepmother and stepsister are delighted. Ye Wan was sent to the countryside as an educated youth in her teens, married a country man, and brought back two children. She has ruined a perfectly good hand.

At her stepsister's wedding, everyone “shows concern” for Ye Wan and offers her three options: marry an old widower, give the children away, or take the children back to the countryside and find her country husband.

Regimental Commander Gu's brows draw together, his gaze dark. One arm holds both children, while the other takes Ye Wan's hand. His voice is low and cold. “Everyone shut up. This is my wife and these are my children.”

Everyone is stunned. Gu Ye, grandson of Old Master Gu of the Gu family in Jiang City, is the “farmhand” Ye Wan married?

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