The two young masters of the Jingyong Marquis household fell into the water. Song Yu's father, a scholar, rescued them, but the tall, gentle man never opened his eyes again.
Song Yu's father's dying wish was for her to find a good family to marry into. In the end, Fu Zhuo, heir to the Jingyong Marquis household, married Song Yu.
After she married into a powerful family, many people mocked Song Yu, saying she had exploited the debt of gratitude and deliberately sacrificed her elderly father to climb the social ladder.
Fu Zhuo told Song Yu, "As long as you behave yourself and don't get too greedy, I won't take concubines and humiliate you."
Living together and pretending to be a loving couple in public? Song Yu was perfectly fine with that.
She could spend Fu Zhuo's money and enjoy the influence of his family without having to serve that lousy man. Song Yu was living the good life at the marquis's estate.
But in their third year of marriage, Fu Zhuo brought his former fiancee back to the estate. The woman was heavily pregnant, and it looked as though she was carrying Fu Zhuo's child.
Song Yu went to demand an explanation from Fu Zhuo. "Husband, is the child yours?"
Fu Zhuo's expression was icy, and he said nothing.
Song Yu dabbed her eyes with a handkerchief soaked in chili water, her eyes turning red. "You can be a heartless man, but you have to honor your promise and compensate me. No more, no less, just one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Fu Zhuo: "...I have no money. I'm not paying."
He had no money, yet still wanted to leave her abandoned? Dream on!
The two began giving each other the cold shoulder. But after only a few days, Song Yu was reborn on the day three years earlier when her father drowned.
After being reborn, Song Yu had only two things in mind: First, stop her father before he goes into the water. Second, dump Fu Zhuo, that lousy man. The next one will be better.
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Fu Zhuo dreamed that he would marry a scholar's daughter. In his dream, his wife had nothing but a pretty face, was fussy, loved to cry, and spent money freely, but she seemed... very devoted to him.
Fu Zhuo had no intention of choosing another wife. He was just waiting for the right time, as in his dream, to ask for her hand.
But on the day he went to propose, the young wife from his dream, the one who had red eyes as she begged him not to take a concubine, was smiling warmly at another man.
Song Yu: I'm done pretending. A man who doesn't respect himself and is stingy is no good. I'd be better off raising a dog!
Fu Zhuo fell silent for a moment, then suddenly barked: "Woof, woof, woof!"
Fu Zhuo: I will absolutely respect myself and uphold a man's virtue. Every penny I earn will go to Yu Bao!
Song Yu: Can someone tell her what's going on? She only wanted Fu Zhuo to be her ex-husband, but now he's clinging to her!
Blurb written on August 31, 2022. Screenshot available.
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