The Night We Divorced, the Scumbag and I Switched Sexes

Upcoming: A Thousand Autumns and Ten Thousand Years, a powerful empress dowager × a young top candidate in the palace exams

Blurb:

Lin Yuzhi is handsome and talented, and supports his entire family on his own, yet his wife refuses to stay with him.

Qin Yezi has been married for three years. Her husband doesn’t love her, and her mother-in-law doesn’t like her.

This year, she gave birth to what her mother-in-law calls a “money-losing girl,” and life got even harder. There are chores everywhere, from washing clothes and cooking to caring for the child and serving her mother-in-law. On top of it all, she gets scolded every day.

After waking from a dream, Qin Yezi sees the light. If all her hard work earns her not even a kind word, she might as well divorce and live on her own.

After much persuasion, Lin Yuzhi writes her a letter of release. Qin Yezi happily turns to leave, only to step into a pit. Lin Yuzhi instinctively reaches out to pull her back. And then, well, the two of them swap souls...

From then on, Qin Yezi goes out and enjoys herself, while her mother-in-law praises her every day. Lin Yuzhi stays home with the child and gets scolded by his own mother...

After becoming a wife, Lin Yuzhi has three thoughts in a row: Is my mother really this unreasonable? Was I really this awful before? Is my wife’s life really this hard?

# A man over 180 cm tall becomes a woman barely 150 cm tall and has to care for a child?

# After they swap, the husband is as beautiful as a flower, while I earn money to support the family!

Lin Yuzhi, who used to think only about making money but now frets over childcare × Qin Yezi, who used to work herself to the bone but now focuses on her career

*Lin Yuzhi isn’t especially awful, but his inaction made Yezi’s life miserable.

■■■■■ Upcoming: A Thousand Autumns and Ten Thousand Years

Meng Lanshi is the empress dowager who holds power.

The first time she hears Shen Yun’s name, it is from the new emperor. Her stepson, whom she raised herself, complains to her: “The whole of Great Xia is said to be full of talented people, yet at the palace exams, nine out of ten candidates are ugly as sin.”

She says, “An emperor must not judge people by their looks.”

The young emperor waves a hand. “Mother, you didn’t see them. Next to everyone else, Shen Yun is so handsome he looks like a god. When I was grading the papers, I’d already decided to name him top scholar, but after seeing the other candidates, I had no choice but to do him the favor of making him the third-place graduate.”

The second time the emperor brings up Shen Yun, the young man, dressed in a bright yellow brocade robe, insists, “Shen Yun is only seventeen at most, while you’re more than a full twelve years older than him! You must be careful!”

She tilts her head slightly. “And if I insist?”

The emperor calls out gravely, “Mother! Shen Yun is even two months younger than I am!”

Meng Lanshi smiles. “There are plenty of people in this world who devote themselves to serving the people, but not many who devote themselves to me. I’ll only ruin one Shen Yun.”

But Shen Yun says, “I don’t expect you to have only me. But if you’ve just touched someone else, could you wait a little before touching me?”

He kneels by the hem of her skirt, his lashes glistening faintly with moisture. He is as tender as young bamboo after the rain, and his trembling lashes are like gardenia petals holding dew.

Before Meng Lanshi can explain, he says, “Your Highness, just follow your heart. You needn’t deceive me with sweet words. I’ll learn to accept it in time. I only ask that you not grow tired of me too soon.”

Meng Lanshi rubs her chin. Well, this...

*Seventeen-year age gap

Purpose: Learn to put yourself in another person’s shoes and consider things from their perspective, and find a happy life.