The Big Shot's Retirement Life with His Wife [The 1970S]

Educated Youth Beauty x Powerful Man of the Era. The next book, *After Running Away from My Wedding, I Joined the Army with a Powerful Man [The Sixties]*, is now available. Lin Su, a fair-skinned beauty, transmigrates into an era novel as a sickly beauty. Her stepmother sets her up, forcing her to go to the countryside as an educated youth in place of her stepsister. While the mother and daughter live it up in the capital, she lies on the farm, barely clinging to life. Luckily, after being transferred to another farm division, she meets Zhou Yunqi, a future big shot in the capital. He looks after her from the start. Deeply grateful, Lin Su decides to cling to this powerful man and keep her head down until she can return to the city and take the college entrance exam. As she clings to him, Lin Su apologizes: “I got poisoned by mushrooms last night.” Zhou Yunqi: “Is that why you wouldn’t let go of me?” - Half a year later, Lin Su finally returns to the city. Her stepmother and stepsister both think she’s dead. Even if she’s still alive, they assume she must be skin and bones, too weak to put up a fight. Who would have guessed she’d be radiant and dazzling, with a handsome, distinguished man standing by her side? The man gently strokes her head, his eyes full of love. Her stepmother and stepsister are left dumbfounded. - Zhou Yunqi was born into a prominent military family. After a family upheaval, he was sent to the countryside. While leading the farm’s development, he waits for the chance to return to the capital. The newly transferred young educated youth is a delicate beauty, like a lamp that might break in the slightest breeze. What can he do? Keep her well fed and cared for, of course. As he cares for her, he turns the pale-faced young woman into a radiant beauty with rosy skin. After she returns to the city, she stirs up his desire, then casually says they’re just acquaintances and there’s nothing between them. The man’s gaze burns: “Why didn’t you say that last night when you kissed me?” Lin Su: “I bumped into you by accident.” “Then how about a few more accidental bumps?” “Mm.” Notes: 1. Set between the 1970s and 1990s. 2. Mostly romantic push and pull, with a career storyline too. Blurb for *After Running Away from My Wedding, I Joined the Army with a Powerful Man*: Jealous Vinegar Jar x Porcelain Beauty One day, Li Yue, who has transmigrated into an era novel, grabs the ration coupons and cash her aunt has hidden away and runs from her wedding. On the road, she faints in front of a military jeep. When she wakes up in the hospital, the man at her bedside looks like someone she knew in her former life. Thinking she’s gone back, Li Yue excitedly throws her arms around him. Ling Jianwei: “???” Li Yue realizes something is wrong and lets go. Well, she’s still in 1968, and she’s a capitalist’s daughter whose parents left her behind in China. Her great-aunt is in a hurry to marry her off. - A few days later, Li Yue attends her childhood friend’s wedding banquet. Her friend stole her first love, then says with false sympathy, “Yueyue, you’ll find happiness.” Li Yue smiles faintly, and the tall, handsome Ling Jianwei immediately comes over. She introduces him: “This is my boyfriend.” Everyone is stunned. What a catch! Having saved face, Li Yue leaves with her nose in the air and thanks Ling Jianwei. In the midst of their flirtation, the man asks quietly, “Have you never thought about making this act real?” Li Yue shakes her head. “We’re not right for each other.” But not long after, Li Yue hears that there’s a Ru kiln nearby where Deputy Battalion Commander Ling is stationed. A young woman determined to revive Ru porcelain techniques goes with him to join the army. - Deputy Battalion Commander Ling returns to the capital to visit family. On the way, he comes across a young woman. She’s truly beautiful, with skin as smooth and delicate as white porcelain. She’s not just pretty, she’s also strong-minded. Well, she turned him down. The young master from the military compound, who has never known defeat, is utterly devastated. Back at the barracks, he gazes at the moon in despair. Then she sends him a telegram: Ling Jianwei, do you want a wife? The man grits his teeth. Even if the woman he fell for at first sight has someone else in her heart, he’ll bring her along and figure out the rest later. Then he discovers she only came back for the porcelain... The next morning, the porcelain beauty is covered in red marks, the handiwork of a man gone mad with jealousy. Content warnings: 1. Family life and marriage before love. 2. Equal focus on romance and career. 3. Set between the 1960s and 1980s. _ Theme: Join hands and work hard to build a beautiful life.