[1980S] The Short-Lived Tycoon's Beautiful Wife

Coming soon: the period romances My Husband and I Move to the City in the Nineties and The Cannon-Fodder Couple of the Seventies. Please add them to your to-read list. Synopsis: Lu Jiao met Gu Yu when she was down and out. At the time, he was successful in his career, gentle and reserved. He cherished her, loved her, understood her, and took pity on her, helping her grow. They were a loving, inseparable couple, admired by everyone in the business world. Unfortunately, the man died young, at just forty-five. She was reborn in the 1980s, back in the year she was seventeen and told to choose between her father and mother. This time, Lu Jiao chose neither. She coaxed her parents, who were about to run off with their true loves, into transferring the house to her and giving her a huge lump sum for child support. Then she ran off straight to Yuji to find Gu Yu. They had too little time together in their last life. This time, she was going to spend her whole life with him, growing old by his side. She would keep an eye on him, make him drink less, smoke less, and exercise more, so he wouldn't die young again and leave her a widow! But at the matchmaking session, when Lu Jiao saw Gu Yu approaching in a floral shirt, baggy ripped jeans, and flip-flops, with a shock of yellow hair and a bruise on his face, she thought her eyes were about to go blind! Where was her poised, handsome, reserved husband? Gu Yu rode the tide of reform and opening up, made a small fortune, and became a famous bachelor in Yuji. In Gu Yu's dictionary, women meant trouble. Getting too close to a woman would shorten his life~ Until he met Lu Jiao. Trouble was no longer trouble, and he was willing to lose years of his life for her. Gu Yu loved Lu Jiao. In both lifetimes, he loved only her. A sweet and fiery rich beauty heroine vs. a sharp-tongued, secretly devoted hero who can't help falling for her Eight-year age gap Reading notes: 1. The hero and heroine's relationship officially begins after she turns eighteen. 2. The heroine goes to find the hero to save him. Later, she goes to university, continues her studies, and builds her own career. [Content warnings: 1. In his previous life, the hero was framed into a nominal marriage, but the two never had a physical relationship. Please don't read if that bothers you. 2. The story features terrible parents and an obsessive male supporting character. They don't appear often and won't interfere with the leads' romance, but readers who dislike awful characters might find them frustrating. Please don't read if that's a concern.] Synopsis for My Husband and I Move to the City in the Nineties: In 1992, Gu Ruo failed her college entrance exams. Her family wanted to marry her off to a cripple in his thirties in exchange for a three-thousand-yuan bride price. Gu Ruo didn't want to marry a cripple or spend her life in the countryside. She found a way to escape and stopped Meng Tian, who had just returned from working along the coast. He was from the neighboring village and was rumored to have made a fortune. "You said you liked me once. Would you still marry me now?" By "once," Gu Ruo meant when they played house together at the age of seven. She played the bride, and Meng Tian played the groom. Even Gu Ruo felt embarrassed saying it. When Meng Tian stared at her without replying, her face flushed, and she hurriedly added: "Then just say I'm asking you for a favor. Lend me three thousand yuan to marry me. I'll go work with you, and once I earn enough, I'll pay you back, double. If you don't want to marry me, we can have a fake marriage. Once I earn enough..." Gu Ruo meant to say that once she had the money, she would find him the wife he wanted. But Meng Tian spoke before she could finish: "How much does your family want for the bride price? Three thousand, right?" After registering their marriage, Gu Ruo went with Meng Tian to the coast. When Meng Tian led her into a makeshift shack built at a construction site, and she saw how filthy and run-down it was, one thought flashed through her mind: He tricked me into marriage! Just then, Meng Tian tried to reassure her with a promise: "These conditions are only temporary. There's a night school here. When enrollment opens, I'll find a way to sign you up. You can keep studying, and I'll earn money to support us." Gu Ruo thought she ought to jump up and slap Meng Tian, yelling that he was a liar. But when she saw his dark eyes fixed on her earnestly, she couldn't bring herself to raise a hand. Ever since Meng Tian played bride and groom with Gu Ruo at the age of seven, he'd wanted to marry her. But Gu Ruo was beautiful and an excellent student. He wasn't good enough for her. Hoping to have a chance to marry her, he went to work along the coast with his village's Fourth Uncle after graduating from middle school. He took the hardest jobs, lived frugally, and saved up. Afterward, he presented himself as a nouveau riche who had made a fortune working away from home and returned to the village. It was all because of a dream he had the night before going home for the New Year. In the dream, Gu Ruo's family married her off to a cripple from a neighboring village for a three-thousand-yuan bride price. The cripple was violent, and less than a year into their marriage, he beat her to death in a drunken frenzy. When Meng Tian returned, all he saw was her, covered in blood, her body cold and pale. Meng Tian loved Gu Ruo. He had to save her, he had to marry her. He wanted her to keep studying and live the best life possible... Reading notes: 1. The everyday struggles of a poor married couple. 2. The heroine does not transmigrate or get reborn. She's a local girl, not naturally strong, but she works hard. 3. The hero has only partially returned to the past, and his memories are incomplete. He doesn't have a major golden finger, and he builds his career through his own hard work. Theme: Some kinds of love can last across two lifetimes...