My Dear Little Wife

★ Please add my new novel, My Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Keeps Picking Up Junk, to your reading list! Synopsis below. ★

Synopsis: Fortune-tellers all said Su Rou was a lucky child.

But Su Rou had no father, and her mother was an innocent woman who could neither work nor tell one grain from another.

On top of that, the mother and daughter's breathtaking beauty earned them a familiar nickname from the townsfolk.

The big fox spirit and the little fox spirit.

After enduring humiliation until she was gravely ill, with her soul on the brink of crossing the River of Forgetfulness, Su Rou watched all her mother had done for her and somehow managed to draw another breath.

She swore that, even if she'd been given a second life, she would never bow to those people again.

If life was hard, she would work hard to earn money. Luckily, she was born with a gift for cooking, and everyone praised her delicious food.

Su Rou only wanted to spend her life with her mother and build a career of her own. But the man she'd rescued wouldn't have it. He shamelessly pursued her with a grin, melting her icy heart, and the two fell in love and married.

But their happy days didn't last. A woman barged into her home and slapped her, accusing Su Rou of stealing her husband.

Su Rou looked at the marriage contract on the floor, her fists clenched tight.

She had actually become a kept woman!

Furious, she took her mother and their belongings and left this sorrowful place.

They say the young duke came back after disappearing and was like a different person. Not only had his spoiled ways disappeared, but he'd even started studying?

Everyone waited to laugh at him, but instead he passed the imperial examinations and became the most handsome and talented third-place graduate.

When the emperor arranged a marriage for him, he refused, saying he was already married and his young wife was waiting for him.

But the very next day, he went to harass the owner of a restaurant in town. She threw him out, and he knelt at her door, calling her "darling" over and over until everyone was dumbstruck.

Diners couldn't stand by and watch, so they tried to talk him out of it. The third-place graduate snapped back, "Mind your own business."

One diner slammed the table and shouted, "Who do you think you are?"

The graduate didn't even blush. He brazenly replied, "Her husband."

Author's note: The leads have only ever been with each other, happy ending. The first part follows the heroine and her mother's struggle; the male lead appears in the middle. He has only one wife. The pacing is slow, so read with care if that's not your thing.

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Serious synopsis:

Ling Xia was lucky in her first life. Her father was the head of Tianyi Sect, the foremost cultivation sect, and her mother was the daughter of an immortal king from Penglai. Her siblings were also among the best of the younger generation of cultivators. Born at the summit, she was destined to be adored and celebrated.

But she was also the unluckiest of all. In a world where you could grab any ordinary person off the street and find at least a trace of spiritual roots, Ling Xia was a good-for-nothing with not a single spiritual root. She became a complete joke in the cultivation world and the enemy of her entire sect.

Everyone bullied and humiliated her. Though she lived atop the highest mountain, she was treated worse than an animal. When she was seven, her own siblings pushed her into a ravine. From then on, she ceased to exist in this world.

Not-so-serious synopsis:

Ling Xia thought she'd died for good, but when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a paradise beyond the mortal world.

Demons fled at the sight of her. The big ones didn't need chasing, and the small ones made a hearty meal. There was no shortage of fruit above or spirit herbs below, and all sorts of rare treasures fell from the sky now and then. She could pick up junk and turn it into a mountain of gold and silver.

Before long, a few half-dead and decidedly unusual people appeared in her little treasure pavilion.

A dazed, slightly improper man told her to call him Master.

A beautiful, domineering, violent older sister told her to call her Senior Sister.

A refined, handsome pretty boy told her to call him Senior Brother.

Ling Xia refused. If she couldn't be the oldest, she wouldn't be the youngest either. She pointed at the little black dog beside her and said, "At least I can beat him..."

Before she could finish, the little black dog transformed into a powerful, strapping man. "Good girl. Call me Second Senior Brother."

Ling Xia became the beloved junior sister of the Zhaoyao Sect. Her Master doted on her, and her senior brothers and sisters indulged her, yet she still couldn't break her habit of picking things up. On an adventure through a celestial realm:

While everyone else fought beasts to pass, Ling Xia picked up junk.

While everyone else outsmarted their rivals to win treasures, Ling Xia picked up junk.

While everyone else fought among themselves, Ling Xia picked up junk.

In the end, people died and were injured, but Ling Xia made it to the finish with her pile of junk. She trounced countless cultivators, and even her former family had to fear her.

Love-struck synopsis:

Her Master, Senior Sister, and Senior Brothers stared at the dying man in her room, utterly puzzled. Ling Xia blushed. "He's handsome."

Her Master immediately went to drag the man out. Her Senior Sister grabbed a massive blade. Her Eldest Senior Brother turned to open the door, while her Second Senior Brother raised his enormous foot.

Ling Xia wrapped her arms around the man and shouted, "I meant his eyes are handsome!"

Her Senior Sister rolled up her sleeves. "Dig them out!"

The man sprang to life and beat them all up.

Master: "How about you be her Master instead?"

The man looked disgusted.

Master: "Or... how about I give you my little disciple?"

The man looked even more disgusted, but...

"Fine."

Ling Xia: "How can you sell your disciple at a time like this?"

Master: "So you don't agree?"

Ling Xia: "...I agree."

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