Could My Secret Crush's Late Wife Really Be Me?

The powerful He family and the wealthy Qiao family in Qingling City are about to join together in marriage. But just as the wedding approaches, both families break off the engagement and dump the marriage on their illegitimate son and daughter instead.

Rumors fly, and the insults are everywhere.

Xiao Zhi, a top student in finance, transmigrates into the unlucky bride's body, only to wake up and find herself about to become the scapegoat...

Shouldn't she run for it?

A few days later, the Qiao family is attacked by bandits, and the bride-to-be dies in a sea of flames.

A few days after that, rumors spread that the groom, He Ziyue, is so moved by his deceased fiancee's tragic fate that he marries her memorial tablet!

Three years later, Xiao Zhi, disguised as a man, has made a name for herself and risen to become a promising newcomer in Qingling City's business world.

Just as she's basking in her success, a rival named Qi Lan suddenly appears.

Matched in wits and admiring one another, they accidentally fall for each other.

But neither dares to speak up...

Xiao Zhi is a little troubled: She's heard that Qi Lan cherishes his deceased wife and swore never to marry again. Not only does she have no idea how to approach him, she also doesn't know how to explain that she's a woman...

He Ziyue is a little troubled too: How can he tell Xiao Zhi that he already knows she's a woman? To escape his family's control, he entered a ghost marriage back then. And because he didn't want to get involved with a courtesan, he swore an oath. If he confesses now, what if Xiao Zhi thinks he's a man who breaks his word, frivolous and faithless?

Mutual pining, both leads' first love, and an unconventional romance that starts with marriage before they meet and ends in love.

A brilliant ancient-world male lead and a brilliant modern female lead, bridging past and present in a sweet, satisfying story about building a career.

Theme: Study hard and keep improving every day.