A Young Couple in a 1960S Courtyard Compound

My new story, *The Deposed Crown Prince Couple Transmigrates to the 70s*, is now online. Please add it to your reading list! After dreaming three times in a row that she dies miserably after being sent to the countryside, Guan Bei decides she has to stay in the city. In a rush, she starts going on blind dates. After weighing her options, she somehow ends up marrying the notorious loafer from the steel mill compound. Everyone laughs at her. To avoid being sent to the countryside as an educated youth to do hard labor, Guan Bei has married even a man like him. The neighbors bet on how soon a proud beauty like Guan Bei will divorce the loafer. But not only do they stay married, their life together keeps getting better and better. The boldest thing Guan Bei ever did was spot Qi Chengjin's face outside a teahouse and, despite having met him only once, drag him off to register their marriage. When Guan Bei learns about Qi Chengjin's reputation, she assumes her marriage will be short-lived. But her husband turns out to be nothing like the rumors. Their life together is full of fun and flavor, like drinking tea and watching a play, and they settle into life in a bustling courtyard compound. Qi Chengjin has spent half his life on the battlefield, earning countless honors. He expects the emperor to reward him when he returns to the capital, but instead he gets a cup of poisoned wine to end his life. Given another chance, Qi Chengjin only wishes for a loving marriage and a happy life. My next story, *The Pitiful Girl in the Courtyard Compound Sees On-Screen Comments* Cheng Zhi faints while visiting her parents' graves. The first thing she does after waking is break up with the boyfriend she's been discussing marriage with. Her boyfriend begs her to reconsider, but Cheng Zhi doesn't waver. She goes straight to his home and finds a stack of letters hidden in a secret compartment in his room. They detail corrupt dealings and bribery, as well as his schemes with his legitimate girlfriend to marry into a family and seize its wealth. His face turns deathly pale, and everyone falls silent. After sending the scumbag to prison, Cheng Zhi locks herself inside her home. She digs all over the place with a shovel. Then she stares in silence at the glittering gold beneath the blade. Cheng Zhi: So everything that thing said was actually true! Three days ago, she suddenly gained the ability to see “on-screen comments.” From the comments, she learned she was a supporting character in a book. Her first half of life is smooth and happy, but in the second half, a scumbag marries into her family to steal her wealth. He even sells her off into the mountains, where she dies without a trace. Her purpose in the story is to sell her house to the heroine before she leaves, so the heroine can dig gold bars out from under the stove and earn her first fortune. [Keep digging! There's more underneath!] Cheng Zhi: Sure enough, I dug up a few more! [Don't drink the brown sugar water! It's been drugged!] [This courtyard compound is such a mess. Even that unassuming person turns out to be a spy...] With the help of the on-screen comments, Cheng Zhi takes down the scumbag, reforms the neighborhood, and turns the chaotic courtyard compound into a model community. She also gets promoted and a raise, and her life keeps getting better. The only downside is that matchmakers keep showing up to bother her every day. Fed up, Cheng Zhi happens to run into Gu Yizhou, whom she hasn't seen in years. Gu Yizhou has a bad temper and is famous for fighting viciously. He also has a sick younger brother to care for, and is a well-known poor, pitiable nobody in the neighborhood. Now that he's reached the age to marry, even the matchmakers avoid him. But Cheng Zhi doesn't hesitate. She gets a marriage certificate with him. The neighbors say Cheng Zhi has been picky only to settle for the most useless man, born to live a hard life. The matchmakers gossip behind her back, saying she's blind and waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Cheng Zhi ignores them, wearing a mysterious smile. [Isn't that the future tycoon who made his fortune in traditional Chinese medicine? He's showing up this early?] [As expected of a tycoon, even when registering his marriage, he has to be first.] [So the supporting character is the big shot's unforgettable first love?] In his previous life, Gu Yizhou was too timid to confess his feelings to the woman he loved. After watching her marry someone else, he left. Who could have known that their parting would be forever? His first love died a tragic death, and he couldn't even protect her last belongings. Given another life, Gu Yizhou waits on the road his beloved must take home, plans their meeting, and beats everyone else to the punch! Theme: Hard work brings prosperity