A Great Beauty Arrives at the Compound in the Seventies

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Xie Mo, a single woman well past the usual marrying age, can't refuse a blind date arranged by a senior colleague at work, and gets into a car accident on the way there.

When she wakes up, she's in 1971.

Her mother is holding out a stack of photos of handsome, dashing young men and telling her to pick a husband.

"This is Wei Mingcheng, a twenty-three-year-old company-grade officer with a bright future. This is Zhao Xinlu, a clerk on the factory committee at the machinery plant..."

Wei Mingcheng? Zhao Xinlu?

Xie Mo: "..."

So not only did she transmigrate, she also transmigrated into a book?

In the book, Xie Mo, the mayor's daughter, eventually marries Zhao Xinlu, a tall, handsome man with a silver tongue who knows how to sweet-talk her. Not long after they marry, her parents are sent away for labor reform in the political movement, and the Zhao family mistreats and humiliates her. Unable to bear the abuse, she eventually drowns herself. Their son witnesses it all and becomes twisted, turning into the novel's greatest villain.

Xie Mo points to the photo of a soldier in uniform, standing straight with a cool, stern air, and says, "I'll take him."

After all, a military man sounds dependable. And most importantly, he's the best-looking one!

Wei Mingcheng is at the perfect age to marry. Handsome and dashing, exceptionally capable, and with a bright future ahead, he's the most sought-after bachelor officer in the military district. Several families vie for him, causing no small amount of trouble.

He simply takes some leave to get away from it all, and uses the opportunity to visit his former commanding officer, who's been hospitalized with an illness.

Unexpectedly, after they finish catching up, the old commander arranges a blind date for him.

Unable to refuse, he goes.

Beneath the drooping willows along the riverbank in the park, a young woman stands gracefully. She wears two braids and a red checkered dress. As she turns, her clear, almond-shaped eyes gaze over at him...

Captain Wei went out, and apparently he's bringing back a wife.

The military housing compound is abuzz, and everyone can't help discussing the new bride.

Sister-in-law Tian, who wants to marry her niece off to Wei Mingcheng, is envious. "She must be an absolute beauty."

Her Meimei is the star of the cultural troupe, and even Wei Mingcheng doesn't fancy her. His standards must be sky-high.

But when they see the real thing, everyone gasps.

The young woman Wei Mingcheng is holding by the hand has skin whiter than snow, a figure slender as a willow, and a voice sweeter than honey. She's just like a little fairy from heaven.

Even more astonishing, the stern Wei Mingcheng has become completely smitten with his wife. He pampers her to no end, does all the housework, hands over his entire salary, and can't bear to see her suffer even the slightest grievance.

The little bride smiles like a flower every day, and grows more and more captivating.

Next door, Sister-in-law Tian: "..." She's so angry she wants to beat her kid.

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Coming soon: A Seventies Romance: The Reborn Woman Stole My Marriage

Xie Ai goes back to her hometown for the holidays, but can't stand her elders pressuring her to marry, so she runs off early.

She gets into an accident on her way back, and when she opens her eyes, she's in the 1970s, in the body of an eighteen-year-old girl who was nearly bullied by her stepbrother and is now running to the army to find the man her family betrothed her to.

But when she arrives at the army base, she's hit with the news that the man has already married. His wife, Zhao Qiuhong, was originally engaged to one of his comrades.

Just as Xie Ai is trying to find another way forward, a military district leader has a sudden inspiration and tries to set her up with the unlucky man whose match was stolen.

Xie Ai doesn't expect much, but the man is tall and strong, handsome and steady, and he's about to become a regiment commander at just twenty-five. She has no reason to turn him down.

Zhao Qiuhong comes to her in a panic, saying the man is cold-hearted and will die young, and urging her to refuse.

Xie Ai declines the warning and sticks to her decision. She's not doing it out of spite. She knows they live in a novel, and that the man will one day become a powerful figure whom the male lead greatly admires.

As for him being cold-hearted... Xie Ai rubs her sore waist and thinks indignantly: I wish he were a little colder!

Zhao Qiuhong is reborn on the night she receives word that her husband, Zou Qianli, has died in action. This time around, she refuses to marry that dull, boring, work-obsessed stone of a man who dies young, so she schemes to marry his more promising comrade instead.

A month later, Zou Qianli marries his husband's former fiancee and moves in next door.

She tells herself not to pay attention, but whenever she argues with her husband, she can't help standing by the wall and spying on what's happening next door.

What makes her even more frustrated is that the stern, stony Zou Qianli is gradually spoiling his wife into a pampered young lady who doesn't lift a finger. He does all the housework, hands over his entire salary, won't let her touch cold water when it's chilly or go into the kitchen when it's hot, and even washes her undergarments!

What finally makes her break down is that Zou Qianli's supposed death in action was all a misunderstanding!

The moment Zhao Qiuhong sees Zou Qianli standing perfectly well in the doorway, smiling at Xie Ai, regret nearly overwhelms her.

Theme: Turn toward the sun and grow