Everyone knew that Chu Mingtang, daughter of a wealthy merchant in the north, had a stunningly beautiful face, but was actually an uneducated airhead with nothing going for her.
Her father had set up a private school for her at home, but she took a fancy to the aloof, proper young tutor. Using her family's power and money to force his hand, she made him her live-in son-in-law.
On their wedding night, Chu Mingtang had a dream.
She dreamed that, several years later, her father was killed by pirates while sailing overseas. The Chu family's fortune was lost and their status plummeted, leaving her, once a rich young lady, destitute.
Meanwhile, the live-in son-in-law she'd forced into the marriage passed the imperial examinations and soon rose to the highest ranks of government.
He hated the Chu family for humiliating him, so he left Chu Mingtang neglected in their home and never paid her any attention, until she died a miserable death.
She woke with a start and looked at the young tutor sleeping properly beside her, drenched in cold sweat.
Ignoring her discomfort, she immediately climbed out of bed to write a divorce letter.
But just as she finished writing her name, an arm locked tightly around her waist. The young man's low voice sounded by her ear, tinged with an inexplicable, gritted-teeth anger.
"After using me for your amusement, you want a divorce? Chu Mingtang, how dare you humiliate me like this?"
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Xie Hanzhou hated Chu Mingtang with all his heart.
In their first life, she forced him to become her live-in son-in-law, but after he became the chief minister, she killed herself after he'd neglected her for just a few days, leaving him alone in unbearable pain.
In their second life, on their wedding night, she did everything she wanted to do, then waited until he fell asleep before sneaking out of bed to write a divorce letter.
...Did this woman even have a heart?
One-on-one romance, happy ending.
The heroine's death in her previous life had a hidden cause. A spoiled, brash young lady who bullies the weak and fears the strong * a humble, restrained young tutor.
Theme: Be brave and pursue happiness
