A Pampered Bride in the 1970S

[Please add to your collection: Marriage Is No Coincidence in the Seventies] Shen Menglu of Xiaogang Village was the envy of all the girls in the surrounding villages. She was not only beautiful, but also adored by her parents and cherished by her brothers. She was capable, too, and had a job at the commune's supply and marketing cooperative. Best of all, her fiance worked at a credit union. Shen Menglu was quite content with her life: a harmonious family and no worries about food or clothes. But when she heard the name of the smiling young woman who worked alongside her fiance, she was struck as if by lightning. The world she lived in was a book. Her fiance was the male lead, and that young woman was the female lead. They would end up together, and after reform and opening up, they would start out doing small construction projects and eventually become real estate magnates, with businesses spanning hot sectors like electronics and medicine. They would rank among the richest people on the Forbes list. She was a supporting female character. After being dumped, she would hate the leads with all her heart. It would be bad enough if she just kept causing them trouble, but she would even sabotage safety measures at a construction site, then tragically fall to her death. Thinking about the plot, Shen Menglu shuddered. Any woman who wanted that faithless bastard could have him. She was done with him. She turned around and bumped into a man. It was Zhu Qi, the female lead's fiance. He wore a rough homespun undershirt and held a stack of books, yet he had not the slightest air of a scholar about him. He was sharp and cold. But that was not the worst part. In a gentle voice, he asked her, "Comrade Shen, I'm no longer engaged, and you've lost your fiance. How about we get together?" Shen Menglu was so frightened that she ran for it. She did not know that the man watched her leave with a gaze full of devotion and tenderness. To get a second chance, and find you still here, how wonderful! After Shen Menglu broke off her engagement, Zhu Qi became a regular at the Shen home. He did the laundry and cooking, cleaned the house, never complained, and even knew how to cheer people up. Shen Menglu gritted her teeth. A man like this would be a real catch. When the college entrance exams were reinstated, Shen Menglu and Zhu Qi stayed up late studying for them, while the male and female leads began preparing for reform and opening up. While Shen Menglu and Zhu Qi studied at university, the leads hauled bricks at construction sites in Yangcheng. When Shen Menglu and Zhu Qi graduated and opened a shopping mall in the provincial capital, the leads were building roads and mixing mud in the outskirts. When Shen Menglu and Zhu Qi entered the technology sector and took their little one to check on construction at their factory, a dark-skinned migrant worker couple gazed at the prosperous-looking family of three, their eyes filled with hatred and regret. They even heard Zhu Qi and Shen Menglu use them to teach their child a lesson: "See? If you don't study hard, all you'll do when you grow up is haul bricks!" Synopsis of Marriage Is No Coincidence in the Seventies: While looking for food in the mountains, Qin Manlin came across a wild boar. A handsome, long-legged soldier rescued her. He was exactly her type. Remembering that her mother was at home plotting how to sell her off for the highest price, she rolled her eyes and said, "They say you repay a life-saving favor by offering yourself in marriage. What do you think, comrade?" Gu Qingyu looked at her, all skin and bones, like a bean sprout, and pursed his thin lips. "Serving the people is what I do. No need to repay me." Qin Manlin's first attempt to escape her birth family through marriage failed! After a series of twists and turns, Qin Manlin eventually rallied and made use of everyone around her to escape her birth family. She joined the army hospital and became a nurse. Gu Qingyu was handsome and exceptionally capable. There were enough women introduced to him to form an entire reinforced company, but he simply couldn't take a hint and had turned down countless girls. This time, his father issued a strict order: he had to settle down. Unwillingly, Gu Qingyu went on a blind date. The woman looked strangely familiar, but he did not connect this elegant, beautiful date with the bean sprout from back then. Of course, no matter how beautiful she was, he would still turn her down. He had never intended to date anyone. When Qin Manlin saw that her blind date was the man who had rejected her before, she stood up before Gu Qingyu could refuse her and said, "We're not right for each other." Then she turned and left, brisk and decisive. It was the first time anyone had rejected him, and Gu Qingyu was so surprised that he remembered Qin Manlin's name. One day, Gu Qingyu was injured and on the brink of death. When all the doctors were at a loss, Qin Manlin, now a doctor, stepped forward and saved him with her outstanding medical skills. While he was recovering, Gu Qingyu fell for Qin Manlin. "Doctor Qin, you saved my life. I should repay you by offering myself to you. I'd like to date you." Qin Manlin coldly refused. "Saving lives is a doctor's duty. There's no need to repay me." Gu Qingyu's first confession to a girl failed! After clearing one hurdle after another, he finally managed to win Qin Manlin over. When he took her home to meet his parents, his father looked at his wife and cried out through his tears, "Daughter, I'm your father, your real father!" Gu Qingyu asked his father, "Should I call you Dad from now on, or Father-in-law?" Old Gu held his biological daughter's hand and glared at the son he had raised for over twenty years. "What do you think?" Gu Qingyu understood. From then on, he was no longer a son of the Gu family. He was a live-in son-in-law. Theme: Love life and keep looking on the bright side!