Reborn in the 1970s, I Marry My Childhood Sweetheart

Cheng Xia never imagined that, in the blink of an eye, she would be reborn in the 1970s.

Back then, she was a beautiful, fair-skinned young woman, and her adoptive parents, who favored boys over girls, had not yet forced her to marry Zhao Wentao, a young educated man from the city living in her village.

In her previous life, she followed her adoptive parents' arrangements and married Zhao Wentao without really knowing what she was doing. They went several years without children, and Cheng Xia's rural background eventually earned her the disdain and disapproval of the Zhao family.

On the surface, the scumbag Zhao Wentao treated her with mutual respect. In reality, he had secretly gotten together with his childhood sweetheart long ago, waiting to return to the city so he could dump Cheng Xia and marry someone else.

After the divorce, Cheng Xia made her own way in the world. Starting as a kitchen helper at a state-owned restaurant, she worked steadily up the ranks and eventually became its head chef.

But just as she was preparing to open her own restaurant, she accidentally died at home from overwork. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in the 1970s.

Her adoptive parents were still threatening and tempting her into marrying Zhao Wentao, while Zhao had yet to remember the good points of his childhood sweetheart and was wholeheartedly set on marrying Cheng Xia.

Cheng Xia, reborn, thought: Who says I'm the only one without a childhood sweetheart? If Zhao Wentao can cheat on me with his childhood sweetheart, why can't I marry mine?

Her childhood sweetheart was a strapping soldier, six feet tall. He was much better than Zhao Wentao!

She made up her mind and gritted her teeth as she called the childhood sweetheart she hadn't seen in six years. Her first words dropped like a bomb: "Sheng Huaian. Will you marry me?"

The man on the other end was silent for a long time before answering. "Yes. Let's get married."

After the wedding, Cheng Xia joined the army as a military spouse, only to discover that her husband had become a regiment commander at a young age. In this life, the two of them lived happily together, and Cheng Xia decided to pursue the career she hadn't had time to complete in her previous life:

Starting as a chef at a state-owned restaurant, her goal was to seize the opportunities of the times, start a business, and become a restaurant owner!

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Sheng Huaian had been an orphan since childhood, abandoned in the village with no one to care whether he had enough to eat or warm enough clothes.

In the dark memories of his childhood, only Cheng Xia shone like a light.

Later, he went far away to join his uncle and enlist in the army. He didn't see Cheng Xia for six years.

When he heard that she was about to marry a young educated man from the city who lived in her village, Sheng Huaian quietly took out the savings he'd accumulated over six years, planning to have someone take them back to her.

But then Cheng Xia called him.

From that moment on, his dark life had a light in it.

*The hero has been secretly in love with the heroine for years. After marriage, she joins him with the army and continues building her career. The romance and career plotlines progress side by side.

Coming soon: Remarrying My Childhood Sweetheart's Older Brother [The 1980s]

Lin Juexia has been reborn, back on the day Lin Youyou first came to the Lin family.

Eighteen years ago, the Lin family accidentally took home the wrong baby from the hospital. They named her Lin Juexia. Eighteen years later, they found their biological daughter, Lin Youyou.

In her previous life, Lin Juexia thought she had become an outsider in the family, because Lin Youyou had taken not only her parents but also her fiancé. Heartbroken, Lin Juexia refused the job her father arranged for her and the blind date her mother arranged.

She found a temporary job and moved out of the Lin family home. Then a poor young man sweet-talked her and won her heart. She married him against the Lin parents' advice.

But she never imagined that, not long after they married, the young man would realize he could no longer benefit from her. His true nature came out, and he treated her worse and worse, even cheating on her with another woman.

The moment she caught her husband cheating, Lin Juexia was so furious that she fainted.

When she woke up, she had been reborn in the 1980s, on the very day Lin Youyou first arrived at the Lin home.

After living a second life, Lin Juexia finally understood how much her adoptive parents cared about her.

When her father offered to arrange a job for her, Lin Juexia happily agreed and asked to audition for the provincial puppet theater troupe.

Puppetry was her father's own father's life's work. Lin Juexia had studied with him for several years and had a solid foundation, so she had no doubt she could pass the first round of auditions.

When her mother offered to arrange a blind date, Lin Juexia happily agreed to that, too.

But she never imagined that...

Gu Jiayun, the older brother of her childhood sweetheart next door, would also be going on a blind date! He's a visiting professor at a famous university and a future business tycoon!

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Gu Jiayun once did Lin Juexia, the Lin family's adopted daughter, a small favor. He thought nothing of it.

One day, Lin Juexia suddenly showed up and gave him two tickets to a grand theater as thanks, inviting him to see her perform.

Gu Jiayun thought she was an interesting girl.

The so-called performance she invited him to see was a challenge: he had to pick out which puppet she was operating from among a whole stage of puppets.

Gu Jiayun searched hard for ages. All he could see were puppets, not a single person.

Later, he heard that the Lin family was arranging a blind date for Lin Juexia.

On a whim, Gu Jiayun signed himself up.

At last, he got his wish and married the Lin family's beloved daughter.

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