The Pretty Side Character Stops Turning a Blind Eye [The 1970s]

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The latest hot topic in the military family compound is that Zhou Yan, the cold-faced academic star of the army, really intends to honor his arranged marriage and marry the country girl he was betrothed to as a child.

Men and women alike lament that the army’s “flower” is being wasted. Some even mock the country girl behind her back, saying she must be completely unworthy of Zhou Yan, and that his poor little nephew will surely be treated as a burden and resented by her.

When the beautiful, delicate Song Yan arrives at the family compound, everyone is even more convinced it won’t work out. She doesn’t look like someone who can manage a household.

After the wedding, Zhou Yan, once seen as an untouchable flower on a high peak, quietly circles around his soft, sweet-smelling wife, wishing he could follow her everywhere. He’s practically glued to her.

His “poor” nephew clings to his new aunt and won’t let go, and all the other children follow behind him, clamoring to call her Auntie. Even his decisive, no-nonsense mother writes letters every few days, asking about her daughter-in-law this and her daughter-in-law that, afraid she might grow distant.

Later, laughter from the family often fills the little courtyard where Zhou Yan and Song Yan live. New dad Zhou Yan holds their baby and hums a lullaby, while the people who once doubted this couple stand outside the wall, sucking in their stomachs and swallowing their drool. Turns out it really is wonderful.

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Song Yan was born into this world, and it takes her until the age of twenty to realize that she has become the female supporting character in a period novel: the educated youth male lead’s stepping stone and workhorse wife. When the time is right, she’ll be dumped so he can make way for the heroine.

Song Yan swiftly chooses the man she was betrothed to as a child, whom she has just met for the first time.

Reader’s guide: Fictional setting.

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Theme: Live well