The Island’s Soft and Stunning Beauty of the 1970s

[Coming Soon: The Gorgeous Little Bride in the 1970s Compound] [Coming Soon: Unforgettable]

[An everyday story of island cuisine and raising kids, with a beautiful heroine blessed with a golden finger]

Regimental Commander Zhou brought back a delicate, stunning beauty. Nobody on the island thought it would work. Life here was just too harsh. A man needed to marry a capable wife who knew how to manage a household. What good was being pretty? It couldn't put food on the table, and they'd have to worry the sea breeze might blow her away and send them diving in to fish her out.

Less than three days later

"Who says you can't put a pretty face on the dinner table? I only caught one glimpse of Sister-in-law from far away, and I felt like I'd eaten three bowls of rice."

"What's so special about the cafeteria's braised pork? So many people are lining up, but it still doesn't smell as good as Sister-in-law's egg fried rice!"

"The art troupe is coming to perform on the island? The troupe's leading lady is doing a solo? Who cares? Sister-in-law could sing any lullaby and sound better!"

Zhou Gu finally snapped, roaring, "Get the hell away from her! She's my wife, mine, mine alone!"

My wife is beautiful, so only I get to look at her!

My wife's cooking is delicious, so only... Wait, why should my wife do this kind of hard work? I'll do it!

My wife sings beautifully, so only... Why sing lullabies? Can't those brats put themselves to sleep? She's my wife, mine!

*

Zhou Gu was nearly thirty and still single. He wasn't worried, but his elderly mother was. A telegram claiming "Mother critically ill" tricked him into coming home for a blind date. When Zhou Gu arrived, he found his supposedly dying mother chasing a hen around the courtyard with a cleaver in hand.

Zhou Gu turned to leave and collided head-on with Ruan Jiaojiao, who had been brought to the Zhou home by the matchmaker for a blind date.

Ruan Jiaojiao covered her reddened forehead and looked up with tearful eyes.

Zhou Gu's throat bobbed. He had a particular weakness: sweet, delicate girls. Ruan Jiaojiao was so soft and sweet she looked like a fresh crescent moon, so delicate you could squeeze water from her. She was exactly his type.

Suppressing his pounding heart, Zhou Gu asked her, "Are you willing?"

Ruan Jiaojiao glanced at him cautiously. He's so fierce. I'm scared.

So scared she was nearly in tears, she nodded, her eyes red, and whispered, "I am."

When the girl cried, his heart broke.

Zhou Gu: Don't cry. I'll give you my life.

Soft as milk candy, Ruan Jiaojiao married Zhou Gu, whose fiery temper could flare at the slightest provocation. Everyone thought she would be bullied to death. Who could have guessed that the young couple would live so sweetly? Zhou Gu cherished her to his very bones, serving her the best food and drink. After they had a child, the child joined his father in doting on Mom. The women on the island envied Ruan Jiaojiao, and the men envied Zhou Gu to death.

*

Coming Soon: The Gorgeous Little Bride in the 1970s Compound

The Gu family brought home a stunning beauty from the countryside. Everyone who saw her said the same thing: "How could she be a country girl? She looks like she lives atop the moon, glowing from head to toe."

Only a beauty like her was worthy of Lu Shifeng, the compound's "Shining Star." Every girl in the compound envied Ye Duoduo for her good fortune, including Ye Duoduo herself, until one day she heard Lu Shifeng tell a girl, "Why would I like her? She's a country nobody who can't even be seen in public. If Third Uncle hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have given her the time of day. You're the only one I like, sweetheart~"

Then she heard him say the exact same thing to a second girl, a third girl, and more...

Ye Duoduo turned away without hesitation.

Lu Shifeng, the centipede spirit, eventually had a free moment and remembered Ye Duoduo. He went to sweet-talk her. "You're the only one I like, sweetheart~"

Ye Duoduo smiled brightly. "Good boy, nephew. Now call me Third Aunt."

*

Gu Xiyan was stern and dignified, and never showed interest in women. Everyone knew that. What they didn't know was that a girl lived in the innermost part of his heart. Afraid of frightening her, he restrained himself and watched his every step, never daring to cross the line. At last, he waited for her to grow up, only for her to start dating another man...

The usually noble, composed man went mad. He cornered her against the wall, eyes bloodshot, and kissed her fiercely. The moment he did, he regretted it: years of restraint and careful planning had gone to waste.

Seeing Ye Duoduo crouched on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, Gu Xiyan thought she would never speak to him again. He turned to leave.

A pale, slender hand gently tugged at his pant leg. Gu Xiyan looked back.

With tears streaking her face, Ye Duoduo bit her red lip and gathered her courage. "I want to kiss you too~ Hic!"

She'd cried so hard that she hiccuped.

Gu Xiyan furrowed his brow.

Ye Duoduo blinked, looking uneasy. "Y-you won't let me?"

Gu Xiyan pulled her close, his heart still in turmoil. "You can kiss me. For the rest of our lives."

Ye Duoduo wrapped her arms around Gu Xiyan's sturdy waist and nestled against him, smiling with satisfaction.

In her previous life, she had trusted the wrong person and entrusted herself to a worthless man, with a tragic ending. In this life, she would hold tight to the man before her and love him with her life, just as he loved her.

*

Everyone in the compound was gossiping about Ye Duoduo's ingratitude. "She dumped such a good match, the compound's Shining Star. What, is she reaching for the moon in the sky?" Wait, wasn't that Gu Xiyan, the compound's Moon, someone they could admire from afar but never touch? Who was the girl in his arms? Ye Duoduo!!!

No one knew what Ye Duoduo had said to him, but Gu Xiyan, who usually never smiled, curled his lips. His smile widened, so tender.

Everyone: ??? Is that really the Gu Xiyan we know?

If Lu Shifeng was the compound's Shining Star, then Gu Xiyan was the Shining Star of the capital. Girls from all over the capital and the three northeastern provinces flocked to him, but Gu Xiyan had eyes and a heart only for Ye Duoduo. He doted on her more and more, with no limit to how much he could spoil her.

As expected, you can't envy someone else's good fortune into being.

*

Coming Soon: Unforgettable

On her first blind date, Gu Nian met her younger date at a hospital and ran into Chi Jiang, the aloof heartthrob she'd had a crush on as a girl.

Chi Jiang's voice was low, sounding both self-mocking and sarcastic. "Miss Gu, your tastes haven't changed all these years. You still only like eighteen-year-olds."

At her second blind date, Gu Nian ran into him again. This time it was even more unexpected: he was her date.

Chi Jiang stared at her face and gave an awkward little snort to show his displeasure. "It's just a blind date. You don't even know who you'll meet. Why dress up so beautifully?"

Gu Nian cautiously glanced at Chi Jiang. Her earlobes turned pink, and she asked in a tiny voice, "You think I'm pretty?"

Chi Jiang blinked and replied coolly, "Not bad."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been thinking about her for eight years, even after she had started things with him and then abandoned him.

?

They unexpectedly ran into each other at a bar. Gu Nian crouched on the floor, pretending to look for her phone to avoid him.

Chi Jiang leaned closer and waved her phone at her.

Gu Nian reached to take it, but her fingertips accidentally brushed the back of his hand. She recoiled as if shocked, her little face turning bright red.

Chi Jiang glanced at the back of his hand, then at her face. A flicker of amusement flashed in his eyes. He put the phone back on the table and, before walking away, said, "Drink less. When you get drunk, you start causing trouble again."

It was so noisy around them that he leaned close to her ear as he spoke. The blush on Gu Nian's cheeks almost looked as if it might drip blood.

Gu Nian stood frozen. As far as she remembered, she'd only ever had one drink with him, the night before she left. She'd worked up the courage to offer herself to him, but then she'd gotten drunk...

She'd been so drunk that she'd blacked out completely. Gu Nian couldn't remember what had happened that night. Chi Jiang bringing up the past made her wonder what exactly she'd done to him. Had she been awful? How awful?

Until one night after they were married.

Chi Jiang had been drinking. He cornered Gu Nian against the wall, resting his forehead on her shoulder. His eyes were bloodshot, his voice hoarse. "Nian Nian, you were so cruel to me. You did that to me, and now you still don't want to take responsibility?"

Gu Nian looked at him blankly.

Chi Jiang smiled helplessly, swept her up in his arms, and strode toward the bedroom, burying his face in the crook of her neck. "Can't remember, huh? That's fine. I'll help you remember."

Theme: A daughter must stand on her own two feet.