The Great Beauty's Pampered Life in a 1980s Courtyard House

Seeking readers for my upcoming novel, "The Frail Beauty Hooks a Mogul in the Sixties." Blurb below!

This novel: Beijing mogul x beautiful village girl. A seemingly aloof, inwardly twisted, love-addicted mogul x an outwardly brash, inwardly honest, laid-back girl.

Su Jinshu transmigrated into a book and became a cannon-fodder character in a novel set in a bygone era.

At home, she selflessly gave and gave, always obeying her parents and yielding everything to her younger brother.

After marriage, she wore herself out caring for her husband, fell ill, and died young. In the end, she even paved the way for the heroine's happy ending.

She refused to be a self-sacrificing housewife, so Su Jinshu promptly went to the capital to marry the powerful man her family had betrothed her to as a child.

Zhou Lingxiao, the pride of his courtyard compound, came from a distinguished family, was handsome and brilliant, and worked in the foreign affairs department. Rumor had it he would be posted overseas one day.

Every family in the alley wanted to marry a daughter to him, but Zhou Lingxiao turned them all down.

Everyone speculated about what kind of girl Zhou Lingxiao liked: a beauty? A virtuous woman? An educated woman?

One day, Su Jinshu, who claimed to be Zhou Lingxiao's childhood betrothed, showed up at his door.

Everyone: There's no way the high-and-mighty Zhou Lingxiao will say yes!

To everyone's astonishment, Zhou Lingxiao not only married Su Jinshu soon after, but also spoiled her rotten afterward...

Su Jinshu knew Zhou Lingxiao's affection was fake. So what? She ate well, drank well, and spent her days relaxing in the courtyard compound, watching the neighbors' drama and enjoying the show.

Zhou Lingxiao was a generous villain. All she had to do was wait a little while, and she'd get a hefty breakup settlement and a courtyard house.

What she hadn't expected was that the villain would suddenly stop causing trouble at night and start tormenting her instead...

Another late night, Su Jinshu lay on the bed, sobbing in despair. "Stop it!"

Zhou Lingxiao leaned close from behind and gently kissed her cheek, whispering like a demon, "The night's still young."

"The Frail Beauty Hooks a Mogul in the Sixties": You Yixue was stunning, with a lotus-like face, starry eyes that shimmered like waves, and skin as white as snow. Through her grandfather's connections, she was engaged to Wen Lingfeng, an army officer from the neighboring village.

Wen Lingfeng was young and accomplished. His outstanding performance in the army had earned him a promotion to deputy regiment commander at a young age. You Yixue was chronically ill, bad at studying, incapable of doing housework, and inexperienced in the ways of the world.

Wen Lingfeng didn't like You Yixue, but decided to marry her to fulfill his grandfather's dying wish.

The morning before the wedding, You Yixue had a dream that she was the runaway bride-to-be in a novel set in a bygone era, destined for a tragic end. In pursuit of so-called true love, she eloped with Fang Baoyu, a young intellectual sent down to the countryside.

She lived in a cowshed, dug up wild vegetables, gave birth in the snow, and cut her own umbilical cord... After eighteen years of hardship, Fang Baoyu abandoned his wife and child and returned to the city, never to come back to the village.

On her way to the city to find Fang Baoyu, You Yixue was pushed off a cliff and fell to her death.

She woke in fright. At that moment, Fang Baoyu's younger sister was sitting by her bed, earnestly telling her, "Yixue, arranged marriages are a feudal relic. You should bravely pursue your own love."

You Yixue nodded, then secretly sent Wen Lingfeng a message and packed her things, pretending to elope with the young intellectual.

After reading the letter and learning that his fiancee planned to elope with her lover, a young intellectual, on the eve of their wedding, Wen Lingfeng set out to catch them in the middle of the night.

Fang Baoyu was caught, covered in mud, yet still held himself in high regard. "I may be down on my luck now, but one day I'll return to the city and reclaim my wealth. So what if you're a regiment commander? Your wife, You Yixue, only loves me."

What a contemptible man. Wen Lingfeng laughed and walked over to You Yixue. "When Fang Baoyu regains his wealth one day, he'll abandon you, since you'll be of no use to him."

Hearing him, You Yixue looked up, her eyes full of stars. "You're right! Now that you've caught me, I'm yours."

The finest hunters often appear as their prey: a delicate, laid-back, coquettish beauty vs. a strong, stern, relentlessly driven army officer.

Theme: May you obtain all you desire.