The Pampered, Willful Beauty of the 1980s

Duan Pianpian is the famous spoiled heiress of a state-owned textile mill. With a good family background and a beautiful face, she flits about like a butterfly.

Plenty of male employees covet her beauty, but they fear her spoiled temperament and think she'd be hard to live with.

Only Yan Yu thinks otherwise. He's not even particularly taken with her beauty. A gentleman as warm and refined as jade, Yan Yu doesn't like spoiled beauties like Duan Pianpian.

But their families have been friends for generations, so Yan Yu and Duan Pianpian are pushed into a blind date.

Yan Yu pays the bill, then wonders how to end the date without hurting her feelings.

The beautiful woman across from him, with her swanlike neck, lifts her chin. Her vivid lips part and she says, "You're Yan Yu, right? I knew from the way you paid that you weren't interested in me. Don't worry, you're not my type either. I like men with eight-pack abs."

Yan Yu is refined and scholarly. He certainly doesn't look like a hot, muscular man, and his lips press together slightly.

Duan Pianpian continues, "But our families are both driving us crazy with matchmaking. If this date goes nowhere, my parents will nag me, and yours probably will too. How about we pretend to give it a try? We can fool them for a while, then say it didn't work out."

Yan Yu gives in after Duan Pianpian wears him down.

He doesn't realize this won't be the first time he gives in to her.

He just can't withstand her constant pestering. Duan Pianpian is spoiled and willful, with a long list of flaws. But some people pride themselves on being calm and self-controlled, yet are exactly the type to fall for someone like her.

Part Two:

Zhou Meng is reborn. This time, she decisively sets her sights on Gu Huaiyou, Duan Pianpian's husband in her previous life.

Gu Huaiyou had a smooth life in his previous one and was devoted and faithful. Even though his possessiveness was a bit much and he kept Duan Pianpian locked at home, Zhou Meng thought it was sweet.

Zhou Meng is sure that she's more virtuous than Duan Pianpian and can do more for Gu Huaiyou. This time, the title of Mrs. Gu will surely be hers.

As for Duan Pianpian? She can't wait to see her make a fool of herself.

When Zhou Meng sees Duan Pianpian hanging out with Yan Yu, she nearly laughs out loud. She pursued Yan Yu in her previous life, and knows better than anyone that this man's warm manner hides a heart of stone. If Duan Pianpian can win him over, she'll stand on her head and wash her hair.

Instead, she sees Yan Yu carrying a big pile of shopping bags and asking Duan Pianpian, "You still like men with eight-pack abs?"

"Of course," Duan Pianpian answers with complete confidence. "How can a man count as a man without an eight-pack? Oh, you're an exception. You're the intellectual type, but I don't like intellectual types."

Yan Yu smiles. "Pianpian, how do you know I don't have an eight-pack?"

Theme: The protagonists slowly learn to love and grow