Stealing Someone's Partner

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At sixteen, Chu Xining has no idea that her family arranged a marriage for her when she was very young.

When she was still a baby, disaster struck her family. Her father was murdered, and she fled to the countryside with her widowed mother and her eldest brother, whose legs had been crippled, to hide.

Life was extremely difficult.

When her mother fell gravely ill, she begged her to take her elder brother's place in a marriage swap, since he couldn't find a wife.

Chu Xining tearfully agreed.

Her swap-marriage husband, Xiao Heng, is a rugged man with thick brows, big eyes, and a solidly muscled body beneath his clothes.

Chu Xining catches a glimpse of him by chance, and her heart races. Heaven has been kind to her: she is very pleased with her husband.

Unfortunately, his family is poor, and just one month after their wedding, he has to leave to earn money.

After Xiao Heng leaves, Chu Xining opens a spice shop, earning money to support the household while looking after her mother-in-law.

She doesn't know how much money Xiao Heng earns, but her own shop keeps growing and is about to become the biggest business in the area.

She eagerly looks forward to Xiao Heng coming home and seeing the thriving business she has built. Surely he'll be delighted and praise her as a capable young wife.

But half a year later, he still hasn't returned. All she gets is a letter of divorce: I was injured in Jiangnan and saved by a woman. I've already pledged myself to her. I hope you'll leave the Xiao family as soon as possible and marry again.

Chu Xining's world collapses.

She's lost her husband!

And her home!

As she is overcome with grief, Xiao Heng's good friend Shen Xingyi draws her into his arms with tender concern.

She suddenly realizes that ever since Xiao Heng left, Shen Xingyi has always been there for her, protecting her with all his heart.

Shen Xingyi is the eldest legitimate grandson of the Imperial Tutor. He is noble by birth, refined in manner, and uninterested in women.

Nobody knows that this heavenly young gentleman has recently been racking his brains to steal his good friend's wife.

And he succeeds!

Later, Chu Xining marries Shen Xingyi.

As they bow to one another at the wedding, Xiao Heng returns.

The nine-foot-tall rugged man has red eyes. “I didn't write that divorce letter. You're still my wife!”

Shen Xingyi instinctively steps in front of the bride. “She was betrothed to me when we were children. We just finished our wedding bows. I'm her husband!”

Chu Xining's world collapses once more. “The divorce letter was fake, so whose wife am I now?”

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The day after Xin Yuan marries into the Duke's household, her husband receives orders to go to war.

Three years later, news arrives that he has rebelled.

The Duke's household is stripped of its title.

They become traitors, reviled by everyone.

The second son of the Duke's household is forced to break off his engagement because of the scandal. Worried that the family will have no heirs, her mother-in-law forces Xin Yuan to marry into both branches of the family.

After she successfully gives birth to a boy, her rebellious husband...

returns.

Theme: Life isn't perfect, but don't give up.