The Little Island Widow of the 1970s

Flirtatious young widow x pure-hearted young officer

Sheng Jiao transmigrates into the body of a young widow whose husband has just died, leaving her with two children.

Her late husband was a naval officer who died on a mission. All her aunts and uncles are eyeing the generous benefits she receives.

When Sheng Jiao first arrives, the young widow's monthly allowance has just been snatched away, and her two children are wailing. Just then, one of her late husband's comrades comes to the capital to visit.

Seeing how handsome and refined he is, she asks him for help and seizes every chance to flirt with him.

She gives him a love so swift and fierce, it's like a home invasion.

She goes from calling him "sir" to "You Heming" to "little brother," and fusses over him, calling herself "big sister": "Little brother, if you get hurt, big sister will be heartbroken."

Clutching her chest, she tells him, "Little brother, with just us, a widow and two orphans, won't people bully us to death?"

Today she brings him buns, tomorrow she sews him a backpack, and every now and then she leaves a piece of her underwear behind. In the end, she holds his hand and refuses to let go: "Little brother, people gossip about widows. Take us with you."

You Heming is passing through the capital and remembers his comrade's request. His comrade said that his wife was a good cook and a skilled seamstress, but that she was naive and easily deceived. Before leaving on his mission, he begged his comrades to look after her.

When You arrives at the courtyard, he happens upon his comrade's widow being bullied.

After stepping in to help, he finds himself caught up with her. Every day, the young widow gazes at him with her big, watery eyes, and his heart melts.

Even after learning that the buns were leftovers she'd been eating, that she'd paid someone else to sew the backpack, that she couldn't cook or sew, and that all her sweet talk was a lie, he doesn't mind.

All he can think about is the flutter in his heart when Sheng Jiao leaned against the doorframe with a bright smile and asked him, "People gossip about widows. Will you take me with you?"

Reader's guide: Yes, that's right, it's Sheng Jiao and You Heming.

My last historical novel didn't turn out well, so I'll try to make another go of it.

Theme: Everyone has the right to pursue freedom of the soul