Marrying a Rich Man in Harbor City [1980s Cuisine]

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==Blurb==

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After being reborn, Zhou Pan Di changes her name to Bai Yuanzhi and goes to stay with her aunt, who married and moved to Hong Kong.

She moves into a cramped subdivided flat with dreadful living conditions, enduring filth and hunger, contemptuous stares, countless dirty jokes, and leering eyes...

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Bai Yuanzhi is determined to marry a rich man.

She attends night school and studies English, takes dance classes to improve her figure, works hard to better herself, and actively seeks opportunities to "meet" wealthy men.

But after "dating" one rich young master after another,

Bai Yuanzhi always falls short at the last hurdle.

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After every failure, Bai Yuanzhi visits a little noodle shop on the verge of closing. Only hearing the young owner call her "big sister," then eating a bowl of fresh shrimp and crab roe wonton noodles with savory-sweet broth and plump shrimp, can mend her wounded spirits.

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Bai Yuanzhi gets rich, but the little noodle shop she often visits closes down.

The poor young owner stubbornly pushes his tricycle and waits on the street corner day after day. He refuses to leave until she buys a bowl of wonton noodles from his stall each day.

Watching the thin, frail young man cling so fiercely to his dream,

Bai Yuanzhi is always reminded of the miserable days she spent in a subdivided flat when she first arrived in Hong Kong.

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Bai Yuanzhi buys a shop and gives it to the young owner, then marries him.

From then on, they live a simple life together, sharing a home, three meals a day, and all four seasons.

Her husband is wonderful in every way, except he refuses to spend her money and insists on keeping that little noodle shop nobody cares about, making every meal for Bai Yuanzhi with his own hands.

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Until one day,

Bai Yuanzhi discovers that the broth in the wonton noodles she eats every day

is actually made with the most expensive abalone and top-grade lobster, flown in at once from across the sea by her "penniless" husband using his fleet of refrigerated cargo ships and helicopters!

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Ming Jiayao is the sole heir to an old-money family, and an "autistic patient," as outsiders call him.

He is also the ruthless man who drove his father to jump from a building and his mother to take her own life, a man whose name makes all of Hong Kong tremble.

He is eccentric and proud, always keeping to himself,

until one day he meets a fierce, determined, ambitious woman who always gives everything her all, with boundless hope and a powerful desire for material things burning in her heart.

She is the notorious Bai Yuanzhi, a gold digger who "sneaked" into Hong Kong from the mainland.

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While the entire upper crust mocks and ridicules Bai Yuanzhi,

Ming Jiayao uncovers her secret: she is seeking revenge!

He discreetly helps her as much as he can.

He gives a harsh lesson to the playboys who mock her and covet her.

He watches with delight as she learns to invest and manage her money, making a fortune.

At last, he sees her take revenge on her enemies,

then realizes with a wistful unease that she is having second thoughts about him.

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He quickly "goes bankrupt," carefully timing his appearances so he can wait with his tricycle along her daily route. With pleading eyes, he asks, "Big sister, want some wonton noodles?"

At last,

he gets the affection he wished for, and marries her as he wished.

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Now, the problem giving Hong Kong's most eligible bachelor the biggest headache is this: how can he let his wife know that the richest and most wicked man in all of Hong Kong is her husband?!

Will she despise me? QAQ

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Blurb:

After getting married, Wang You learns that she is the ill-fated stepmother who dies young in a period redemption novel.

A year from now, she will die at the hands of her cousin Su Qing. Before she dies, she will be pregnant and disgraced!

Su Qing does this to steal Wang You's rich, handsome husband and bright, promising stepson, letting her climb to a higher social rung.

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Wang You: ???

Her cousin has already stolen her parents' love, ruined her chance at the college entrance exam, and taken away her childhood sweetheart and first love.

Now that Wang You has just gotten married, her cousin wants to steal her husband too?

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Absolutely not!

Wang You follows the plot to avoid every accident. Not only does she stay alive and well, she also makes her little family thrive.

Her husband, Li Shen, pampers her into a princess who never has to set foot on the ground or lift a finger.

Her stepson, Li Yu, trusts her wholeheartedly and treats her like his own mother.

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Since Su Qing can't get Wang You's husband Li Shen, she settles for marrying Li Shen's older brother and becomes Wang You's sister-in-law.

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From then on, Wang You's family and Su Qing's family become foils for each other:

While Wang You's husband rides the wave of reform and opening up, working hard and making a fortune, and her son studies diligently and gets into Tsinghua University,

Su Qing's husband gambles away the family home, and her stepson does so poorly in school that he can't even get into a vocational school.

Years later, when Wang You's husband becomes the richest man in the country and her son returns from studying abroad as a military research officer,

Su Qing, left with nothing, yells at the elegant and beautiful Wang You, "Why do you get to live better than me? You're worse than me in every way!"

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Su Qing doesn't even get the chance to pick a fight.

Li Shen has his bodyguards stop her, then says with disdain, "Strangers like you aren't fit to speak to my wife."

Li Yu gives her a cold sidelong glance. "Anyone who dares bully my mom is my enemy!"

Su Qing falls apart.

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Thank you, everyone!

Theme: Listening to your wife leads to success.