After I Swapped Husbands, He Doted on Me

In his previous life, Gao Chong rose to the highest ranks of the court. By his thirties, he had earned all the wealth, titles, and illustrious honors a military official could hope for, yet he never married.

People said he had no interest in women.

No one knew that he had a woman etched into his heart, someone he longed for until he was nearly driven mad: his "widowed sister-in-law," Chen Wanxun.

Only after the mystery of his birth was solved did Gao Chong learn that he was the Gao family's eldest legitimate grandson. His uncle's family had pulled a switch, stealing his identity first, then his marriage match.

His "widowed sister-in-law," Chen Wanxun, should have been his wife.

"Once your sister-in-law, forever your sister-in-law. Little brother, do not speak such nonsense..." Even after the truth came out, Chen Wanxun sternly rejected him.

Heaven took pity on Gao Chong, granting him a chance to be reborn.

Out of momentary curiosity, Chen Wanxun was forced to bind herself to a "100% Authentic Survival Experience" System. She had to live to the age of eighty and die a natural death before she could return to the real world.

To make it safely to eighty, Chen Wanxun crafted a persona for herself: a refined young lady from a scholarly family who firmly believed in Confucian teachings and propriety.

She played the part perfectly, maintaining the persona without a crack.

Yet one person insisted on making things difficult for her.

Her good-for-nothing, dissolute fiance indulged in wine and women, throwing himself into revelry and chasing courtesans, leaving her humiliated and embarrassed.

Chen Wanxun never complained, and the elders in her family grew increasingly remorseful toward her.

Yet that man kept sending her gold and pearls, jade ornaments, fox-fur cloaks, sable hats, brocades, silks, paintings, calligraphy, and antiques, all in a steady stream, desperate to apologize to his "cousin."

"Gao Chong... I have made you suffer, miss."

That proud, formidable man bowed his head to her.

He really did "love" his cousin.

"What does it have to do with you? Little brother, you worry too much." In a fit of anger, Chen Wanxun spoke without thinking.

He watched the turbulent waves surge in her eyes and said in a husky voice, "Do not say such things."

It was only after he exposed the scandal and revealed his true birth that Chen Wanxun's groom changed. On their blissful wedding night, beneath warm brocade covers and gauze curtains, Chen Wanxun lay limp, her hair damp at the temples, and finally understood the price she had paid for that angry remark: "Little brother."

Theme: No matter what you face, live on with strength and courage.