The Seventies: Marrying Up for a Second Time

【Expected to start next】 After lying in a hospital bed for three days and three nights, Jiang Manxia is reborn, returning to two years earlier, just after her first husband died. They say it’s hard to marry again, but in her case, two families are fighting to have her. One is the Sun family from the alley. Two months after she returns home, Sun Yingkang comes to call, saying he’ll never marry anyone but her. He doesn’t mind that she’s been married before and promises to treat her well for the rest of their lives. The other is Gu Zhizhou, the grandson of her grandfather’s sworn brother. He comes after a long search, carrying out the old man’s repeated instructions. If her husband hadn’t died, the matter would have been dropped, but her husband is gone. Gu Zhizhou has no feelings for her at all. He also comes to call, explaining that he’s only fulfilling the old man’s orders. If she’s willing to marry him, he’ll marry her, but theirs will be a marriage in name only. She’ll cook and do the laundry, and he’ll give her money each month. That’s all. Compared to the cool, quiet Gu Zhizhou, who’s only doing as he was told, the sweet-talking Sun Yingkang is naturally more appealing to a woman. In her previous life, she married Sun Yingkang. But she never imagined that his promise to love her for a lifetime would last only a few months. Once the novelty wore off, she was just used goods, a bad-luck woman who had brought her husband to an early grave. She was expected to serve his entire family hand and foot, then be grateful for the chance. Does she really want to jump into that fire pit again in this life? No. She chooses Gu Zhizhou. She’s willing to do the laundry and cooking, collect her monthly allowance, and live in a marriage of mutual respect that exists in name only. Everyone says Gu Zhizhou’s life has been ruined by the old man. He’s handsome and capable, yet he’s ended up marrying a twice-married woman. She has no use beyond her pretty face, and the fact that Gu Zhizhou showed no joy at all on their wedding day proves he’s not willing. Some laugh at them behind their backs, some mock them to their faces, and others eagerly wait for the day they divorce. But somehow, things seem to be getting stranger and stranger. Until one rainy day, Jiang Manxia is brought home by a male coworker. Someone sees the usually cold and aloof Engineer Gu, eyes red, pinning her in a corner and kissing her uncontrollably. Theme: The right person can help you bloom beautifully