The Eldest Sister-in-Law Always Wants to Escape [Reborn Three Times]

Sweet on the outside, scheming within | Sister-in-law and brother-in-law | The second male lead's desperate pursuit | Everyone is reborn

In the spring of the third year of her marriage to Tai Shaobei, Bai Chun died.

The husband who had once been the object of her youthful affection brought another woman into their room on their wedding night. Looking at her eyes, once bright with life, he sneered.

"I've never liked dull, stupid women who blindly follow the rules. You should be understanding."

So when she spent every night alone, she was understanding. When he trampled on her dignity, she was understanding.

By the end, that woman had stabbed her through the heart with the gold hairpin Tai Shaobei had given her, then tossed her onto a mass grave and complained that she was filthy. Bai Chun's lips trembled as she tried to speak, but dark red blood filled her throat.

She only wanted to ask: Did she still have to be understanding?

She had thought about running away, but the Tai family held her captive, while the Bai family treated her like a trinket they'd given away.

So, as she lay dying, Bai Chun made a wish: if she got another life, she would stay away from those bloodsuckers, earn a fortune, and marry only someone who loved her.

Heaven granted her wish.

But when she opened her eyes at sixteen, she remembered nothing of her past life.

Through her tears, all she said was that she wanted to make money.

On the day she opened her shop, she took in a filthy boy as thin as a bamboo pole.

He was younger than her, with messy hair like a bird's nest. He looked up at her, his dark eyes shining, and stared without blinking.

She washed his face, taught him bookkeeping, and hired tutors to teach him to read, write, and fight.

She even gave him a name: A Heng, meaning beautiful jade.

In time, the boy truly grew into a refined young gentleman.

Blushing, he confessed his feelings to her, his lashes quivering and his gaze utterly sincere. He was so nervous that he stammered through every word.

Bai Chun accepted his proposal.

On the eve of their wedding night, Bai Chun suddenly came down with a high fever.

It turned out A Heng's real name was Tai Shaoheng, her former husband's younger brother.

In her past life, Tai Shaoheng had pinned her against the corner of a sandalwood table, his canine teeth biting into her palm, his eyes filled with obsession.

"Why did you have to choose that filthy man, sister-in-law? Why couldn't you spare me even a glance?"

She woke from the nightmare, packed her things, and fled in a panic.

Months after returning to the capital, she thought she had escaped their control, but a swift horse blocked her path.

The young man on horseback had his hair tied high in a streaming ponytail, his eyes red-rimmed. He swept her into his arms, his voice so hot it set her earlobes burning.

"In this life, are you going to abandon me for him again, sister-in-law?"

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She didn't know that someone else in the capital had prepared betrothal gifts and was waiting for her, silently vowing, "In this life, I'll treat her better than anyone."

She also didn't know that after she died in her past life, someone had fallen from his horse and crawled to her body, clutching her cold hand and weeping until his voice gave out.

He swore that if he ever got another chance,

he would reach her before his elder brother and lay every beautiful thing in the world at her feet.

Reading Guide:

1. The ex-husband's pursuit ends in ashes. He gets absolutely nowhere.

2. In her past life, the heroine was not a virgin. The male lead is a virgin throughout.

3. Not much angst, just a few glimpses of the past life.

4. The male lead is an obsessive, gloomy ghost at heart, though he appears gentle and refined. (I think readers who like the laundry-detergent type will be into him.)

Theme: What you want, you must grasp with your own hands