My Childhood Friend Is the Overpowered Hero of a Period Novel

The overpowered hero in a period novel is probably someone like Chu Tianchen.

When Chu Tianchen was fourteen, his parents were framed and sent to a farm beyond the frontier for reform through labor. His younger sister fell ill and died on the way, and his younger brother was abducted by human traffickers.

Only Chu Tianchen was lucky enough to be sent to the countryside for safety. But once there, he was not only discriminated against and bullied by his peers, but also tormented and humiliated by Gu Wanyun, the girl he was engaged to as a child. When they were adults, Gu Wanyun told him, "You're not good enough for me," and unilaterally broke off their engagement.

That was when Chu Tianchen's life hit rock bottom.

But soon, with the advent of reform and opening up, his parents were exonerated, and Chu Tianchen seized his opportunity to turn his life around.

The pitiful boy once bullied at will in the mud had grown into a powerful and illustrious business magnate.

At thirty, Chu Tianchen looked back on his past, and it all seemed like smoke and dust. The only person he still hated most, the one he could never let go of, was Gu Wanyun, the fiancée who had bullied him when they were children.

Life was not kind to Gu Wanyun as a villainess. As a child, she had thrown her weight around, bullying boys and girls alike because she was the village chief's granddaughter. After breaking off the engagement, her stepmother married her off to a butcher, and she muddled through life. When she fell seriously ill and could not afford treatment, she had no choice but to turn to Chu Tianchen.

Chu Tianchen tossed her a bank card, but made all sorts of demands in return.

Unable to bear the humiliation, Gu Wanyun refused the money out of sheer stubbornness and eventually died in the hospital. The book called it a cause for celebration!

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Gu Wanyun, now with her memories restored, nervously glanced at Chu Tianchen as he poured tea for her, served her refreshments, and massaged her waist and legs. Then she remembered how she'd made him cry yesterday by hitting him with a pebble, and couldn't help shivering.

Chu Tianchen: "Are you cold? I'll get you some clothes."

Gu Wanyun grabbed the hand of Chu Tianchen, whom she had bullied into being too afraid to fight back. "From today on, you're my big brother! Want some fruit candy? How about malted milk? Do you like cookies? I'll give you everything!"

Who knew that after a long silence, Chu Tianchen would blush as he looked at the hand she was holding?

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Chu Tianchen had countless times dreamed the same nightmare. In it, he became a business magnate, but his parents died horribly and his younger siblings died young, leaving him all alone.

"Another nightmare?" Gu Wanyun reached out and gently patted her husband's shoulder and neck. "Don't be scared, it's all fake."

But Chu Tianchen took her hand and carefully pressed a kiss to it, his gaze filled with deep affection and devotion.

* 1v1, female lead's perspective. A spoiled, headstrong heiress from Shanghai x an innocent-looking but calculating overpowered hero

* The female lead really did bully the male lead. The story begins when she is fourteen, and there will be time skips.

* A slow-burn, melodramatic romance with sweet everyday moments

Theme: Growing up comes with plenty of troubles, but we still have to grow up happily