After Becoming the Widow of a Powerful Official's Younger Brother

Jiang Jingshuang was about to become a widow.

But her husband wanted her buried with him, her family wanted her to remain a widow for the sake of the inheritance, and her husband's family wanted to drive her out of the Xie family for the same reason.

To stay alive and claim the inheritance that should have been hers, Jiang Jingshuang pretended to be pregnant. But lies could only be kept up for so long, and she needed to make hers come true.

She chose a father for her child, but never expected to choose her husband's own elder brother.

But it was all right. It was just a transaction. Once morning came, no one would take it seriously.

It wasn't until later, when Xie Jie abandoned all his duties in the capital and rushed to seize her and take her back, locking her once more in the gilded cage he had carefully prepared for her, that she realized how laughable her wishful thinking had been.

Jiang Jingshuang hated him and refused to see him. "An elder brother-in-law is an elder brother-in-law. He can never be my husband."

"Is that so?" Xie Jie gripped her slender waist and lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze. "Then who have you been bearing children for all these years, sister-in-law? And whom does my dear nephew call Father?"

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[Uptight, abstinent older man x pampered, spirited young woman; marriage first, love later + a touch of angst]

"I want to kill him, even though he is me."

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Xie Changling was uptight, abstinent, and utterly clueless about romance. A year after marrying Qin Wanhua, he still left her alone in their room night after night.

Qin Wanhua once complained to a friend, "Our relationship is colder than ice. One day, I'm going to divorce him."

Xie Changling didn't take it seriously.

Marriage brought two families together, and love was the least important thing in it. If love were the point, he would never have married someone like Qin Wanhua, with her lazy, flirtatious nature.

So as long as the Xie and Qin families still had business ties, Qin Wanhua could never divorce him.

They were destined to be a miserable couple for life.

Until one day, he found unfamiliar kiss marks on his wife's body.

#His wife cheated, and now his world has collapsed#

#Someone has to make your wife happy. If you don't, of course someone else will#

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Zhu Ying transmigrated into ancient times with a disastrous situation from the start: a father who died young, a mother who was a concubine, a formidable first wife, and a ruthless uncle.

When the first wife used the family lineage as an excuse to forcibly take Zhu Ying's younger brother to be raised in the family estate, and her coldhearted uncle and aunt began plotting to marry her mother off to a rich merchant as his second wife and sell Zhu Ying as a child bride to a sickly boy, Zhu Ying stood up.

She urged her mother, "Mother, come with me. I'll find a way to provide for you."

After a lifetime as a dependent, her mother ultimately chose the safer, wealthier life and tearfully climbed into her bridal sedan.

But it didn't matter. Abandoned by her own mother, Zhu Ying didn't lose heart. She rolled up her sleeves and set out with her little sister to build a fortune.

Starting with a single serving of cold noodles sold from a street stall, Zhu Ying became a wealthy businesswoman who owned countless chain restaurants, taverns, franchises, and even amusement parks, all in just five years.

In those five years, she taught everyone who looked down on her a lesson: "Sometimes, life really is that easy to turn around."

Theme: In troubled times, it is even more important to find yourself