After the Delicate Beauty Swapped Marriages with a Powerful Man in the 1970s

Xu Qingqing is transported into the period drama she once acted in. Her reborn older sister schemes against her, and Xu Qingqing ends up spending a night with a powerful man who was supposed to become her brother-in-law. They consummate their marriage.

On top of that, her sister steals the man who was originally hers, gets pregnant, then pretends to cry and play the victim as she urges Xu Qingqing to marry in her place.

Watching her sister's terrible acting, Xu Qingqing remembers waking up after their night together and seeing the man's dark, icy eyes and sexy abs...

She swiftly packs her bags and marries him, "against her will."

On the very first day after they register their marriage, the man coldly leaves her with a few warnings, then heads off to the border. Apart from that wretched money, he leaves her nothing.

Xu Qingqing can barely keep the corners of her mouth from turning up!

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Shen Tingyu comes from a prominent military family. Steady, stern, disciplined, and courteous, he lives up to the glory and expectations of the older generation. At just twenty-seven, he has earned a first-class merit citation and is the most promising officer in the army.

Matchmakers have practically worn a path to his door, but he has rejected every candidate, from commanders' daughters to the army's most beautiful women. Everyone wonders what kind of woman could possibly win his favor.

Then he is forced to register his marriage to the daughter of a nanny who has just moved to the city from the countryside.

This woman relies on her looks and plays dirty. Now that she's involved with him, he'll take responsibility for her. But he'll never give her even a shred of affection.

Until one day, he returns from out of town in the middle of the night, worn out from the journey, and has no choice but to take a shower in their room. The woman, assuming he has other intentions, jumps up and locks the door from the inside.

Shen Tingyu: ...

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In her previous life, Xu Manli endured a loveless marriage for a lifetime, suffering humiliation and heartache.

In this life, she schemes to make her younger sister marry Shen Tingyu, then steals her sister's man in turn. She knows that after her sister dies, he'll become Guangcheng's richest man and never marry again!

But married life doesn't bring the happiness she'd hoped for. The couple gives each other the cold shoulder and lives apart, surrounded by endless domestic messes.

Meanwhile, Xu Qingqing, who married Shen Tingyu, transforms into a movie star.

One day, after her husband asks for a divorce, Xu Manli finds herself inexplicably walking to the Shen residence. Through a window where the lamplight flickers, she sees Xu Qingqing sitting with a book and soaking her feet, while the man who has always been cold and heartless is now kneeling beside her, gently cradling and massaging her feet.

Xu Qingqing seems dissatisfied with his touch and kicks him. Water splashes onto his face, but he doesn't get angry. Instead, he chuckles softly.

Xu Manli suddenly clenches her teeth.

#A stunning beauty who's great at acting × An officer whose mouth says no but whose actions say yes

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The Sickly Beauty Who Married a Powerful Man in a Period Novel

Su Xinwan has been a sickly beauty since childhood.

Born with a heart condition, she gets winded after just a few steps. Her family spends a fortune pampering her until she turns twenty, but she still dies young.

When she opens her eyes again, she's become a supporting character in a period novel.

It's 1978, and droves of educated youths are returning to the cities. The heroine, Xu Ruyun, dislikes her fiance because his parents are dead and he has neither money nor a job, so she runs off with another man in the middle of the night.

The Xu family doesn't want to return the betrothal gifts, so they bring back their frail second daughter, whom they had sent away, and make her take her sister's place as the bride.

The moment Su Xinwan opens her eyes, she sees a man with a rough, dangerous air.

He's tall and broad-shouldered, with a sharp face made even more severe by his suppressed anger. Thick brows and narrow eyes, he looks at her as if she's nothing but trouble.

Su Xinwan quietly swallows.

He's so fierce. Is he going to hit me?

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Xiao Yan was born into privilege, but after a sudden upheaval, he was sent away with his parents. Their old friends avoided them like the plague. After his parents died, he saw how coldhearted people could be and wasn't surprised when his fiancee broke off their engagement.

But to silence the gossip, the Xu family foists their sickly daughter on him, a girl who gets out of breath after every few steps.

Xiao Yan doesn't take his anger out on her, but he won't let them make a fool of him, either. He won't accept this marriage and plans to send her away.

But before he can say a word, the girl's peach-blossom eyes tremble, and tears start falling.

Xiao Yan: ...

He stares at her beautiful, pitiable face, the words to send her away caught in his throat.

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Eventually, Xu Ruyun finally gets her urban household registration, but the price she pays is devastating.

After returning to the city, the educated youth changes his mind. Pregnant and alone in the hospital, she is miserable and has no idea where to go. When she suddenly looks back, she sees Xiao Yan, the fiance she abandoned, anxiously escorting a young woman out of the emergency room.

The petite girl has bandaged fingers and refuses to move from the corridor. "I told you not to learn to ride a bicycle!"

"All right." Xiao Yan helplessly lifts her onto his back. "No more bicycles. We'll get a car instead."

The girl twists his ear and grumbles something at him.

Xu Ruyun hurries after them. When they turn around, she finally gets a clear look at the woman Xiao Yan is carrying on his back as if she were a precious treasure. It's her sickly second sister!

Premise: How you treat life is how life will treat you.