The Foolish Beauty's Guide to Winning a Husband

Screenshot taken on 2024-02-10

As the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household, Zhao Ying is alluring and beautiful, cherished by her parents and close to her sisters.

All she has to do is wait until she turns seventeen, then marry her childhood sweetheart, her cousin, as her parents have arranged.

Apart from being a bit of a fool, Zhao Ying has nothing to complain about.

Until she has a dream.

Before she marries her cousin, the marquis's household is confiscated, though she escapes the disaster.

Her cousin marries someone else, too.

With nowhere else to turn, she is tricked by him into becoming his concubine.

His household is full of wives and concubines, but he treats her well.

Later, when her cousin dies unexpectedly, his favored concubine is immediately abused by the principal wife and dies a miserable death amid dying lamplight and cold snow.

Not long after, just as in her dream, she is about to be sent away from the estate. Her mother gives her a great deal of money through tears and tells her not to return to the marquis's household for a while.

Only then does Zhao Ying realize that her dream was real! She must stay away from her cousin and find a way to survive before the household is confiscated.

After considering her options, Zhao Ying sets her sights on the poor scholar Yan Xuechen and, with her mother's arrangements, moves in next door to him.

In her dream, Yan Xuechen became a high-ranking official and confiscated her cousin and cousin-in-law's household, avenging her.

On a sunny day when the spring snow is melting, Zhao Ying tiptoes past the poor scholar's door and happens to see him coming out with a stack of books. Blushing, she awkwardly tosses her handkerchief toward him, afraid he might not take it.

To her surprise, he opens one hand and lets the handkerchief land squarely in his palm.

Yan Xuechen is the legitimate son of a prominent Jiangnan family. He hides his identity and comes to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, never expecting a delicate young lady to suddenly move in next door.

Every day, the young lady sways past his door with her slender waist, sneaking glances into his home with eyes like spring waters.

Her kite gets caught in a tree he planted, and her shuttlecock lands in his courtyard. Then she timidly comes to ask him for them back, not even daring to look at him.

The young lady is a bit foolish, thinking he cannot see through her intentions.

He is simply waiting for the rabbit to come to him.

One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, happy ending

Theme: When you look back, that person is there where the lamplight is dim