Cheng Huiyin is not a good woman.
Her husband is the man she stole from the county princess.
Cheng Huiyin always thought Lu Changyi loved and respected her.
He remembered all their important dates. After finishing his official duties, he came straight home to see her. He never flirted with other women, and there wasn't a single concubine in his household. He even risked his life to save her without hesitation when she was in danger.
She secretly vowed that once her revenge was complete, she would settle down and live out her days with Lu Changyi.
Until the day someone exposed her lies, and everything fell apart.
Everyone despised and scorned her. She didn't care. All she wanted was for the wicked to pay their debts in blood.
But Lu Changyi stood against her.
*
Lu Changyi had known from the beginning that Cheng Huiyin was a liar.
Everything about her was fake, including her professed love for him. The only real thing was the burning rage of revenge she had carried for over a decade. He was nothing more than a tool Cheng Huiyin used to get back at her biological father.
But that was fine. All he needed was a beautiful, capable mistress of the household with a weakness he could use to keep her in line.
The day Cheng Huiyin's lies were exposed, he was a little angry. Not because someone had hurt her, but because once again he had to cover for her lies.
He said some harsh things to her, but also told her, "Do your duty as Mrs. Lu, and I'll keep helping you."
But after shedding the skin of "Cheng Huiyin," she seemed to become a different person.
She left a letter of divorce and slipped away in secret.
*
Months later, Lu Changyi successfully brought back his wife, who had wanted a divorce and was now pregnant. He thought they had finally come to understand each other.
But one day, he returned home early after court to visit his wife and daughter. He saw his wife holding their daughter and joking with a maid:
"In a couple of years, I'll ask my husband for another child and have my brother adopt the baby. He'll never marry because of me. I can't let him have no descendants."
Lu Changyi suddenly realized that the woman he had brought back was no longer the wife who loved him with all her heart. She was Ruan Yin, using his money to support her mother's business and his connections to help her stepbrother advance in office.
On the day they laid their cards on the table, Cheng Huiyin was perfectly calm. "I can divorce you."
"No, no," he said. "There will never be a divorce in this lifetime."
Even if they suffered for a lifetime, they would suffer together for a lifetime.
Also known as The Daughter of Chen Shimei Has Returned for Revenge
Household intrigue | Mother-daughter revenge | Marriage first, love later | The husband chases his wife to the crematorium
Content warnings:
1. In the early part of the story, the heroine has little regard for morality as she pursues revenge and personal gain. She's very manipulative and will hurt others, including stealing her younger sister's fiance. Her values are questionable.
2. Both leads have no sexual history. Happy ending.
3. The older brother is a stepbrother. His romance takes place after their supposed blood relationship is disproven.
Theme: Become strong and independent to find happiness
