The Delicate Drama Queen of the Era's Powerhouse

Blurb:

At nineteen, Lin Chuyi dreamed she was the fake heiress who had been switched at birth in a period novel. Not long after moving back to the countryside, she would be sold by her cruel stepmother to the village bully, and die from domestic abuse just a few years later.

Lin Chuyi had been afraid of pain ever since she was little. She woke up in a fright, only to discover that the real heiress had already arrived downstairs and quickly reunited with her parents.

With nowhere else to turn, she decided to marry someone before it was too late. For example... her childhood friend, who was naive and easy to fool, but came from a powerful family.

She had everything planned out. Who could have guessed that the person who showed up to register their marriage would be her childhood friend's uncle instead?

Gazing into those intensely cold black eyes, Lin Chuyi immediately realized her plan had gone awry. She tried to run, but a hand pressed down on the back of her neck.

“If you're going to latch onto someone powerful, you should at least pick someone with a bigger leg to cling to.”

Lin Chuyi: ?

The man kept a straight face. “Mine is pretty big.”

Lin Chuyi: ???

Later, after somehow getting their marriage certificates, she finally realized he hadn't come to call off the wedding. He'd come to steal the bride!

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The youngest son of the Pei family, Pei Linzhou, was capable and hard-tempered. He was a notorious rebel in the compound and a highly sought-after bachelor.

He had no interest in romance, yet he often heard one woman's name: Lin Chuyi, his nephew's childhood sweetheart.

She couldn't lift or carry a thing, cried at the drop of a hat, and was spoiled and delicate. She demanded the best in everything she ate, wore, and used. Whoever married her would be cursed with a lifetime of bad luck.

Pei Linzhou had heard comments like that far too many times. He assumed it was just a young boy's first crush and paid them no mind.

That was until he saw the delicate Miss Lin for himself. Her skin was smooth as jade, her figure alluring, and her beauty beyond compare. Pei Linzhou, who had always been indifferent to love, felt his eyes shift.

That night, he came home early, caught his nephew trying to steal the household registration booklet, and went to the meeting in his place.

Reading guide:

A daddy-type boyfriend who gets very possessive after marriage~

Delicate, sweet, and clueless heiress x older man who planned it all from the start

Theme: Striving for a better life