Raising a Child Bride

Xue Zhen inherited the title of Marquis Xuan at seventeen. He was the Empress Dowager's nephew and the emperor's cousin, born into wealth and privilege, and the most flamboyant young man in Yandu.

Though he died young, his life had been dazzling in every way. There was only one thing that had weighed on his heart for years, leaving him tossing and turning at night:

The sixteenth young lady from the Meng family next door, Meng Lanhuan.

He deeply regretted pretending to be a gentleman back then and watching her marry into the Chen family in Jiangnan.

If he hadn't, she wouldn't have died so young, at just eighteen, from complications during childbirth.

Even though he had ruined the Chen family's son, who had favored his concubine over his wife and let her mistreat Meng Lanhuan, his Huanhuan would never come back.

Fortunately, Heaven had taken pity on him and given him another chance.

In his previous life, the marriage pact between the Meng and Chen families was made on the day of the Earl of Zhao'an's sixtieth birthday.

This time, it was he who became engaged to Huanhuan.

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Little Huanhuan was so pitiful. Her birth mother died young, and after her father got a new wife, he forgot all about her.

She had no new clothes and never got enough to eat.

Then, on the day her grandfather turned sixty, five-year-old Huanhuan met a strange big brother. The moment he saw her, his eyes turned red, as if he were heartbroken.

Huanhuan didn't understand, but for some reason, seeing him made her feel sad too. Reluctantly, she gave him the candy she'd managed to hide away.

Then she heard her grandfather say that the big brother had become her fiance.

What was a fiance?

Huanhuan looked puzzled.

Before she could figure it out, Huanhuan realized she was living a good life.

She had endless new clothes and delicious food to eat. When her brothers and sisters bullied her, the elders no longer scolded her. Instead, they punished them severely.

Her nanny said it was all thanks to her fiance.

Huanhuan thought she would love Xue Zhen super, super, super much for the rest of her life.

Later, Huanhuan understood what a fiance was and began to fret.

Xue Zhen treated her very well, but, but he was so fierce and always tried to keep her in line. How annoying!

Teenage Meng Lanhuan thought she absolutely did not want to marry him.

But if she had a different fiance, would she still be able to do whatever she wanted? And, and would he still treat her so well?

Fifteen-year-old Meng Lanhuan rested her chin in her hands, deep in thought.

Theme: Cherish your loved one yourself. No one else will treasure them the way you do