The entire family of Yan Xuguo, a renowned military industry expert, was wiped out. His daughter, Yan Chen, was away and escaped the massacre.
That same year, Xue Pinglan, the only daughter of Shanghai's wealthy Xue family, disappeared in a foreign land, likely dead.
Overcome with grief, her father adopted Xue Yuwei, a distant orphaned relative who looked just like his beloved daughter.
Three years later, Xue Yuwei returned from overseas and went to Jinling, where she set her sights on Qin Jue, the third son of Commander Qin, as a marriage match.
Xue Yuwei came from a collateral branch of the Xue family. While abroad, she'd picked up countless bad habits, flirting with everyone, teasing dogs and cats. Even dogs shook their heads and said, "Whoever marries her is doomed."
Qin Jue was Jinling's famous beautiful invalid. Handsome, yes, but he'd cough blood at the slightest breeze and gasp for breath every few steps. Everyone sighed, "Whoever marries him will be a widow before long."
Rumors circulated around the city that Xue Yuwei was actually Xue Pinglan, who had supposedly died years ago. She'd offended someone powerful and faked her death to escape. Now she'd returned under a new identity and attached herself to the influential Qin family to save her life.
Others spread gossip that Xue Yuwei was more interested in Qin Qi, her powerful elder brother-in-law, than in her sickly husband. That "red apricot" of a neglected wife was bound to stray sooner or later.
Even the Qin household servants whispered, "The three of them are living together. The Qin family is finished."
After the wedding,
Xue Yuwei went out carousing every night, while Qin Jue stayed inside recuperating every day.
They kept out of each other's way and lived in peace.
Until one late night,
Xue Yuwei, who was supposedly out "straying," was ordered to meet a mysterious military industry expert, only to come face-to-face with her "coughing-blood-at-home" beauty of a husband.
Qin Jue: .
Xue Yuwei: .
Putting on an act. Both of them. What a nice act...
[The Yan family's unfinished work, carried on by the Qin son.]
[My humble devotion, stifled and unable to be expressed.]
· The heroine's identity has a twist.
· Two powerful leads, both with secret identities, married first and in love later.
[Saved on 2025.07.05]
Theme: Those who bear arms must defend their land and never retreat
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