Three Years Apart and No Intimacy, Now I’m with the Army and Can’t Get Enough

[Recommended new book: Widowed, She Became the Beloved of Twin Young Masters, a historical romance, 1v2] Lin Zhiyi, an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of traditional pastry-making, woke up in the body of her namesake in the 1970s. Of her nineteen years of life, nine had been spent as a servant. Her cruel mother-in-law wanted to squeeze the last bit of value out of her and, with no regard for morality or human decency, sell her to a bachelor in his forties! Lin Zhiyi clenched her frostbitten fists, ready to fight to the bitter end. Just then, her “husband,” Gu Xiuyuan, returned through the snow after nine years away from home. His cruel mother pointed at his nose and called him a jinx, while the whole village waited to see him make a fool of himself. He didn’t even look at anyone else. He only said to her, standing in the snow, “Pack your things. You’re coming with me.” Later, everyone in the military compound knew that the beautiful, quiet wife of Company Commander Gu was a master of pastry-making, with skills so exquisite they seemed almost supernatural. What stunned everyone even more was that the usually cold-faced Company Commander Gu would get up in the middle of the night to tuck her in, and, when someone gave her a hard time, calmly say, “No one gets to criticize my wife, Gu Xiuyuan’s beloved.” When his true identity was revealed and the villains of the past knelt in the snow to beg for mercy, Lin Zhiyi only wanted to quietly run her food factory. The man wrapped his arms tightly around her from behind, his hot breath brushing her ear. His voice hoarse, he said, “Back then, you said we were just joining forces to get by. Now, I’d like to apply for a permanent position. The term is for life.” [Marriage first, love later + face-slapping the vile ones + devoted husband + military marriage]