The Cast-Off Wife

Volume One If Only Life Were Like Our First Meeting An accident brings me to the Li Dynasty, where I become the fourth daughter of the Jing family. For the sake of the Jing women’s duty and their lifelong glory, I am forced to take part in Dongfang Wuya’s wife-selection banquet. I am unmoved by Dongfang Wuya’s disdain and loathing. The old master of the Dongfang family takes a liking to me, and I become the future matriarch of the family, but this arouses the suspicions of my third older sister and brings on the revenge of Fourth Concubine. Fortunately, Dongfang Wuya’s medical skills save me from danger, and I begin to fall for him. The ambiguous attention of my eldest sister’s husband, Ouyang Feng, plants the seeds for everything that follows... Volume Two When the Flowers Fade I know full well that Dongfang Wuya loves someone else, yet I still lose my heart and fall for him. When I first arrive at the Dongfang household, the family is attacked by rival merchants, and the servants whisper behind my back that I’m a bringer of bad luck. But he reprimands them on my behalf. Could he be starting to fall for me, too...? What does Zhuang Qisheng’s comfort mean after I lose my child? Qingyan’s arrival brings one hardship after another. In Dongfang Wuya’s eyes, his silence amounts to approval. When Qingyan nearly miscarries, I am given a divorce letter so the child can have a proper status, and I am cast aside... Am I truly destined to be betrayed? I accept my fate and live on, indifferent to everything. Yet I never imagined I would die at Dongfang Wuya’s hands... Volume Three: Looking Back All at Once Reborn, I forget who I am and live happily. After meeting Ouyang Feng, I gradually remember everything that happened before. I will have my revenge, I tell myself... For my unborn child, and for the life I once had, I don’t mind becoming a demon and turning everything upside down! After my revenge, what should I choose: Dongfang Wuya, consumed by regret; Ouyang Feng, who supports me in silence; or Zhuang Qisheng, whose love runs deep? Volume Four: The Ending The Dongfang family is destroyed, and blood begins to spread through the Zhuang family’s estate. Looking at the devastation all around me, I feel only a sense of desolation. Is this truly the outcome I wanted?