Pediatrician Xu Nuo had an accident and woke up to find herself in the late 1970s. The moment she opened her eyes, she discovered that her heartless second uncle’s family had sold her at a high price to a mentally challenged man as his bride. Meanwhile, her own biological daughter, Xu Shan, stole her engagement and assumed her identity to marry into a good family and live in comfort.

Do they think she’s the original soft and spineless “dough-like” girl, someone to be easily manipulated?
With a handful of croton beans to poison the whole family, she was determined to personally reclaim her engagement!

But unexpectedly, she got rejected!

In a twist of fate, she ended up marrying her ex-fiancé’s older brother—Lu Chen, the aloof “flower on a high mountain” who was nine years her senior.

What she didn’t expect was… when he gently coaxed her to hold on a bit longer, with a cold expression and serious eyes, she nearly burst into tears:

What happened to the rumor that he hated women and was a cold workaholic?
These rumors are so unreliable!

Lu Chen is the youngest and most outstanding officer in his military unit—handsome and promising. The rumors say he’s a workaholic who dislikes women and swore to devote his youth to the country, breaking the hearts of countless lovestruck young girls.

But one day, news broke that he had returned from leave and fulfilled a marriage engagement made seventeen years ago by marrying a woman from a rural village.

Everyone sighed:
“Childhood betrothals are such a scam. A bride with that background is a disgrace to Major Lu!”
“A fine cabbage got trampled by a pig!”
“What a miserable life he must lead!”

Until one day, the cold-faced King of Hell, Lu Chen, walked into the public eye holding hands with a stunningly beautiful female doctor—leaving everyone utterly shocked.

Those rumors? Absolutely misleading!
They say a forced melon isn’t sweet, but Lu Chen’s expression clearly says:
“It’s sweet to the core!”