Southern Wind

The Xiao family, known as the poorest amongst the mountaineers had just spent all their savings as dowry for a daughter-in-law, who was disfigured, dark, skinny, and mute. Mocked as the ugliest bride within miles, she eventually had enough of a life in poverty and escaped, only to fall in the hands of rogues who murdered her. 

When she opened her eyes again, her soul was now that of a killer's, and her disfigurement was healed while her unhealthily tanned skin was now fair as day.... And she could also talk! As she became the most beautiful bride. Villagers kept their distance from the Xiao family, claiming that they were jinxes. But despite her poverty, the bride was fortunate to have a loyal mountaineer husband who spoiled her to bits. Hence, the bride guided her husband to riches, buying farms and tending to them diligently, while starting a family to gain riches through blood and sweat.

The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man

"Because... your persistence distresses me. It also pushes Qingyue further away from me."


"Why are you still thinking about Su Qingyue? You're utterly obsessed!"


"Why do you still think of me at such a time?" If she knew some things, she'd probably hate him to death.


"I love you!" Her voice was hoarse, "Xiao Qinghe, I think of you now because I love you!"


"I love Su Qingyue. Much more than you love me," he said, his eyes tired, "Don't come troubling me again. Otherwise, I really don't know what I might do again."


He did not reply, "From now on, we are strangers to each other."


She thought he was just being cruelly rejecting, hurting her with the word 'again'.


It was only much later that she learned... he actually...


1372, looking for Qinghe again 2.