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

"So, the Gongsun Family wants Su Qingyue dead?"


"How can this be?" Shen Yun's delicately painted eyebrows furrowed, "I have put so much effort into Su Qingyue..."


"My Lady need not worry. Gongsun Xi is cunning and sly; once he truly takes Su Qingyue for his own, he will only make her a concubine, then let her do a few jobs for the Gongsun Family. I believe he is not adamant on taking her life."


"Master thinks through every hair-thin detail, strategizing behind the curtain," Shen Yun did not forget to flatter him, even though they had been husband and wife for years; men always liked to hear compliments, no matter how much power they had.


"Who could compare to you, my Lady? After decades, you still have my heart," Xiao Chonghuan said, squinting his eyes, "Over the years, had it not been for my Lady's advice and strategies, I would not have secured the position as the head of the Xiao Family."


The old couple's careful calculation, 2