Chapter 1: The younger sister gets married into the humble dwelling first.
Dawancun Village, 1988.
Just as the busy farming season was ending, several middle-aged women sat under a large willow tree at the "Gossip Center" located next to the village's threshing ground, chatting and weaving straw crafts.
A young couple walked past the edge of the wheat field under the scorching sun; the man was carrying a bag of white sugar.
As soon as the two walked past the edge of the threshing ground, the gossips began to discuss them without any hesitation.
"Do you think the second daughter of the Bai family has been cursed? Why would she refuse to marry a good military officer in the city and instead seduce her older sister's fiancé?"
"Of course! Zhao Kai's family is so poor that even rats would leave with tears in their eyes. They don't know where their next meal is coming from. But she's so eager to climb onto that broken-down kang (a heated brick bed)."
Look at you, on the day of the bride's return visit, they only brought a pound of white sugar. How stingy!
The women in the village couldn't understand Bai Weiwei's bizarre move at all.
The Zhao family is considered the worst-off family in Dawan Village.
How should I describe it?
He was frail, his mother was seriously ill, his sister had a limp, and his family was broken.
Previously, Bai Zhi, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, was forced by her stepmother Yang Guihua to get engaged to Zhao Kai.
Who would have thought that Yang Guihua's own daughter would be so eager to get married? The villagers couldn't help but wonder if the Zhao family had some extraordinary qualities that no one knew about.
Bai Weiwei walked side by side with Zhao Kai, and the voices of the old women behind them could be heard.
She snorted coldly.
Those short-sighted women know nothing.
Zhao Kai is destined to dominate the business world and become a powerful CEO.
Bai Weiwei and Zhao Kai walked through the wooden gate of the Bai family. Bai Zhicheng, the father, had a murderous look on his face, which made Zhao Kai shrink back in fear.
"You brat, you stole your sister's fiancé and you still have the nerve to bring him home with you?"
“Dad, Grandpa originally arranged for my sister to marry into the Lu family. You all got it wrong.” When it came to matters of love, Bai Weiwei was no longer shy or coy like before. “Besides, how can you call it stealing when it comes to matters of the heart? They didn’t get a marriage certificate, and they didn’t have any physical relationship. Kai and I are in love and it’s a free love relationship. Just give us your blessings.”
Bai Weiwei even boldly linked arms with Zhao Kai in front of her parents.
Encouraged by Bai Weiwei's actions, Zhao Kai, who had always been self-conscious, immediately straightened his back and became confident.
Bai Zhicheng angrily raised his hand to slap her, then sighed and turned to go inside.
The car from the Lu family to pick up Bai Zhi will arrive soon, so to avoid any trouble, we can only endure it.
Yang Guihua glanced at Zhao Kai, who looked like a white-cut chicken following behind Bai Weiwei.
His expression was equally unpleasant.
He doesn't seem to have the aura of a big boss at all.
But her foolish daughter insists that Zhao Kai will amount to something in the future.
She looked down on marriages in the city and married this poor boy instead.
As if deliberately making things difficult, Yang Guihua ordered Zhao Kai in a bad mood, "Since you're here, go and chop that pile of firewood."
They just stand there doing nothing, which is even more infuriating.
"Oh, okay." Zhao Kai felt blatantly disliked and humiliated, his eyes darkening as he went to chop wood.
"I'm going to check on my sister."
Bai Weiwei, beaming with joy, swayed her hips as she entered the north room, where she saw Bai Zhi tidying up her clothes.
She tried to suppress her lip movements, feigning guilt, "Sister, I'm so sorry, Zhao Kai and I are deeply in love and we just couldn't help ourselves. Please forgive us."
"Little sister, what are you saying? A slut and a dog are a perfect match, and I'm already wishing you both well."
Bai Zhi turned around, looked at Bai Weiwei's mean face, and said sincerely, "I wish you an endless supply of wild vegetables and debts to repay in this lifetime."
"Alright, I'm going to enjoy myself in the south now. Thank you for your kind offer, little sister."
Bai Weiwei's face contorted in disgust at Bai Zhi's gloating expression.
Hmph, that brat probably wanted this a long time ago.
After all, it was Bai Zhi who was engaged to the Lu family back then.
Bai Weiwei gritted her teeth and sneered. If Bai Zhi knew that she was about to marry some kind of short-lived monster, let's see if she can still smile.
Bai Weiwei couldn't stand Bai Zhi's cold and indifferent hypocritical face any longer, and finally couldn't help but boast, "Sister, you're wrong. I'm marrying Zhao Kai, and I'm going to be a president's wife."
She couldn't let Bai Zhi laugh at her suffering in the Zhao family.
She glanced sideways at Bai Zhi and scoffed, "Do you even know what a CEO is?"
Bai Zhi was calmly packing her few belongings when she heard Bai Weiwei's words, and her hand holding the floral shirt trembled.
Her shimmering eyes trembled violently.
Sure enough, Bai Weiwei was reborn just like her.
No wonder she suddenly married a man she looked down on.
Last night, stepmother Yang Guihua was in a bad mood because her biological daughter had married into a poor and destitute family like the Zhao family and was going to work on targeted poverty alleviation. She kept causing trouble for her at home and arguing with her.
He even physically assaulted her. During the struggle, Yang Guihua pushed her to the ground, where her head hit the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), causing her to faint.
When she woke up again, she found herself reborn, with the memories of her past life.
After accepting this fact, her first reaction was to break off the engagement with Zhao Kai, that gigolo.
As a result, Bai Weiwei had already married Zhao Kai.
Moreover, it was Bai Weiwei who took the initiative to throw herself into Zhao Kai's arms, risking the stigma of being immoral and shameful to climb onto Zhao Kai's kang (heated brick bed).
Therefore, she guessed that Bai Weiwei probably had memories of her past life, just like her.
At this moment, Bai Weiwei even used the word "president," which proved that her guess was correct.
Bai Weiwei was reborn earlier than her, so before the Lu family could even take her in, she got Zhao Kai drunk and the two of them became intimate.
Bai Zhi looked at Bai Weiwei's face, which was just as sharp and mean as her stepmother's, and a cold glint flashed in her eyes.
This time, Bai Weiwei seems to have made the wrong bet.
In his past life, Zhao Kai, that gigolo, had absolutely no talent for doing business.
He's just using her supposed "life-saving grace" to morally blackmail her into not divorcing him, and he's doing business with her uncle, using his position to intimidate her.
She followed her grandfather to study traditional Chinese medicine and had no interest in paying attention to him, so she let him show off in public.
Bai Weiwei only saw Zhao Kai's glamorous exterior, but she was unaware of the dark and filthy side of his heart.
He is a complete treacherous villain. He was bullied and looked down upon since childhood because his family was poor, and he has an extremely inferior and dark heart.
In their past life, after they got engaged, they went south to work. Zhao Kai was unfortunately involved in a car accident, which damaged his vital organs. Fearing that she would leave him if she found out, he carefully planned a so-called hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress incident and pinned the blame for his impotence on her.
Out of guilt, she had no choice but to marry him and live a marriage in name only.
Zhao Kai has never been injured in his life.
However, Bai Weiwei, who has memories of her past life, will definitely drag Zhao Kai south to work soon.
Seeing Bai Zhi standing with her back to her, lost in thought and not saying a word, Bai Weiwei became even more smug. "I knew you didn't understand anything."
Bai Weiwei couldn't contain her excitement at the thought of Bai Zhi marrying a "monster".
Bai Zhi should also taste the suffering she endured in her previous life, and be forced to face the stern, lifeless faces of the Lu family every day.
Bai Zhi had been timid as a mouse since childhood. When she arrived at the Lu family, the oppressive atmosphere of the family alone was enough to terrify her.
Not to mention how terrifying it was when the toxic drugs in that man's body took effect.
Bai Weiwei almost gritted her teeth when she thought about her past life.
It's all her mother's fault. She's short-sighted and can't see beyond appearances. She married off a promising young man like Zhao Kai to Bai Zhi.
She thought she was going to enjoy a comfortable life in the military compound, but the man was injured during a mission and was captured by criminals who injected him with drugs and conducted live experiments on him. After a few years, he passed away, leaving her a widow at a young age.
What's worse, that monster never looked at her properly after she married him, and even called her an imposter.
He hasn't touched her in the three years since they got married.
Thank goodness he's dead, otherwise she would have had to live a life of widowhood.
In contrast, Zhao Kai, whom she looked down upon in her previous life, got engaged to Bai Zhi and the two went to the south. Within a few years, they became rich and became big bosses.
I heard he opened several companies and became a domineering CEO. He was incredibly successful when he returned to his hometown.
Heaven has eyes; it gave her a chance to choose again.
This time, she struck first.
Thinking of this, Bai Weiwei was filled with hope for the future.
The Zhao family's poverty is only temporary.
Once Zhao Kai leaves this dilapidated village and goes to the city, he will be able to fully display his extraordinary business talent.
They will soon be able to escape poverty and achieve their goals, reaching the pinnacle of their lives.
"For the sake of our sisterhood, I'll tell you another secret, that Lu Ye..."
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