
Ruan Xiangyi, the stepdaughter of the Ruan family, possessed a gentle disposition and was sensible and obedient. After moving into the Ruan family with her mother, her greatest wish was to graduate early, achieve financial independence, and move out of a home that never truly felt like hers.
At 23, during her graduation season, she had a preposterous encounter with a stranger. She assumed this accident would eventually fade with time. However, at her older sister's engagement party, she met the man again.
He turned out to be her future brother-in-law. At that moment, Ruan Xiangyi felt her world collapse. Even worse, she became pregnant.
This secret was quickly discovered by her family. She knelt on the ground, her back covered in bruises from beatings, as furious curses echoed in her ears: "Whose bastard child is this?!" Ruan Xiangyi bit her lip stubbornly, holding back tears, uttering not a single word.
Just as Ruan Grandma's cane was about to strike again, the front door was suddenly pushed open. A tall, elegant, noble, and gentle man walked in, caught the nearly fainting Ruan Xiangyi, draped his coat over her, and embraced her in front of everyone. He publicly admitted, "I am the biological father of the child." At that time, his wedding was fast approaching.
Zhao Qingshi married a university student with no background. Everyone outside the family believed that this commercial marriage of convenience meant Zhao Qingshi would eventually discard the Ruan family's ordinary stepdaughter, whose name many had never even heard. Many waited to see Ruan Xiangyi become the laughingstock of the wealthy elite, a discarded wife.
During one gathering, it ran quite late, and Zhao Qingshi was rather drunk. His friends asked if he wanted someone to drive him home, but he refused, sinking deep into the sofa in his inebriated state.
A friend casually joked, "You're not waiting for your wife to pick you up, are you?" Though a jest, Zhao Qingshi suddenly sat up, sneering, "She wouldn't care about me; her heart is harder than stone."
The next second, he received a call from her. Amidst his surprise and excitement, he heard her tearful voice on the other end: "Zhao Qingshi, I accidentally twisted my ankle."
His friend approached with the newly prepared room card, only to see Zhao Qingshi hastily grab his jacket and rush out. His voice was incredibly gentle: "Don't move, I'll be right back."
*Little white rabbit V big bad wolf
*Love after pregnancy
*The male protagonist falls in love first, is devoted, and madly pursues his wife
Note: There is no plot of stealing the brother-in-law; this will be explained in Chapter 2.