To Be Your Wife

Synopsis: [Substitute Marriage + Broken Mirror Reunited + Chase Love Cremation Ground + On the Run with a Child + Female Lead Has a Mask After Reunion]

Shen Lianxiu was betrothed by her stepmother to be the second wife of a merchant. Her life as a merchant's wife seemed destined to be unremarkable. However, a few days before her wedding, she secretly took the place of her stepsister, Shen Wuyu, who was born of her stepmother, and married into the Duke Cheng's residence.

Zhou Linjin, the heir of Duke Cheng's residence, fell in love with Shen Wuyu at first sight, but Shen Wuyu suddenly disappeared without a trace. Just as the stepmother was reluctantly preparing to break off the engagement, Zhou Linjin unexpectedly lost his sight.

The stepmother, unwilling to give up such a wealthy in-law, devised the plan of a substitute marriage. Zhou Linjin was a gentleman as pure as jade, and after their marriage, he cherished Shen Lianxiu immensely. Shen Lianxiu basked in Zhou Linjin's affection.

Only she knew that everything Zhou Linjin gave her was actually meant for Shen Wuyu; he was only kind to Shen Wuyu, and she herself received nothing. The good times did not last. On the day Shen Wuyu returned, she immediately exposed Shen Lianxiu as an imposter.

She also accused Shen Lianxiu of meticulously plotting to make her sister disappear and then impersonating her. Zhou Linjin said, "The one entered into the ancestral records is Shen Wuyu. If you stay, your name will be unjustified, and Duke Cheng's residence cannot accommodate a woman who harmed her own sister. Considering your diligent service, take the money and leave."

The next day, Shen Lianxiu resolutely left alone, without taking a single cent from the Duke's residence. After Shen Lianxiu left, everything returned to normal. Not long after, Zhou Linjin's eyesight recovered.

When he finally saw his wife clearly again, it was clearly the face that had haunted his dreams, yet for some reason, Zhou Linjin's heart suddenly ached unbearably. It was then that he understood that the person before his eyes and the one in his heart were no longer the same person.

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Five years after Zhou Linjin learned of Shen Lianxiu's death, he was ordered to investigate a case in another region. There, he met a woman. The woman couldn't speak, her husband had died, she practiced medicine in the countryside, and she had a child of three or four years.

He had never seen her before, yet he felt an indescribable sense of familiarity. Zhou Linjin didn't know where this feeling came from; he just didn't want his heart, which had been cold for five years, to warm up again.

It was impossible for anyone in this world to make him feel the same way he felt about Shen Lianxiu, and he couldn't let Shen Lianxiu down a second time. So, Zhou Linjin planned to leave quickly after solving the case.

Until one day, he found a prescription and was shocked to realize that the handwriting on it was identical to Shen Lianxiu's.