in2ebook Chapter 1 Asking for a cuckold's horns, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Chapter 1 Asking for a cuckold's horns, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
A state-run hotel in 1980.
A young couple sat in a corner.
The man, dressed in an olive-green cotton-padded jacket, looked furious.
"Mu Xiaowan, how shameless are you? I've worked so hard outside, and I never expected you to be so despicable. You actually... you actually slept with another man and got pregnant with his child?"
His roar was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, and immediately the diners in the restaurant all looked at Mu Xiaowan with disdain, and some even started pointing and whispering.
Mu Xiaowan was wearing a beige floral cotton-padded jacket and black pants. Even though she was dressed in thick clothes, her beautiful figure could still be vaguely seen inside.
The black knitted scarf around his neck made his handsome face appear slightly fair, and his dark hair framed his watery eyes.
She looked at the scoundrel in front of her, who was crying wolf, and sneered.
"Oh, I'm climbing into someone else's bed? Isn't it because you wanted to become the leader's son-in-law and use this opportunity to advance your career, so you sent me to other men's beds?"
Mu Xiaowan slowly stood up from her chair and said calmly, "I've seen people wear red hats and black hats, but I've never seen anyone find themselves wearing a green hat. I've never seen anything like it in my life!"
Her words immediately caused a huge stir, drawing the attention of onlookers to the man.
The man's face flushed instantly. He could no longer sit still. He glared at her fiercely and turned to leave.
At this moment, Mu Xiaowan calmly called out to the window, "Boss, he's trying to skip out on the bill."
Upon hearing this, the cafeteria worker immediately came over and pulled the man away.
What a jerk! He even tried to scam her out of a meal. No way!
Mu Xiaowan glanced at the man's astonished gaze and walked out of the restaurant with light steps.
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Her name is Mu Xiaowan. In her previous life, she enjoyed researching cutting-edge technology, was self-sufficient, owned a house and a car, and was financially independent.
The studio suddenly lost power that day, and when I opened my eyes again, I was in a hospital bed in the 1980s.
She transmigrated into a period drama that shattered people's values.
The countryside was poor. When the original owner of this body, Mu Xiaowan, was 19, her family arranged a marriage between her and her brother. Her older brother and sister-in-law were already married. Her fiancé, He Yongsheng, was in the army, and they had been engaged for two years but had not yet gotten married.
They had been communicating regularly for the past two years, but there had been no news for the past six months. Her in-laws said the military was busy, but Mu Xiaowan didn't believe them.
Her friend suspected that He Yongsheng was having an affair and wanted to abandon her.
Mu Xiaowan took this matter to heart.
A little over a month ago, she came to the military base to see He Yongsheng, but she couldn't even get through the gate. He Yongsheng coaxed and lied to her, saying he was too busy and would go back in a few days to talk about the wedding. He arranged for her to stay at a guesthouse, and sent her back to her hometown the next day.
A month after returning home, Mu Xiaowan didn't see He Yongsheng again, but instead got herself into a mess.
She was so anxious and stressed that her period stopped coming.
Who knew that rumors were spreading in the village that she was pregnant with an illegitimate child, otherwise why didn't she ask the He family to take responsibility?
The original owner was uneducated and had no sources of information. In addition, her friend said that the guesthouses in the city were not safe, and that someone might have used sleeping gas to knock her unconscious, which is why she got pregnant.
After a while, she really believed she was pregnant.
She went to He Yongsheng again to see if they could get married as soon as possible, otherwise how would she live in the future?
Little did they know that the He family had sent a telegram to He Yongsheng informing him of all this.
He Yongsheng, with his smooth talk, seduced the daughter of a leader, hoping to become her son-in-law and achieve great success. He then told her that he had already broken off the engagement.
To eliminate any future trouble, he conceived a wicked idea.
He drugged Mu Xiaowan and left her at the guesthouse, waiting for someone to "take advantage" of her.
Chu Junbai received a tip that unidentified people were making a deal at the guesthouse. He planned to check it out first, but then he saw Mu Xiaowan, who was under the influence of drugs.
As the captain of a special forces team, he couldn't just sit idly by. But after sending the person to the hospital, rumors of his conduct began to circulate.
At this time, the original owner, who had always suspected that she had been impregnated by someone else, used this as an excuse to cling to Chu Junbai.
Therefore, Chu Junbai also misunderstood that this was a trap set for him by Mu Xiaowan and others.
Forced marriages are never sweet. Mu Xiaowan was not happy after marriage and died of depression a few years later.
Suddenly, I heard a car horn behind me.
Mu Xiaowan turned around.
The jeep had already stopped beside her.
The man in the driver's seat looked up and glanced over, a glance that seemed to span a thousand miles.
He was very handsome; his striking features were beyond description. His bright, star-like black eyes held countless unfathomable secrets, and he exuded an aura of righteousness.
That's right, this man is the diamond husband that the original owner got for free.
Chu Junbai gestured with his eyes, "Get in the car!"
Mu Xiaowan originally wanted to sit in the back, but then felt it would be impolite to sit there, as if she were treating the person as a driver.
She then climbed into the passenger seat.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Mu Xiaowan said, "I went out to buy clothes, but He Yongsheng stopped me, so I went to the restaurant and said a few words to him."
"Hmm!" Chu Junbai only uttered a single syllable and then stopped talking.
He was already aloof, and these past few days of unpleasant experiences have made him even more indifferent, as if a "keep away" label had been pasted on his face.
The car drove into the Chu family compound.
Chu Junbai's father had two siblings. His father was the eldest and lived with his grandfather in the compound. He also had a younger brother and a younger sister who moved out after getting married.
These past two days, the compound has been bustling with activity because of Chu Junbai's matter, with people coming and going.
Not to mention Chu Junbai, Mu Xiaowan was annoyed too.
Chu Junbai's mother was gentle and mild-mannered. Born into a scholarly family, she was taught to be virtuous, kind, and tolerant, which led to the other two families taking advantage of her.
The second wife's family, in particular, were jealous of Chu Junbai and his sister's excellence, which made the old man favor them. They felt that Chu Junbai's children were being overshadowed, especially their eldest son, who was two years older than Chu Junbai, and was always treated as inferior.
Therefore, they harbored resentment, and it was their doing that led Chu Junbai to the guesthouse this time. In fact, they had also arranged for a woman to appear at the guesthouse, but it was just not her turn yet.
Unexpectedly, heaven helped them.
"Hey, Xiaowan, where have you been? You don't know anyone here. If you want to go somewhere, you can ask your little sister Tingting to go with you. Your second aunt isn't busy, so she can go with you too."
Upon seeing Mu Xiaowan and Chu Junbai return, Chu's second aunt, Bai Jiao'e, quickly came over with a smile and took Mu Xiaowan's hand, as if she were Mu Xiaowan's future mother-in-law.
Mu Xiaowan subtly dodged away, taking off her scarf while greeting Chu Junbai's grandparents, parents, and other relatives.
Chu's mother, Jiang Yinglan, nodded slightly. "You and Junbai haven't eaten yet, have you? Zhang Ma has gone out, so I'll make you some noodles."
Seeing that Mu Xiaowan was not giving her face, Bai Jiao'e's eyes flashed with a hint of sarcasm. What a piece of trash!
If it weren't for her, even if Mu Xiaowan prayed in all four directions, she wouldn't have been able to marry into a family like the Chu family or have a husband like Chu Junbai.
"Sister-in-law is really lucky. She got a wife for nothing, without any dowry or worries about her family finding fault. Since it's free, she should treat her well."