The Remarkable Son-in-Law
Ye Fengyun had always been carefree on the mountain, but one day, his master forced him to descend to repay a debt of gratitude. To his surprise, this meant marrying a breathtakingly beautiful yet fra
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Chapter 1
On the night of the full moon, the sky was dark and the wind was fierce.
The Tang family villa.
“Oh no, Shihan’s cold constitution is acting up again!”
Tang Shihan’s parents were beside themselves with worry, while the other relatives merely watched with indifferent eyes—some even secretly delighted, for they all knew that as long as Tang Shihan succumbed to her illness, the competition for head of the Tang family would lose a formidable contender.
The Dowager Madam Tang had three sons; Shihan’s father was the second among them. Unfortunately, none of the three had notable abilities, while the next generation—Shihan’s peers—were exceptionally talented. Yet fate played a cruel joke: every one of that generation was a woman.
Thus, the Dowager had no choice but to select her successor from among her granddaughters, but with one condition—the successor must marry a husband who joins the family and bear a male heir within a year.
But Tang Shihan was born with a frigid constitution. Every full moon, her body would turn cold as ice, the pain nearly unbearable. Marriage and childbirth were out of the question; even her own life seemed to hang by a thread.
“Such is fate’s cruelty. Shihan is so capable, the deputy general manager of the company, highly respected—yet even heaven is envious of the talented; beauty rarely accompanies longevity.”
“Yes, second brother, don’t worry. We’ll think of a way to cure her.”
“That’s right, we must cure Shihan!”
Though their words were comforting, in th