Married Thrice to Salted Fish

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At eighteen years old, Lin Qingyu was married as part of a Chong Xi into the Nan’an Hou Mansion, becoming the ill Lu Wancheng’s male wife.

On the eve of their wedding, Young Master Hou lay lazily on the bed and said, “Beauty, to be honest, I really don’t want to engage in domestic struggles. I just want to drift along, eat and wait to die. I want to be a Salted Fish.”

A year later, Young Master Hou became gravely ill. He took Lin Qingyu’s hand and sighed, “Wife, I’m going to die, but I think I can continue to transmigrate. In order for you to properly recognize me in the future, let us set a secret code.”

After the death of Young Master Hou, Lin Qingyu was prepared to stay a widow all his life.
Lin Qingyu would rather die than remarry.

Unexpectedly, after only 1/2 a year, …xoxo… actually came to propose marriage & said “If odd, change; if even, remain the same?”
LQ: “…I will marry you.”

After two years …

Lin Qingyu knew that although his husband was a bag of lazybones, no one was his equal

(Summary reduced to avoid spoiler)

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Ba lần gả cho ỉn lười
Sān Jià Xián Yú
แต่งงานสามครั้งกับปลาเค็ม
三嫁咸鱼
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Dianille
Dianille rated it
March 12, 2022
Status: Completed
Ome of the good ones, really nice. I really love the MC and ML, especially the ML. When he died, I cried (both times). The MC is not a good person, but he won't randomly hurt people. He only hurt those who harm him or his husband. He's a typical cold beauty and the ML is a lazybones, but he has sense of responsibility.
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plusbgstan
plusbgstan rated it
March 26, 2024
Status: --
So well written!! Really loved the angst parts and the atypical personality of the shou. I'm writing this review only because I wanted to talk about this scene:

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Lu Wancheng seemed to sense that he was smiling and kept looking at him. He kept watching him until he couldn't hold it any longer and he finally closed his eyes. "Then, I'm going to sleep for a while. Remember to wake me up."

Lin Qingyu promised him, "Okay."

The snow came down heavier.

No matter how warm Lin Qingyu's hand was, the man's hand still grew colder little by little in his, so cold that it pierced through the bone.

The north wind brought evening snow, the cold color illuminated them, everywhere was silence.

He was wearing his wedding dress, a huadian on his forehead, just like when he and Lu Wancheng first met.

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Lin Qingyu gradually recalled what the Xiong Si shop assistant had said. He ordered numbly, "Move him into the house and cover his face with white silk. There's no need to change his clothes. Just place him in the coffin wearing these. Afterwards, you can go and report his death." He paused, then said, "By the way, you need to carry him on your back. Don't princess carry him."

Huan Tong, choking with sobs, nodded, "What about you, Young Master?"

"I'm going to change clothes."

He wasn't going to let others see him in his bridal attire, huadian on his forehead. Only Lu Wancheng could see it, no one else could.

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Ahh it's so good, I cried so much, it's genuinely one of my favorites scenes in any novel ever. <<less
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Mell0dy
Mell0dy
March 19, 2024
Status: c119
I love Ml's personality and the plot, I didn't like that much the extras, too many, they were fun at first though, until they were never ending, I can understand though, the author really engoy to write in modern world. Anyways, this novel is one of my favorites is so good, I recommend it.
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SirhcSidhe
SirhcSidhe rated it
February 19, 2024
Status: Completed
Started nicely but got very predictable soon. The transmigrated ML starts as a teenager, yet he has a perfect mastery of the setting -- clothing, speach, military affairs. The MC is a demoted imperial doctor, yet he has a free access everywhere within the palace including the imperial harem. None of the royal family nor the people serving them have any brains, it seems, so the palace intrigues are really boring, and the MC-ML pair manage to get themselves involved in the succession battle without anyone noticing. It's as if... more>> the world outside the two doesn't move at all unless an event they expect has to happen. <<less
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whitespade
whitespade rated it
January 14, 2024
Status: Completed
Our ML and MC are just perfect. They are 10/10 characters and 10/10 couple. Every couple aspire to be this couple. 100% honesty, 100% love, 100% respect.

Everything is so perfect, just that I'm sorely tempted to drop the stars to 4 because of the extras. They are not offensive, just that too boring if I know they don't hold the same standard as the main story I would have drop it long ago. It feels like author milking the couple for all their worth. But still 5/5 because I like... more>> the main story too much. <<less
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Aurinne
Aurinne rated it
January 13, 2024
Status: --
Rating: 3.8

Good, really readable, engaging characters. Nice to have an enjoyable ML who isn't cold, possessive, domineering etc etc. Great chemistry between the main couple and both had well-written personalities.

One key plot point dragged out far far far far too long in the middle and eventually I skimmed a little to get through that.

The MCs crossed the line of just and benign actions somewhat, which can be an issue for me unless there's good reason for me to root for them, but the author barely managed to keep me endorsing... more>> them and pulled them back towards the end. (Generally, those they target are people who harm or are trying to harm them and aren't particularly great people overall.) They were also portrayed as smarter when it came to scheming than some of their actions indicated, so I had to not get too critical.

Overall, a really nice read, which could have become heavy but managed to be a slightly more frivolous read than it could have been thankfully (since I didn't want too much angst or serious drama without relief). <<less
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Argentium
Argentium rated it
January 8, 2024
Status: Completed
I skipped over this story due to the synopsis several times before deciding to try reading it (after several stories that I tossed into my 'tr*sh' file after two or three chapters, due to poor writing or the translator having utterly mangled the English language). The translation quality of this one is quite good. The story isn't entirely unique, in many ways it's a typical palace or political intrigue story, but it's an interesting angle. At many points, the story drags and is quite predictable, but it's worth pushing through... more>> and finishing. The author and translator do an excellent job of depicting surprisingly poignant scenes, mixed with the kind of dry humor that I love, but rarely see in novels (I really, really hate slapstick. Dry humor/irony is so much more entertaining). The main character is a little vicious, but I only saw one situation where I didn't think it was entirely justified, and that situation was later remedied. Vicious can be fun, too. Overall, for a palace or political intrigue novel, the cruelty was kept to a fair minimum while being used in a reasonable and intelligent manner, rather than flung around for cheap shock value. <<less
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starcake
starcake rated it
January 6, 2024
Status: Completed
5 stars. Cold, indifferent, grudge-holding devious MC and very lazy but also devoted and somewhat devious ML who understands the MC is cold and grudge-bearing and both likes and encourages it. The power couple tag often doesn't mean much but in this case, they truly are a power couple and sometimes literal partners in crime.

It was refreshing to read an MC who isn't a good person, knows it, and is okay with that, but also isn't actively seeking to trample others or climb social ladders. He just wants to be... more>> a doctor and is perfectly fine as long as others leave him alone—he's only vicious and vengeance-minded when others wrong him. He only cares about himself and, gradually, the ML.

The romance was fairly well done in that it's quiet and slow, with no single moment of falling in love. It really did feel like two people thrown together by unfortunate circumstances and the overriding will of others, who became reluctant partners in order to get by, and that partnership awkwardly deepened until the awkwardness disappeared and they individually realized how much they did care about each other—and actually understood each other.

The premise of the non-protagonist ML being lazy + a transmigrator into a novel was entertaining with plenty of room for comedy and the navigation of political and social intrigue. The author chose to keep everything from the MC's POV, so there's no potentially annoying tropes of following the ML's modern-day supposedly-superior thought processes or being painted as "smart" because he has knowledge of the original novel's plot and basically narrating both that and how he's changing it.

It makes the novel far more interesting and makes the most of the premise that it's from the POV of a cannon fodder side character involved with an equally cannon fodder side character who happens to be a transmigrator—but unlike other such "cannon fodder becomes the MC" novels, there's not a huge emphasis on I'M NOT GONNA BE A CANNON FODDER!!! Instead, they very much are normal protagonists/MCs with their own complex stories, backgrounds, and motivations. I actually forgot most of the time that they were originally styled as cannon fodder. I also liked that the ML—

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—never explicitly in detail revealed himself as a transmigrator in the main story, although by the end the MC had long picked up on the ML being obviously unusual and from a very different place, and was okay with that because he only cared about who he was, not where he was from. And that felt very genuine.

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The MC is pretty smart without being overbearing about it and the ML is also fairly smart with the advantage of his transmigrator's knowledge additionally letting him plan ahead for some things, but unexpected situations still trip them up together and individually and force them to change their plans. They aren't so OP that they flawlessly power through court intrigue and easily trample the machinations of antagonists, so it stays fairly interesting.

As far as criticism goes, some sections felt a little long, like when waiting for the main pair to reunite after the ML's first death, and some parts were inoffensively predictable—like, nothing bad but nothing new. Overall though there was nothing that stood out as particularly bad or super annoying, which is a rarity for me in these kinds of novels. I enjoyed the story quite a bit.

I was into the premise of the epilogues at first as it sounded like an entertaining situation reversal, but after some initial cuteness they quickly proved to be boring. There's no drama and nothing of interest because the MC is suddenly OP, adapts perfectly and immediately, and everything goes perfectly in sharp contrast to the main story. They're way too long with nothing happening to have entertainment value. I'd say read the after-story stuff until it stops being cute and then drop it. <<less
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amethyst_skies
amethyst_skies rated it
December 21, 2023
Status: Completed
This is a fun and interesting read with a sweet power couple CP. I will note that if you don't like amoral characters, you definitely won't like the MC, who is a very ruthless man. But for all his faults, he's genuinely devoted to ML, and they have a fun dynamic where he's the only one ML gets out of bed for and ML loves teasing him. The slow development of their feelings in their first life is particularly touching and convincing.

As for the plot, I think this has a... more>> medium amount of plot. It discusses politics and scheming a fair amount of times, but the bulk of the chapters are focused on the CP being gay (and sometimes doing crime). It's nothing stunning, a bit on the stereotypical imperial drama side, but it's decently entertaining until the fall of the first and only major antagonist. After that, MC and ML are so competent that it feels like there's no longer any major threat to them, and the politics starts to get dull. The sweetness of their relationship was still enough to carry me through in a satisfying end, though. <<less
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i escape reality everyday rated it
December 20, 2023
Status: Completed
THE BEST. That's it. Everything about this story is just so perfect to me, and I love our MC. FINALLY! AN AN EVIL BEAUTY WHO IS ACTUALLY VICIOUS!!! And a ML that supports him wholeheartedly lmaooo

I love love love their relationship, so loving and so intimate, though it did take a lot for them to reach this point but the journey was fun and I enjoyed reading it very much.

I finished this quite a while ago but forgot to give it a review but one thing I remember is that... more>> this story will always have a special place in my heart. <<less
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OverShelter
OverShelter rated it
December 1, 2023
Status: Completed
Well, about this one...

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IT'S TOO CUTE, MY GOD! I REALLY CAN'T STAND IT!

Seriously! Despite how labored, painful and even harrowing the plot may be, MTSF is definitely a novel with a very, very cute and sweet plot!

This story is truly about love, development and how a relationship should be. The way Jiang Xing and Lin Qingyu fell in love little by little, and then got into a relationship, was definitely a sight for sore eyes, a pure delight for anyone reading! The author managed to write in such a sincere and natural way. You can clearly see the love growing between them with each reincarnation of Jiang Xing and you're able to fall in love with each interaction, as well as being fascinated by the changes in the way they treat each other with each one. I still can't get over the way they flirt! It's so sweet, funny and definitely daring that you can't help but smile with every paragraph of narration. I really love the way this author has developed them. I think I rarely come across novels where the relationship is written in a way that gives you that sense of reality, where you can feel that the couple are truly and intensely in love. And what's worse? It's not even toxic or intensely bad! It's just right!

I also love, ABSOLUTELY LOVE, Jiang Xing and his salted fish dream! I can totally relate! Too bad I'm a mere mortal and can't really reach the brain of our favorite slacker. I really wish I could, though... but even though I can't, I like having the privilege of reveling in the fact that he's still going to have to "work hard" for his Baobei for a long, long time! Anyway. Jiang Xing is also a beautifully developed character, with a captivating personality and way of thinking that easily draws anyone in. I completely understand Qingyu and why he is so enamored of this "mere student", even more so with how proficient this student is at appeasing and pampering our great beauty.

Apart from our Jiang, I obviously love Lin Qingyu, our cold and poisonous beauty, who could easily end your life with a single comment. Petty? Who cares! It's his great charm! After all, just like Jiang Xing, I can't help but get excited and anxious to see such a beautiful person poison his offenders to death and stomp on them. Honestly? If I were them, I'd even be grateful. After all, it's not every day that someone so beautiful and so prestigious is willing to pay attention to you, even if it's just to throw you in a grave. But anyway. Our beauty is not only cold, it's also unbearably cute and sweet. Of course, that's just for student Jiang and, later, a little bit for their adopted son, Shen Huaishi – another one I totally wanted to hold and spoil in every possible way! –.

Another point here is the narrative. It flows very well, and the writing doesn't leave you alone until you've consumed every chapter! I'm being honest! I finished one hundred and forty-seven of them in two or three days! I couldn't stop unless I finished it in one go and, if it hadn't been for the fact that I had obligations and had started reading in the middle of the week, I would definitely have finished it in one day after spending the night obsessively and psychotically involved with the story of these two. So believe me when I say that this is a poisonous novel that won't let you go until you have no more content left!

Well, I don't want to say too much because, even though I've already given away a HUGE spoiler just by mentioning "Jiang Xing", I still really want to preserve some things and experience before you read on. So I'm not going to say anything other than that this novel should be a must-read and high on your priority list. Especially if you're looking for a couple with real development, a compelling dynamic and a great story to tell.

In short...

READ IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! I'M BEGGING YOU!!!

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damnmei
damnmei rated it
September 27, 2023
Status: Completed
This novel definitely took me by surprise with how much I ended up enjoying it! For sure a favorite. I honestly wish there was more, I just loved the main couple so much.

Took me a while to get invested in this story, maybe about 20 chapters, but once I was in, I just could not put this story down! The plot really starts picking up once more mysteries are unveiled, and the characters feel a bit more fleshed out. I really enjoyed how everything built up so naturally and the... more>> characters had the time to slowly get to know one another. Despite the title giving away the main premise of the novel, the plot was still quite interesting and held a few surprises. I was definitely surprised when ML was revealed to be

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just a high schooler, not even 18 yet, when he transmigrated. The way he was so calm about his oncoming death and so upbeat really made me think he was going to be much older, or that this was just one transmigration out of many for him, rather than being his first.

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MC is scheming and ML is happy to just watch his brilliant husband in action (and also scheme right alongside him). The relationship dynamic is very fresh and the two of them made me really just so invested in their love story. The title basically lays out the plot that ML is going to be dying a few times in order for MC to marry him three times, but I still found myself crying the first time he died. The second time I was a bit hardened and just waiting for the third body since it was clear who he was going to be reincarnated into though.

Would recommend reading at least the first 20 or so chapters before giving up on this novel if you're not too invested at the start like I was! The storyline really does pick up the pace and the court politics were very fun to read. Both MC and ML are very interesting characters and I did enjoy their interactions with the side characters as well. The plot is very engaging what with the three different marriages as well, and I only really felt ready for the second arc to end when it started becoming clear that it was time for ML to die soon haha

Can I also say that MC after he falls in love is absolutely the cutest lover?? Like this boy had such a transformation once he realized his feelings. Literally brings me so much joy when a tsundere opens up and can sweet talk back to their lover.

The extras are also comedic gold. I really love the original MC character lol. Wish he got his own happy ending too, but honestly his happy ending is being the third wheel let's be real haha <<less
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sbob
sbob rated it
September 15, 2023
Status: Completed
Damn good.

The two of them are so sweet together and I love it when they do ‘bad things’ together.

It’s so funny, I laughed out loud many times from their antics and smiled like a crazy person in public for many chapters (especially the extras).

... more>> Despite the funny bits, there’s lots of fluff and dog food. And some great plot and tension/drama woven in too. You kind of know what’s gonna happen (married thrice> it’s in the title) but it didn’t make it any less enjoyable. Actually teared at some parts.

Very well-written, super enjoyable. Can’t wait to read it again. Love these two together so much. <<less
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JieJieJora
JieJieJora rated it
September 10, 2023
Status: Completed
This deserved all the 5 stars rating; My rating 4.8/5 ⭐️

I LOVE ML SO MUCHHH!! Omggg someone said he is the mixed of Hua Cheng (TGCF) and Yan Xiaohan (Golden stage), I think so, but not really. He lived, loved and chilled his life away. He doted on MC so much. Though I think the plot has some holes, it’s find. Just MC and ML characteristics are enough to carry the whole novel. Though, at first I think MC is a little ruthless, but later I can his kindness and... more>> thought processes. I cried a few times hahahaa but overall, this climbed into my top10 Danmei. <<less
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wonseokie
wonseokie rated it
September 5, 2023
Status: Completed
this was... fantastic, and usually I don't read through extras of novels (even those I really liked) but I just had to read all available chapters this novel had to offer because the characters were irresistible.

i cried during both deaths, I really did, because man the author just has a way of portraying the grief and loss of those left behind that it gave me flashbacks lol

this is NOT a story about a helpless, hapless, forced-into-marriage-and-then-fell-in-love doctor, this is a story about how the foundation of trust is the mortifying... more>> ordeal of being known.

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in that regard, the mc/gong has the upper hand — he transmigrated into the novel and knew not only its ending, but the ending of his favorite character as well, the ml/shou. but that advantage lasts as long only as his first life, which isn't at all; he wants nothing but the best for this favorite of his, and so he tells him all about their world.

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i love how this novel does not disregard the "original" protagonist/s of the world.

shen huaishi, just as he became the empire's son, my baby, my little meowmeow. I will love that boy to the end.

10/10 recommended, 10/10 will read again. <<less
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cherryb379
cherryb379
August 17, 2023
Status: Completed
Loved it loved it loved it!!!🔥🔥🔥... I loved the MC and ML... we seldom get strong willed MC and and let me tell u... this MC is just bomb.... they are a power couple... they are brilliant, evil (which I love) and show compassion where it requires... as usual a wonderful and flawless translation by Chrysanthemum Garden group....i thank the author and the translator (Chrysanthemum Garden) for bringing the readers this piece of gem.. truly a masterpiece.... 🙏💎
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break_even
break_even
July 31, 2023
Status: c119
I love Lin Qingyu. How he is true to himself, how he is mean, how he us a beauty that needs to be coaxed (and is always successfully coaxed by ML).

I love how ML is very capable even though he would rather laze around. He is very respectful of Lin Qingyu's boundaries, and he isnt a creep. He loves Lin Qingyu for who LQY is, bad things and all.

This is, overall, a very peaceful and sweet story with no annoying third party. The romance is slow and mutual. Both arent... more>> ashamed of their love for each other. I like everything about this. <<less
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GhostFlute
GhostFlute rated it
July 23, 2023
Status: c112
First time I read a novel where the narrator is not the transmigrator, refreshing and novel.

Apart from this I also liked the delicious angst (close to whump sometimes), the banter, the way the historical setting is portrayed, and the multiple transmigration cycle gimmick.

What I liked the most is that the novel reads like a HanniGram fanfiction, it should have a "mu*der husbands" tag lmao.

What I liked the least is the romance and murd- ahem, mystery plot languishing in the 3rd life.
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baobeiybi
baobeiybi
July 19, 2023
Status: Completed
I've created this account solely to rate this wonderful and lovely piece of gem.

It's been awhile since I've last finished a novel due to absurd amount of recycled tropes.

BUT then I discovered this gem, putting on a cliche plot and making it unique, before I knew it I was reading the last chapter. It has wonderful characters they are all simply likeable and have their own personalities.

Throughout the journey of reading bl novels I've been on a quest to find semes/ML with unique personalities and not just another 'cool, edgy... more>> dreamboat with a personality of a cardboard box'. This story has an ML who actually has a personality? Has weaknesses? Isn't perfect but is loveable?? A jokester?? SIMPLY NO WAY!? But here it is and I love him to death.

The MC is very vengeful and a beauty, every chapter there's always a mention on how beautiful and otherworldly he is and I APPRECIATE IT, I'm a sucker for flowery words to describe appearances. Qingyu is a lofty and cool beauty who has a black heart and wouldn't hesitate to poison anyone who dares block his way and the ML simply loves him the way he is.

Their relationship could be described as:

"Couples who plots mu*der stays together"

Have fun and enjoy this ride of a novel. You'll experience crying in joy, anger, and sadness. I've never enjoyed a novel this much before. (Recommend peerless, dinghai fusheng records and Thousand Autumns) <<less
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Redri
Redri
July 10, 2023
Status: c147
This is such a captivating and amazing novel

Once you start reading I guarantee you won't want to stop

The character, the development, especially the relationship between the MC/ML is so superb

I have never seen a more fitted character than those two they made me feel so bad for being single 😹😹 This novel is perfect I would rate it .... /100%
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