Zheng Wan is a single mother who lives alone with her daughter. Although their life is not wealthy, they rely on each other and have a fulfilling life.... more>>

Until one day, she received a call from her daughter’s teacher. Her usually well-behaved daughter has caused trouble at school.

In a hurry, Zheng Wan rushed to the school office and unexpectedly met her first love after a 20-year separation.

He was now dressed in a suit and had a successful career. He had matured and exuded an air of dignity that he did not possess in his youth.

His gaze swept over her casually, with a hint of indifference. Zheng Wan had long forgotten about him since he had already achieved great success. But before she could catch her breath, a stretched Lincoln car parked downstairs that evening.

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Zheng Siyun is reborn and goes back to the eve of her high school entrance exam. When she sees her mother alive again, she is overjoyed and heartbroken. She decides to live a good life, study hard, and achieve success so that her mother can have a comfortable life.

However, who could have told her that the intimidating and unpredictable big shot from her previous life wanted to become her stepfather?

Furthermore, before she could take the college entrance exam, her mother became the envy of everyone as a wealthy wife.

What is going on here?

Reading guidelines:

1. This is a clichéd and melodramatic story about middle-aged love in a wealthy family, after all, it was written by a Chinese author.

2. The male lead is 39 years old, and the female lead is 38 years old at the beginning of the story.

3. This is not a story about sports or ball games!! The daughter in the synopsis is not biologically related to the male lead.

4. The female lead and her daughter have a biological mother-daughter relationship, and the female lead has been married before.

5. This is not a story about a second pregnancy, please do not have too many expectations for plot developments that do not match the character settings.” <<less

I have been the Duchess of my quiet and indifferent husband for nine years, but all I received in exchange was contempt and indifference. Not just that, but I was even accused of having a love affair.... more>>

"This is my limit of enduring this marriage. No matter how much you cry and plead the Emperor, I can’t stand it anymore!"

"Yes. Do I sign here?"

"So if you pretend to be poor like last time, this time … What?"

I waved divorce papers on an indifferent day. "I’m done. Can I go now? Oh, and you don’t have to talk about alimony and all that. Just give me back my dowry."

"What are you gonna do with that little money?" My husband, who had not cared what he had done for the past nine years, finally asked me a question.

I laughed confidently and answered: "I’m going to open a dessert cafe." <<less

Perhaps love is like a beauty.... more>>

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Cheng Yan is a talented but unsuccessful actor who has been in the entertainment industry for ten years. Because he always kept himself clean, refusing to accept the “unspoken rules”, he doesn’t have his company’s backing.

He is almost 30 years old, but due to a music video from his early years, he catches the eye of a wealthy businessman, Xia Shaoqian, who is seeking the feeling of a “first love”. Under his company’s pressure, and unwilling to accept that his career is going nowhere, Cheng Yan finally becomes a kept man.

This is a story about pain, ambition, and desire… but also a tender and unexpected romance.

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A Contemptuous Beauty is the name of a song set in the novel. The beauty refers to neither the shou nor the gong. <<less