Era suposto pertencer a si própria o pretendente a quem iria conhecer, mas a prima o roubou. No início, Tian Xiang nem se importou, era uma boa moça, não era caso de não se casar. Até que na testa da
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Autumn, 1976.
Tian Xiang’s marriage prospect was snatched away by her cousin.
On that day, the matchmaker had arranged for the two young people, who had never met, to rendezvous at the entrance of the People’s Park. The young woman was to wear a white dress with a red cardigan and a blue floral satchel slung across her shoulder. She was beautiful and kind-hearted, the most admired young lady in the neighborhood.
Lu Feng, the young man, matched all the criteria perfectly. Who could have imagined that the one who showed up wasn’t Tian Xiang but her cousin, Tian Chuying?
Tian Chuying was truly cunning; in order to secure this marriage, she didn’t stroll around the park with Lu Feng as planned but instead dragged him to “bump into” Lu’s mother.
Lu’s mother was instantly taken with the cheerful-looking girl—well-built and seemingly fertile, with a sweet tongue that charmed her thoroughly. She immediately told the matchmaker their family agreed to the match.
When word spread that the young couple had taken to each other, Tian Xiang’s mother, Hu Honglian, was overjoyed. She was already planning to ask her husband to bring some gifts to thank the matchmaker after work. Unexpectedly, the neighbor from across the street rushed over in a panic.
How could Tian Xiang have gone to the arranged meeting? She had landed in the community health clinic!
Hu Honglian was stunned. Only upon reaching the clinic did she learn that her daughter’s engagement had been stolen. Tian Chuying, that wretched little schemer, had drugged her