Chapter 1: The Grand Wedding

“Liu Tongsheng, don’t run!”
“Shao Pangya, give up! I will never marry you!”

On the day of Shao Pangya’s wedding, her groom actually fled during the ceremony, leaving her furious beyond measure.

Liu Tongsheng had been misled by the matchmaker, believing he was marrying into the prestigious Old Shao family—renowned for their impeccable lineage, with daughters both beautiful and reputable, the coveted match for any young man from neighboring villages.

Though marrying into the bride’s family carried a bad reputation, Liu Tongsheng thought it was worth it if he could wed a Shao beauty, especially since the bride’s family offered a generous dowry of twenty taels of silver.

This fortune would greatly aid his studies!

But upon stepping into the Shao household, he realized with horror that he was actually marrying into the infamous Lesser Shao family—known for their disrepute.

Facing the fierce and burly Shao Pangya, Liu Tongsheng felt utterly hopeless!

“You accepted my family’s betrothal gift, so you’re my husband!” Shao Pangya declared.
“Dream on!” Liu Tongsheng retorted and dashed away without hesitation!

Shao Pangya thus became the laughingstock of the entire village.

She chased after him wielding a butcher’s cleaver, but unexpectedly slipped and fell to the ground.

Her head struck the doorframe heavily, swelling instantly into a large lump.

When her father, Shao Kang, arrived at her room, she was slumped unconscious against the door.

Terrified, Shao Kang tried to lift his daughter, showing the concern of a doting father.

Uh... he couldn’t lift her.

He resorted to shaking her shoulders with great effort. “Da Ya! Don’t scare your old man! Wake up!”

“Dad! Liu Tongsheng ran off to the town!”

It was her younger brother, Shao Erdan.

Hearing this, Shao Pangya, who had just regained consciousness, shut her eyes and fainted again.

Shao Kang clenched his teeth in fury, his fists cracking. “It’s just a husband! I’ll tie one up for you if I have to!”

True to his word, Shao Kang immediately set off with his son to capture the runaway groom from the neighboring villages.

He refused to believe that no one would want his daughter Shao Pangya!

“Dad.”

Shao Erdan pointed toward the empty village, where even the chickens had vanished. “Looks like the villagers have all shut their doors.”

Shao Kang: “...”

Undeterred, Shao Kang took his son to the main road to search.

By some stroke of luck, the two encountered a group of burly men who appeared to be bandits intercepting a passing merchant.

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The merchant seemed to have escaped, leaving only a masked guard to confront the bandits.

Shao Kang and his son quietly hid on a nearby hillside, intently watching the struggle on the road.

“Dad, which one should we capture?” whispered Shao Erdan from the grass.

Shao Kang, cunning and calculating, replied, “The strongest one. Solid build and high fertility!”

Shao Erdan looked puzzled. “Isn’t having children a woman’s job?”

Shao Kang shot him a glare. “If a man’s back is weak, how can the woman give birth?”

“Oh.” Shao Erdan seemed to understand.

After a fierce battle, the masked guard defeated eight bandits but was severely wounded and utterly exhausted.

So when the Shao father and son ambushed him from behind, he had no strength to resist and was quickly blindfolded and stuffed into a sack.

Just as they were about to carry him off, rustling noises came from a nearby carriage.

Someone else?!

Alert, Shao Kang drew his machete and flung open the carriage curtain.

What he saw inside stunned him...

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Shao family.

Shao Diandian slowly opened her eyes on the bridal bed. This was the eighth time she had woken up, and she was certain it wasn’t a dream.

She truly had traveled through time.

From a military medical doctor and ace sniper, she had become an illiterate, over two-hundred-pound chubby girl in ancient times.

Not only was she lazy and gluttonous, but she also ruled the village with an iron fist—a true local tyrant.

Her father, Shao Kang, was a bully, and her younger brother, Shao Erdan, was also a troublemaker.

The three of them held sway over the village, but both father and brother doted on her deeply.

Not long ago, she had taken a fancy to Liu Tongsheng from the next village. Shao Kang had gone all out, entrusting a matchmaker to propose to the He family.

Today was supposed to be their joyous wedding day, but Liu Tongsheng had been deceived by the matchmaker and fled once the truth was revealed.

Bride fleeing a wedding was one thing, but groom running away was unheard of.

Truly unprecedented!

What shocked Shao Diandian even more wasn’t the farce itself, but that her father had gone so far as to take a blade and capture her groom from the village.

Please don’t actually bring a man back for me!

As she processed these memories, Shao Kang and Shao Erdan returned home.

“Daughter! You’re awake!”

Shao Kang entered and saw her staring blankly on the bed. He hurried over and grasped her chubby hand.

“You scared your old man half to death! Don’t do anything foolish again, understand? That He fellow is not worth it! One day, I’ll chop him up and feed him to the pigs!”

Shao Diandian wasn’t used to such sudden affection and paused before saying, “I’m fine.”

Shao Kang looked serious. “No, you’re not. You didn’t even cry.”

Must I go through the whole act of crying, throwing tantrums, and threatening suicide?

In her memory, Shao Pangya had always thrown fits whenever things didn’t go her way—screaming, rolling on the floor, bawling her eyes out was routine.

Shao Kang spoiled his daughter too much and never dared discipline her strictly.

This only made Shao Pangya’s temper more unruly and her personality more arrogant.

Shao Diandian tried to stay in character. “I’ve thought it over. That He guy is nothing special and doesn’t deserve me! Next time, I won’t make Dad do it—I’ll chop him up myself!”

“That’s my daughter!” Shao Kang was pleased.

He sat beside her bed and smiled mysteriously. “I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?”

“Whatever.”

“I found you a groom, one hundred times better-looking than that He fellow! You’ll love him!”

Oh my!

He really brought a man back for her?

How am I supposed to keep up the act now?

“And the good news?” she asked, puzzled.

Shao Kang gave her a quirky look. Hadn’t he just said that was the good news?

Well, if she insisted, he’d play along!

Clearing his throat, he grinned: “The good news is, you don’t have to bear children anymore—the son-in-law has already done that for you!”

Shao Diandian was stunned.

What did he mean the man had already had children for her? Was there a single sane person in this family?

Shao Kang waved his hand. “Erdan, bring the person in for your sister!”

“Coming!”

Outside, Shao Erdan responded and pushed open his sister’s door.

Shao Diandian turned her head and saw one, two, three... several chubby toddlers holding bundles, lined up and led in by her brother.

Shao Kang shrugged and chuckled, “Buy one, get three free! Surprised? Unexpected?”

Shao Diandian: “?!”