Jason and Evelyn have been married for three years. Jason has always been blindly devoted to his mother, handing over his entire monthly salary of $5,800 to her every month, firmly believing that she would set aside money for the couple’s household. He has never asked about household expenses, mistakenly assuming that his wife was lazy and unwilling to manage the household. He often felt dissatisfied that the home lacked a warm, homey atmosphere and that their meals were meager. Little did he know that his mother gave Evelyn only $200 a month for living expenses—barely enough to cover the household’s utilities, groceries, and daily necessities. The prolonged financial hardship left Evelyn suffering from malnutrition and chronic gastritis. For three years, she had no new clothes and no nutritious food, silently enduring all her hardships until she became utterly disillusioned and prepared divorce papers. When the truth came to light, Jason had a sudden epiphany. He investigated where the money had gone and discovered that of his $1 million in salary over the past three years, $800,000 had been given by his mother as an interest-free loan to his sister to buy a house and to his brother-in-law to start a business, while the whereabouts of the remaining funds were unknown. Meanwhile, his sister and brother-in-law had been extravagantly squandering his hard-earned money, yet they accused Evelyn of being incompetent and overly dramatic. Having come to his senses, Jason severed the emotional blackmail from his family of origin, changed his payroll account, took charge of household affairs himself to make amends to his wife, and resolutely pursued accountability to recover the funds. During their peaceful days, Evelyn earned her own income, took care of her health, and slowly emerged from the shadows. It was then that she revealed her hidden identity—as the daughter of Alan Howard, head of a top-tier new energy conglomerate. She had concealed her family background in pursuit of a marriage based on love alone, yet had endured three years of financial hardship. Her mother-in-law visited, deeply moved by her daughter’s plight; she gave Evelyn the confidence she needed and set a three-month probationary period. Eventually, Jason received an invitation to meet with his father-in-law, and an ultimate test concerning their marriage and their very lives quietly loomed on the horizon.
After marrying her husband, Emma spent eight years as a housewife in a small town taking care of her in-laws. She had planned to rush to her husband's side on their wedding anniversary to surprise him, but unexpectedly learned the truth that he had taken another wife and had a child elsewhere. Heartbroken, Emma took the initiative to file for divorce, settled all accounts with her husband, and on the day of her husband's baby shower for his son, exposed the truth that he was unable to father children, returning every bit of the harm she had suffered back to him one by one, and finally began a new life.
In her past life, the heroine was born with the ability to understand animal speech and grew into a top veterinarian. She adored all fluffy creatures, yet suffered from severe animal allergies. When she finally landed a vet position at the world’s largest zoo, she died from an allergic reaction after her mask accidentally slipped off. As she bemoaned her misfortune and wished she could get along with animals freely in her next life, she found herself transmigrated into a beast world after death. She was reborn as a disabled beastfolk with no ears or tail. As a half-human, half-beast being, she no longer had allergies and could still hear the inner voices of animals — at last, she could get close to fluffy creatures without any restraints. The beast world was ruled by a king with four princes and princesses, each from a different beast race. When the youngest prince was expecting an heir, the heroine successfully delivered the baby using her telepathic gift and superb medical skills, and was appointed royal physician. Her outstanding performance caught the first prince’s attention, and he grew fond of her. However, the heroine had no interest in him, finding the dragon beastman’s appearance far from cute. Afterwards, the heroine took care of the heirs of different princes and princesses, resolving their long-standing racial conflicts. She also drew jealousy from many, but defused every crisis with her telepathy and the help of the adorable cubs. Meanwhile, since the first prince kept his distance from women, she mistakenly assumed he had reproductive problems. As she treated him, mutual affection gradually grew between them. In the end, the heroine single-handedly ended the racial strife among different beast clans. She also discovered that disabled beastfolk like herself were innately gifted with the magic of telepathy. She cleared the name of her race, brought lasting harmony to the entire beast world, and finally stayed together with the first prince.
Nefertari, the orphaned daughter of a Hittite envoy, lost her parents to assassination in Egypt when she was twelve. She was taken in by Pharaoh Amenhotep and studied in the Thebes palace alongside the sons of nobles and foreign hostages. Over six years, she fell in love with the pharaoh, who was fifteen years her senior. On her eighteenth birthday, she presented a hymn she had written herself as a confession of love, but the pharaoh rejected her harshly. One drunken night, the pharaoh mistakenly wandered into her chambers, and the two had relations. When he woke, he treated it as nothing but a dream and continued to push her away with coldness and a false fiancée, Meritt. Meritt was the daughter of a Lower Egypt noble and the niece of the high priest, declared by the pharaoh as his fiancée and future queen. Nefertari believed the pharaoh had truly fallen in love with someone else. The pharaoh secretly investigated the truth behind the assassination of Nefertari's parents, suspecting that his own father, the old pharaoh, was the murderer—and he dared not accept her love. At a palace celebration, a stone pillar crashed down; Meritt "saved the day," and Nefertari was misunderstood and left behind. During an assassin incident, Meritt directed thugs, and the pharaoh hung up on Nefertari's cry for help because of Meritt. The hymn was claimed by Meritt, and to reject Nefertari, the pharaoh admitted that he himself had given the hymn to Meritt. Nefertari's heart died completely. She contacted her aunt—Inanna, the high priestess of the Hittites—and arranged to cross the Nile and leave for the enemy nation of Hatti in seven days. The pharaoh discovered the pregnancy test and intercepted her at the Nile dock, mistakenly believing the child was that of the supporting male character Khaem, and forcibly brought her back to the palace intending to terminate the pregnancy, though he ultimately softened and brought her back. The truth was uncovered: the old pharaoh was not the murderer, and the child was the pharaoh's. Meritt told the lie of a blood feud, and Nefertari broke down on a rainy night. The pharaoh, trying to save her, was struck by a chariot and fell into a coma. Nefertari returned to Hatti. After the pharaoh awoke, he declared war on Hatti, demanding Nefertari be handed over. In the end, to prevent war, Nefertari returned to Egypt, where the pharaoh waited for her by the Nile, and the family was reunited.
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Marwen, a war correspondent, met Quillon, a mercenary captain, after she was rescued from a kidnapping. The two were married for five years. All this time, Quillon treated her coldly, claiming he suffered from a hidden illness. Though Marwen cared for him devotedly, she endured loneliness alone. By chance, she discovered that Quillon had married her fraudulently as part of a bet with Sorrel, a female military doctor. He had wed her solely to claim credit for rescuing her six years prior. Later, during an attempted assault orchestrated by Sorrel, Quillon took Sorrel’s side, putting Marwen’s life in grave danger. Fortunately, Alaric, the new leader, arrived in time to save Marwen and revealed that he had been the one who actually rescued her during the kidnapping years ago. Marwen finally saw the truth clearly and resolved to file for divorce and pursue accountability. At the trial, Alaric appeared in court with evidence, exposing all of Quillon’s lies. Quillon was ruined. When he tried to harass Marwen, he was shot and rendered sterile by Sorrel. In the end, Marwen stepped out of her trauma, accepted Alaric’s protection, and embarked on a brand-new life.
