Divorcing the Husband

十夜灯爱阅美文 · ChinaSep 2026

2.5

Word count: 128K words
Chapters: 64

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Summary

【Feisty village woman Pang Liu'er × scheming scion and top scholar Zheng Xun】

【Historical romance, dual rebirth + groveling pursuit + reconciliation】

In her past life, Pang Liu'er clung to the uxorilocal marriage contract, waiting until she hanged herself from a crooked tree—and still Zheng Xun never returned as a top scholar. Reborn, she signs the divorce paper overnight, sells the fields, moves the household, and takes her child far away, wanting only to escape this faithless man. She does not know that Zheng Xun has been jolted awake by nightmares—in them her corpse rots unclaimed, while he reaches the highest office yet spends his life alone. In this life he returns home early, only to find she has married another and, belly round, calls another man "Brother Shang." A scion of Xingyang and a close minister to the emperor, he lowers himself to beg her to come back. She sneers: "Zheng Xun, you owe me." From divorce paper to a new marriage contract, this pursuit and redemption across life and death—is it doomed karma or fulfillment?

Editor's review

This historical romance writes "rebirth" with real pain. Shiye Deng does not let the heroine plunge straight into revenge; instead she first learns to cut her losses—divorce, sell the fields, move the household—severing the old shackles in the clumsiest yet most decisive way. The hero's remorse is understated; the nightmare set against a lonely old age pulls the "groveling pursuit" trope back to cause and effect. The author excels at using marketplace bustle to set off aristocratic coldness, the village woman's fire and the top scholar's calculation mirroring each other. Good for bedtime serial reading, and for readers who want "figure out your own life first, then talk love and hate." The dual-rebirth structure gives each their past-life memories, letting readers see both sides' misalignment and approach—pain and satisfaction both land harder.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who like dual-rebirth historical romance and groveling pursuit plots
Romance fans who prefer feisty heroines sparring with scheming heroes
Readers who want the heroine to stand on her own before romance, with brisk pacing
Readers interested in marketplace details like divorce, uxorilocal marriage, and household relocation

Not a good fit for

Readers averse to rebirth-revenge and groveling tropes
Those expecting pure sweet romance with zero angst
Readers impatient with ancient marriage customs and aristocratic settings

Reading tips

Read the first five chapters to feel the heroine's overnight divorce decision, then decide whether to continue
Read the two leads' rebirth dreams side by side and note where their memories misalign
Slow down at the Xingyang clan passages to see how the hero lowers himself
Best read over two or three evenings; skim the marketplace thread, read the emotional thread closely

About the publisher

爱阅美文 China

Aiyue Meiwen is a Chinese digital reading platform and online-literature publishing brand that provides e-book reading services, with a focus on planning and publishing online literature. Based on the materials currently available, its publishing direction centers on fantasy genres such as otherworld continents and time-travel alternate worlds. Representative books include The Naughty Child and Divorcing the Husband, and its representative authors are Tiemadangdang and Shi Yedeng. Drawing on its digital reading platform, the press turns original online works into publishable content for electronic reading, favoring genre fiction with time-travel and alternate-world settings, and it has built its author resources around this direction. Because public information such as the founding year is limited, its profile can presently be outlined only through the two books in the database along with their categories and author information, which together sketch its basic position in genre publishing for online literature.

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番外失言（一）
番外失言（二）
番外崽子们
番外因果
番外现实
番外年少-救命之恩
番外年少-丧父
番外年少-举人

FAQ

Why does the heroine Pang Liu'er divorce immediately upon rebirth?

In her past life she clung to the uxorilocal marriage contract waiting for Zheng Xun to pass the exams, and waited until she hanged herself from a crooked tree. After rebirth her first move is to sign the divorce paper, sell the fields, move the household, and leave with her child. Her core motive is cutting losses, not revenge—gripping her life and livelihood first.

How is the hero Zheng Xun's remorse made convincing?

He wakes from a nightmare in which the heroine's corpse rots unclaimed while he holds the highest office yet is utterly alone. In this life he returns home early only to find she has married another. The remorse comes from cause-and-effect contrast, not just verbal apology, so the redemption carries real pain.

Is this book suited to reading in one sitting?

It works better over two or three evenings. The marketplace thread moves fast and can be skimmed; the emotional thread and the misaligned rebirth memories deserve close reading—especially the hero lowering himself to beg her back and the heroine's cold "You owe me." Slowing down lets you feel each side's grievances and calculations.

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About the author

十夜灯 Author · Chinese

Shiye Deng is a Chinese author of online literature about whom limited public information is available. Only one work can currently be confirmed, namely the representative novel Xiu Fu (Divorcing the Husband). Judging from its common classification, the work belongs to the time-travel and alternate-history genre, through which the author has drawn some attention among readers of this type. Because basic details such as birth and death dates and an English name have not been made public, little more can be said about the author's life or creative career. Based on the available material, Shiye Deng's work is set in a time-travel and alternate-history background and unfolds its narrative around marriage and the fate of its characters. The title Xiu Fu suggests a focus on a woman's choices and initiative within a marriage, lending the story a certain emotional tension and genre characteristics. For readers who enjoy time-travel and alternate-history fiction, Shiye Deng is an author with only one work currently available for reference, and further information about future writing remains to be disclosed.