

At her dad's birthday banquet, Willa Sawyer was tricked by her stepsister, Wendy Sawyer, into having a one-night stand with a stranger. Willa's fiancé, Scott Torres, ruthlessly called off their engagement, and she became a laughingstock of the entire city.Then, her mom got ill and was in urgent need of money for surgery. Willa turned to her dad for help, but he wanted her to sleep with an old man to secure a deal. Out of anger, she quickly married a stranger, Shane Zoller, only because he'd pay for her mom's treatment. She thought she married an ordinary guy with slightly better looks and character, but she never expected him to be a powerful and mysterious heir to a rich family. She thought this would be another hellish ordeal, but he actually doted on her.He said, "In my world, you never have to endure anything or anyone; you just bask in my adoration. Mrs. Zoller, I met you too late. I wanna spend the rest of my life with you."
![[ENG DUB] Modern Worker Turned Regretful Son-in-Law](https://acfs3.goodshort.com/dist/src/assets/images/pc/common/f901131c-default-book-cover.png)
Lucas Wilson, a modern office worker, travels through time and becomes a son-in-law of the Hayes family. The original Lucas was a gambler who abused Emily Hayes and worked with Chloe Parker to take the family fortune. After coming to this new life, he changes his ways. With his math PhD and medical skills, he protects Emily Hayes, breaks the plans of the Parker and Quinn groups, solves family and business problems, restores the Hayes Group with a century-old remedy, and finally gains both success in his career and love.

Lucas Wilson, a modern office worker, travels through time and becomes a son-in-law of the Hayes family. The original Lucas was a gambler who abused Emily Hayes and worked with Chloe Parker to take the family fortune. After coming to this new life, he changes his ways. With his math PhD and medical skills, he protects Emily Hayes, breaks the plans of the Parker and Quinn groups, solves family and business problems, restores the Hayes Group with a century-old remedy, and finally gains both success in his career and love.

Xander Smith, the adopted son of the Smith family,once enjoyed their love until the return of Hayden, the biological son, plunged him into despair.Framed and rejected by his family, Xander volunteers for his eldest sister's Time Capsule Project and plans to donate his corneas to restore his blind second sister's sight.During three days at home, he endures relentless schemes, loses his beloved pet rabbit, and finds his eighteenth birthday forgotten.Heartbroken, he retreats to the laboratory.Years later, the family learns the truth and waits in regret outside the lab for thirty long years.

At eight years old, Xavier Godwin met a lost girl named Cheryl at a sanatorium. Gentle and kind, she possessed the power to heal. Like a beam of light, she brightened his lonely world, and miraculously restored his crippled legs.Sixteen years later,Xavier becomes the CEO of Godwin Group, vowing to find Cheryl and make her his wife. Yet no matter where he searches, she is nowhere to be found. Until Ms. Holly Saul,who forced into a substitute marriage, crashes into his life.What begins as a contract marriage becomes a long-delayed reunion, unraveling a truth fate had buried for sixteen years.

At 18, Nadia Wolfe fell in love and began a secret ten-year affair with her father’s subordinate, Jack Mayer.When her brother died and her father became gravely ill, she begged him to marry her—only to be rejected again in favor of his childhood friend, Bree Ewing. This time, Nadia didn’t cry. She knelt before the gods, offered a prayer, and chose the fierce mercenary Lucian Wyler, setting the fastest possible wedding date.

Sophie Quinn, from an ordinary family, dated Spencer Xavier, heir to a wealthy family, for nearly three years. After graduation, his mother's interference and Zoe Sanders' schemes indirectly caused her father's death. Heartbroken, Sophie quietly left with their dog.Four years later, Spencer reappears as her new boss and appoints her as his assistant. In public, he is a cold, untouchable CEO. In private, he relentlessly pressures her to explain why she disappeared. Though he claims it is revenge, he is always the first to protect her when she is in pain.When the truth is finally revealed, Spencer becomes her unwavering protector, even if it means standing up to his family.

Cyrus Campbell, originally the heir of the wealthy Campbell family, breaks with his family for his wife Sophia Smith and survives by delivering food for five years. Unexpectedly, Sophia Smith is vain and materialistic, influenced by her friend to develop an ambiguous relationship with her former lover, Simon Harrison. She even chooses to visit Simon’s grandmother who only has a cold, missing the final moments of Cyrus’s critically ill grandmother.

Heidi Zahn is abandoned by her husband of twenty years, John Judd, as he chases status with Hannah Lane. After her uncle dies, she unexpectedly becomes chairwoman of Byzon Group, backed by business titan Henry Walker. John tries to return, but she’s already far beyond his reach. When she and Zoe Walker are bullied while buying a home, Heidi buys the entire real estate group on the spot and gets rid of everyone involved. She goes on to build a warm, happy life with Henry and Zoe.

Theo Wilson, a disciple of the legendary doctor from Cauldron Hill, is rejected by his fiancée, Cindy Taylor, and sent to the morgue.There,he discovers that CEO Mia Yates, declared dead, still has a chance to live, and he revives her, shocking the entire hospital. With unmatched medical and martial arts skills, Theo rises to prominence in the city while navigating tangled relationships with multiple girls.