Stop the Card

When the rankings first came out, they said it would rise later.

Male supporting character takes the lead + second marriage + trash-torching + realism + chasing wife to the crematorium

[A clear-eyed divorced little fish girl vs. a wealthy-family, never-marry lawyer]

Content warning: not a pure satisfying story. Adapted from a real-life story. Not a pure maidenhood pairing.

Seven years ago, Li Yuer married for love. Seven years later, her husband Wu Yizhan told her, "Go out and try it yourself. See how hard it is to earn money." He cut off all her cards and pushed her out to experience the world. He thought that once society had beaten her down enough, she would come back and obediently play the role of a proper "wife," holding up the family’s banner in the social scene.

The man upstairs, once he develops feelings, switches into a mode of fighting and snatching.