Casting Nets to Catch a Husband Novel

In "Casting Nets to Catch a Husband," Liu Yu, a woman of extraordinary beauty, faced a tragic fate in her previous life, sold to a brothel by her unfeeling parents, only to die on the night of her departure from Yangzhou's most opulent establishment. Reborn to the age of fifteen, a month before her parents intended to sell her, Liu Yu is determined to alter her destiny. Her immediate goal is to secure a suitable husband within thirty days, thereby escaping her family and avoiding her past life's grim end. She uses her limited funds to approach a matchmaker, encountering Lu Chengxiao, the third son of the Lu family and owner of Lu Feng Cloth Shop, immediately after. Lu Chengxiao, having recently been impressed by Liu Yu and believing their encounters signaled a destined marriage, grows suspicious when she recovers from a feigned ankle injury too quickly. His suspicions intensify when Liu Yu tries to repay him with a purse, which he rejects, only to witness her feigning dropped interest in another man, Chen Sheng. Frustrated and increasingly agitated by Liu Yu's maneuvers, Lu Chengxiao panics when she stages a near-drowning. He intervenes, saving her and impulsively proposing marriage, offering her the good match she seeks. The story chronicles Liu Yu's schemes, her eventual fall into genuine love, and their shared rise to prominence in business.