prior engagement meaning

They say the greatest blessing is marrying the idol you always dreamed of. But Qiao Lian knows that reality is different... The Internet claims that Best Actor Shen Liangchuan is a male god who is unaffected by any sexual drive, but Qiao Lian vehemently disagrees. It's a lie! After finally carrying out the contract, Qiao Lian burst out, "I want a divorce! I don't want such a life!"

The fat and ugly Nora Smith is the laughingstock of the town when her fiancé breaks off their engagement. He says, “The sight of your gigantic face and thunder thighs disgusts me! Don't ever pester me again!" “What an idiot.” Nora scoffs and turns around, her lips curling up into a smile. Later, when Nora successfully slims down, she returns as an astounding beauty. Her ex-fiancé comes to her bearing flowers and begs, "I was wrong, Nora. I’m willing to do anything as long as you come back to me.” Nora rests her chin in her hands and smiles as she replies, “Real men don’t dwell on the past.” Angered, he says, “You’re just a dimwit saddled with baggage that I dumped, Nora. No one will want you except me!" But following that… A young and popular singer tweets: “Nora Smith is my goddess!" An internationally renowned surgeon asks, “Are you free tonight, Nora?” Even the rich and influential hotshot whom everyone is scared of comes forward and says, ”I can take care of my wife and children myself, thank you very much.”

Summary:  Meng Xing was on his way to send the result of his investigation for his client when suddenly he was hit by a car, and he died on the spot. When he opened his eyes again, he didn't expect to travel in the past, and this time, he became a young master of a wealthy family. What's more, this young master is actually gay, and was arranged to be engaged to another man!  Five years later, just as Meng Xing thought that he will be marrying in a week, the other side forcefully broke up the engagement! He is now free! ... Lin Ze has been excellent since he was young. Not only he is proficient in six arts, but he is even better in martial arts. So, when he was sixteen, he went to jianghu to make his name. But, what he didn't expect before he left was him getting engaged. Five years later, his elder brother called him back to the capital and asked him a favor. What seemingly a familiar capital has actually greatly changed beyond his recognition. It all started with his change of career, which he thought was only temporary. He didn't know that his life would also be changed, and permanently. P(r)etty detective and deeply hidden prince shou x top fighter and wealthy young master gong!

After crossing over, Shen Han finds himself trapped in the body of the Shen family’s most disliked junior—a boy ignored by his clan and left with no prospects. Before he can even adjust to this new identity, an imperial decree arrives, announcing that he is to marry a princess. Whispers spread instantly. The entire family waits for him to disgrace himself, convinced that a useless junior like him will only bring shame upon the household. But what no one knows is this: Shen Han has awakened a rare system capable of extracting the “prefixes” of things. And with every prefix he extracts, he grows stronger in ways no one can predict.

Betrayed by her own family, Ye Ningwan is wed to the notorious “blind” warlord Zhan Hanjue—everyone expects her corpse to be carried out within days. Instead, three days later she struts back to the Ye gates draped in priceless gifts. Ye elders salivate; she smiles sweetly: “Only looking allowed—I’m taking these home. After all, you gave me zero dowry.” “Insolent!” they cry. Zhan Hanjue steps in, voice frosted steel: “She’s mine now. Protecting her is my pleasure.” Later, Ye Ningwan stammers, “You’re… not blind?” He tugs her close, whisper hot against her ear: “Play along, my queen, and I’ll give you the world—starting with my heart.”

Xia Feng transmigrated to the Celestial Essence Continent, becoming a low-talent waste. Fortunately, he possessed a Dream Realm Pearl, which accidentally pulled the top grade Saintess of the Great Xia Empire into the dream realm, where they fell in love for a thousand years and she became a deity with his help. The next day, after his fiancée annulled their engagement publicly at the betrothal banquet, the top grade Saintess traveled thousands of miles to arrive, shaking the entire continent. "Husband, this is a Talent Pill, it can enhance your talent."

As the eldest daughter of Marquis Xuanping Mansion, Xie Wanqing grew up under the care of her parents and elder brother. Since childhood, a marriage was arranged for her with the Princely Heir of the Wuyuan Marquis Mansion. The two were childhood sweethearts, a perfect match celebrated by everyone. Everyone praised her for her blessed life, born into fortune without ever having to endure a hint of hardship. She thought so too. Until she had a dream, in which her fiancé brought back a mistress. That mistress was of maidservant origin but possessed a stunningly beautiful appearance. He cherished that mistress like a treasure, even at the risk of going against his mother’s wishes. He wanted to break off the engagement and marry the mistress, and it was only due to his mother's threat of her own life that he was forced to marry her. They shared tenderness and affection, giving birth to a firstborn, while she was merely a decoration with no power or favor, placed in the backyard and subjected to humiliation. Later, she awoke from the dream…

Qin Chuan descended from the mountain to cancel the engagement, which made the top-notch female CEO burst into tears. Looking at the sight of her fiancée's pitiable appearance… Break off the engagement? Who is going to break off the engagement? I am the Flower Guardian!

He Miao transmigrated into a book, becoming the ugly, foolish female supporting character who behaved crudely, no thanks to being raised in a village. She kept hovering around the male lead and eventually provoked the female lead, who had a System, and was cheated into losing her company shares. Her own father married her off to a violent, abusive husband, and she ended her life as cannon fodder due to one of his violent fits. To avoid that tragic end, He Miao made two choices. The first was to escape the He family as soon as possible, while the second was...Asking the male lead out for a meeting, she told him, "I don't love you anymore. Let's annul our engagement." Jing Yan, who was still racking his brains on how he could get away from her annoying presence, exclaimed, "Are you serious?"Seeing that he was distrustful, He Miao took out the engagement gifts and stuffed them into his hands, ignoring his scornful reaction as she turned to leave. The annulled engagement meant half of her previous tragic fate was avoided, which improved her mood considerably. Hugging the little dog she adopted, she peppered it with kisses in her cheerful spirit, ignoring the fact that it stiffened in her arms... Still, it started to act weird recently as it would run circles around her in the morning while throwing a fuss at night and trying to run outside, even succeeding a few times. He Miao consulted many veterinarians and experts on the matter, but she did not know that the dog's rebellious attitude was because Jing Yan's soul had transmigrated into it! Everyone knows that Jing Yan's fiancee is an ugly, stupid, annoying village bumpkin who bugged him every day. But she was at least tactful enough to annul their engagement. And yet, the same Jing Yan who had always acted high and mighty knelt in front of a fairy-like girl to help her put on her shoes as he asked unhappily, "It's already been so long... Can we get engaged again already?"Everyone stared blankly, dumbstruck. Wasn't his fiancee supposed to be ugly and stupid? She's clearly enchantingly beautiful! Who spread those rumors in the first place?!

Jiang Qingli transmigrates into a beast world novel as a villainous cannon fodder. The jealous original owner rejected the system's match, snatched the female lead's five S Level Beast Husbands, and relentlessly pursued them only to be despised. Before the wedding, they drugged the original owner and threw her into the Underground City. In the plot, the original owner was dismembered, while they turned around to live a sweet and loving life with the female lead. * When Jiang Qingli opened her eyes, she had just been abandoned, and before her was the biggest villain of the book, his snake tail coiled around her waist. The next day, the five Beast Husbands came to collect her body, only to find Jiang Qingli being pestered by the gloomy man for a proper status. * After decisively breaking off the engagement, Jiang Qingli accepted the new Beast Husbands assigned by the main brain. The new Beast Husbands were of low levels and were cold and indifferent to Jiang Qingli. The entire interstellar world was waiting to see Jiang Qingli become a joke. However, Jiang Qingli not only awakened the strongest Superpower but also became the number one interstellar City Lord! Her few Beast Husbands seemed incompetent, but they were all hidden big shots, conquering all obstacles for her. * The ex-husbands were filled with regret, but she was already surrounded by love-struck fools— The gloomy and yandere black snake City Lord cleared all obstacles for her, bowing in submission: "Everything I have belongs to you." Prince Snow Leopard, tyrannical and domineering in public, licked her hand after she slapped him: "Babe, your slap smells so sweet." The white fox superstar, adored by millions, pinned her backstage, his breath hot: "I've given you everything, can't you spare a little love for me?" The black and white twin cat brothers, unapproachable in the academic world, would cover her eyes and whisper in her ear: "Guess who just kissed you?" The bunny-eared youth, number one on the Assassin list, put away his sharp blade and snuck into her bed at night to act cute: "They're so mean, unlike me, I only know how to dote on you, sister~"