Claiming the Beauty

Resilient, beautiful teacher × possessive, scheming regent + devoted couple + forced marriage + groveling redemption + a child on the run

(The heroine suffers in the first half, and the hero later goes through something similar. Let's just say what goes around comes around.)

Jiang Wan's one wish had always been to spend her whole life teaching in this little mountain village. She wanted no riches or honors, only a peaceful, carefree life.

But out of curiosity, she stumbled upon a secret in the valley.

And she ran into someone she couldn't afford to offend.

To make matters worse, the all-powerful Commander wanted to take her as his concubine.

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When Shen Zhixing first met Jiang Wan, he thought she was different from other women.

He hadn't even put his plan into action, yet this little woman was already trying to fly away.

How could a young woman without power or influence possibly escape his grasp?

But he was far too confident.

Later, when he found out she was still alive, her child was already old enough to call someone “Dad”!

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And later still.

When she was captured, he was the one who risked his life to save her.

When the nation was thrown into turmoil, he was the one who trusted and protected her.

Only after suffering a similar fate himself did he truly understand how utterly dark and hopeless he had made her life back then!

The gentle second male lead belongs to the readers!

The alternate storyline takes a sweet romance route!

(If you can't handle forced romance, please think twice before reading!)

If you're angry, blame the hero!

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