The Substitute Bride: The Commander's Darling

[Mutual purity + forced love + male lead has long been plotting this + groveling pursuit + reunited after heartbreak + mutual salvation]

Clear-headed, resilient, sweet and delicate heroine vs. handsome, brooding, affection-starved hero

Rumor had it that the second son of the Xie family was ugly and suffered from a hidden ailment. He had divorced two wives, leaving him with a terrible reputation.

The Su family had a concubine-born daughter who had been unwanted since childhood, but was delicate and beautiful.

Her selfish father favored his legitimate daughter and couldn’t bear to see her suffer, so he forced the concubine-born daughter to take her place in an arranged marriage.

On her wedding night, Su Qing prepared to resist to the death. But when her red veil was lifted, she saw a handsome, slightly tipsy man lying beside her.

Her breath caught. “How can he... He’s so handsome...”

Later, Su Qing shamelessly flirted with him, relying on the belief that “men are all looks and no substance,” completely unafraid. But in the end, as he made love to her relentlessly, she could only beg him to stop.

After suffering the loss of his mother in his youth, Xie Chen wandered the long streets in a daze. Then, amid the distant lights, he saw her, and from that moment on, she made a home in his heart.

Years later, he was the leader of the secret guards, walking alone through the darkness, so powerful he had no weaknesses.

Little did he know that the one and only weakness in his life was a sweet young woman named “Qingqing.”

Three years apart, believing each other dead, their longing became an illness, and no medicine could cure the heartache.

When he learned she was still alive, he was overjoyed. He clutched her hand tightly, his eyes red as he pleaded humbly, “Qingqing, will you come home with me?”

“Please, I’m begging you. Take pity on me. I’m going mad without you.”

But the person he had longed for looked at him with cool detachment.

“Chief, please mind your conduct.”

(This story is entirely fictional. If it contains anything you dislike or any values you disagree with, please don’t relate it to real life. Just stop reading.)