Neither reborn nor transmigrated. You’re welcome to help us with ratings and comments. Feel free to give this one a chance~
[Historical fantasy, marriage before love, groveling pursuit of his wife, sweet and angsty, both leads are virgins, pregnancy and escape]
Black-bellied, unhinged puppy-like younger man and newly appointed second-place exam scholar x clever, sensitive fallen noblewoman. The pace is a little slow, but stick with it: it gets really good later~
“Have you heard? Lord Shen killed his wife and married the chancellor’s daughter!”
“I heard he hated his wife to the bone. He even slashed her face beyond recognition after she died.”
“That’s not all. Back then, he wanted to curry favor with the powerful, so he personally sent his own wife to prison.”
Shen Zhan, cursed by thousands and reviled by all, never imagined that one day he would see his late wife, Liu Zhi, amid the clash of blades on the northern frontier, along with their little one.
There was also a whole crowd of men around his late wife, fetching tea and water for her. They looked positively cozy together.
Liu Zhi narrowed her eyes. “How come Lord Shen hasn’t been cursed to death yet?”
Don’t ask. He regrets it. He regrets it a lot. Is it too late for him to get back in the running?
“So many people have their eyes on you, sis. There’s a young lord, a general, and more. I have to live a few extra years, at least, so I don’t make it easy for them.”
Everyone says Shen Zhan, the new second-place exam scholar, is a refined and gracious gentleman, winning the secret affections of countless noblewomen.
But Liu Zhi knows the truth: he’s actually unhinged, jealous, and stubborn.
On their wedding night, Shen Zhan gave his wife a divorce agreement, wishing her a good match and a house full of children and grandchildren.
Liu Zhi also thought her husband had married her only to repay a debt of gratitude, so she found him a good match and played matchmaker.
They would each go their own way once their ties were severed, never to meet again.
But who could have guessed that, as time went on, the good little puppy would grow more and more unhinged?
