After Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Was Pulled Close by the Jealous Heir and Begged to Cuddle

[Both leads are faithful + Substitute Bride + Secret Crush Comes True]

[Marriage First, Love Later + Mutual Devotion]

Sharp-tongued, arrogant, jealous young lord × independent, clear-headed, alluring beauty

She disguises her looks, he pretends to be disabled. The two masters of secret identities expose each other on their wedding night!

An imperial decree forced a marriage. Shen Shuyi, the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family, refused to marry the defeated and disabled heir of the Marquis of Rong’an.

Shen Jiaojiao stepped forward, volunteered to put on the red bridal veil, and smiled faintly:

“If my elder sister marries a disabled young lord, people will say the pearl of the Shen family has been tarnished. But if I take her place, an ugly girl matched with a cripple, wouldn’t that make a fine ‘love story’?”

Everyone in the capital knew that the ugly Shen Jiaojiao had a face covered in pockmarks and looked utterly plain. But no one knew that the veiled beauty who owned Qin Fang Zhai had haunted Chu Heng’s dreams for two or three years.

On their wedding night, Chu Heng refused to perform the wedding rites.

He issued a harsh warning: “I have no interest in playing at being a loving couple with you. From now on, you sleep in the west wing, and we’ll keep out of each other’s way. If you dare cross the line, I’ll chop off those hooves of yours and feed them to the dogs!”

Before they returned to her family home, the young lord’s old injury flared up again:

Jiaojiao shoved the medicine to his lips. “Drink it.”

The young lord: “It’s bitter.”

Jiaojiao: “There are no candied fruits.”

The young lord: “One kiss from my wife, and it won’t taste bitter.”

Jiaojiao: “…Drink it or don’t.”

[Reader’s Guide]

◆ Her plan to become a substitute bride is the only chance she has schemed toward for thirteen years.

◆ His act of pretending to be disabled is his desperate gamble to endure until he can return to the capital.

◆ Two powerful leads expose each other’s secret identities, solve cases, seek revenge, and flirt with each other, all at once.