Out of Control! The Cold, Brooding Lord Pei Turns Into a Devoted Husband

[Marriage first, love later; husband chases wife; both leads are each other’s only one; 1v1] [She appears dignified, generous, and free of worldly desires, but puts her own interests first in everything: a scheming woman vs. a brooding, affection-starved man who pretends to be aloof but is actually a devoted wife-pampering husband] [Her perspective: love grows over time; his perspective: a secret crush comes true]

Jiang Yiwei is merely a merchant’s daughter. With nothing but a flimsy marriage contract, she marries Pei, the eldest son of a distinguished family in the capital, and becomes the wife of an official.

Everyone says the Pei family agreed to the marriage because she used some underhanded trick to ensnare their eldest son.

But no one knows that in the Pei household, her mother-in-law dislikes her, and her husband is cold toward her. Less than a month after their wedding, he leaves her behind to take up a post a thousand miles away, and is gone for three years.

After waiting three years for his return, everyone expects her to do everything she can to please her husband. Instead, she changes completely, becoming polite and distant.

“My husband married me only because he had no choice. If he doesn’t like me, I won’t force him.”

She hands the man a divorce agreement.

But that cold-faced oddball suddenly turns dark, tears the agreement to shreds, and traps her in the corner of the bed.

“My lady, you took my innocence and now you want a divorce? Dream on!”

He pounces on her and pins her to the bed, keeping her there until she is so limp she doesn’t even want to move a toe. Only then is he satisfied.

But he doesn’t know that the moment he pounced on her, she had already let a triumphant smile slip across her face.

[The male lead while secretly in love (his lofty declaration): “I’m marrying you only because Grandmother wants me to. I’ll never fall for you.”

The male lead after getting his wish: “I want cuddles in the morning, at noon, and at night. I want cuddles every moment of the day. (My wife is the best, prettiest, and most wonderful-smelling woman in the world.)”]