Her Betrothed Was Stolen, Then She Was Wed! The Stuttering Tough Guy Spoils His Wife Rotten

[Clear-headed, playful heroine vs. cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside stammering hero; devoted and exclusive; 1v1; lighthearted slice of life]

Before they married

He dragged her up by both wrists like a side of ribs. She’d been hurt rescuing someone from drowning, and he threatened her with a knife. Then he gave her two solid slashes.

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After they married

Han Qian shaved his beard for her. When she told him to catch frogs, he caught frogs. When she said someone had harassed her, he snapped the man’s hand. She teased him, calling him a “monkey” and a “roast duck,” and he only felt glum, never angry.

Later, Liu Zhi tried to help her stammering husband read more smoothly.

He made a complete spectacle of himself, but still forced himself to read to her.

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Scene one:

Liu Zhi: “You know I have a companion, yet you give me a moonlit earring.”

Han Qian: “You know I-I have a companion, yet you give me, me, me, me a moonlit earring.”

Liu Zhi: “Oh! So many companions, but only one pair of earrings? Are you trying to make them fight?”

Han Qian: …

Scene two:

Liu Zhi: “White feathers gleam beneath the sunny sky, red feet stir the clear ripples.”

Han Qian: “W-white feathers gleam beneath the sunny sky, red feet stir, stir, stir, stir, stir the clear ripples.”

Liu Zhi: “Bravo! If there were a few more fish in that water, your goose would kick every last one of them around.”

Han Qian: …

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One day

Liu Zhi, wistfully: “If you hadn’t rescued me back then, maybe I’d have married Young Master Du and lived in luxury.”

Han Qian, confident he’d win: “You wouldn’t have liked that y-young man.”

Liu Zhi: “And when you still had your beard, was it the beard I liked?”

That night, they battled until dawn.

(Not a feel-good power fantasy, more of a slice-of-life story! The hero stammers but is a tough man with a tender heart. He gives the heroine all his initiative and passion. Outside the bedchamber, he listens to her; inside, he takes charge.)