My Ice-Cold Husband Is Actually So Charming

[The cold-faced King of Hell says one thing and means another. They marry first, fall in love later, and then he's utterly smitten.]

The orphan Su Yu, who lived under someone else's roof, wanted nothing more than a peaceful life in the marquis's household. Careful and cautious, she was nevertheless bound by a marriage contract to Zhao Huaiyou, the household's most stern and unyielding third son.

On their wedding night, he coldly told her, “I have no particular impression of you.”

She took it in stride, treated him as her employer, and made the neglected courtyard flourish.

Zhao Huaiyou was known as the Living King of Hell of the Ministry of Justice, with nothing on his mind but case files and official documents. He thought he'd married himself a nuisance, but then he discovered that his wife in name only...

Could pinpoint the key to a baffling case with a single remark;

Could stand her ground and support him in front of a hall full of noblewomen;

And even dared to beat the Drum of Grievances for him, spilling blood before the imperial throne, when he was framed and fell into trouble!

As the once-helpless orphan revealed her brilliance and became the talk of the capital, Zhao Huaiyou finally panicked.

He cornered her against the wall, the corners of his eyes red. “Don't smile at anyone else. Don't accept gifts from anyone else. And most of all... don't think about leaving me.”

Later, everyone in the capital knew that Zhao Huaiyou, the cold-faced King of Hell, was a complete “wife slave.”

And as Su Yu looked at the household keys and the ardent heart he offered her, she finally understood...

The “pebble” he'd once ignored had long since become the only treasure in his heart.

[Reading Guide]

Clear-headed heroine, gentle on the outside and strong within × doting hero who says one thing but means another

Married first, love later; a groveling chase for his wife; 1v1; both leads are each other's first and only; happy ending

The heroine grows from relying on no one to standing shoulder to shoulder with him, achieving success in both her career and love