In the ’80s, I Cut Ties and Raised a Baby, Then Married an Ascetic Military Officer

"Commander Qin, please, let me in... The child has a fever. He really is your son!"

Xia Lanlan was soaked through, her thin, plain-weave shirt clinging to her curvaceous figure as she cradled a cherubic little boy whose face was flushed with fever.

Outside the guard post, thunder roared and rain poured.

Qin Lie, known as the "Living Yama," frowned as he looked at the bedraggled woman whose beauty was breathtaking. His memory was extraordinary, and he was certain he had never been with a woman in his life, except... on that wild, chaotic night four years ago.

Driven to desperation by her awful family, Xia Lanlan was about to be sold to a fool for his betrothal gifts. She staked her reputation and brought the child she had unexpectedly given birth to years ago, traveling a thousand miles to force her way into the life of this fearsome man.

She thought he would coldly throw her out. Instead, the next moment, the man's rough hand clamped around her slender waist, as if it might snap with the slightest pressure. His voice was terrifyingly hoarse. "If he's really my son, I'll raise you too!"

After they married,

Everyone waited for Xia Lanlan to be thrown out.

Instead, they saw the usually stern, abstinent Commander Qin pinning his sweet, delicate wife against the door and kissing her with reddened eyes. His rough fingertips brushed her swollen lips as he coaxed softly, "Lanlan, be good. Let's send the child to the guard tonight..."