**Period + sweet romance + cold-faced, mute military officer + Marriage Before Love + military marriage** In her previous life, Su Man worked herself to the bone and dropped out of school to support her handsome campus boyfriend’s studies abroad. In return, he dumped her with a curt, “We’re from different worlds. Let’s not keep in touch.”
Reborn in her junior year of college in the 1980s, Su Man faced her scumbag boyfriend hinting that he wanted an expensive watch. She slapped him hard across the face. “A watch? How about I buy you a clock instead?!”
Then she agreed to her family’s arranged marriage and wed Lu Beiyuan, the abstinent military officer rumored to be scarred, violent, and “mute.”
Everyone in the compound laughed that she’d married a useless man and would be stuck in a loveless marriage. Su Man was thrilled. “No dealing with in-laws, no arguments, the highest allowance in the entire military district, and he won’t boss me around? This isn’t an arranged marriage, it’s paid leave!”
Su Man made a habit of “bullying” her mute husband. “Honey, I’m sleeping in the master bedroom tonight. If you don’t say anything, I’ll take that as a yes.” “Honey, I need startup money for my business. If you don’t say anything, I’m taking the passbook.”
She thought she could handle him with ease, but Lu Beiyuan’s gaze darkened. Without a word, he cornered her against the wall, undid his collar with his rough fingers, and swept her up under one arm.
So much for being abstinent! Who was this wolf of a man who kept pinning her behind doors, his eyes red at the corners, claiming her with his body, and possessing seemingly endless stamina? This mute husband was simply irresistible!
