[Female Bandit vs. Fallen Marquis + Marriage First, Love Later + Pretend Turns Real + Mutual Healing + Groveling for His Wife + Two Strong Leads Growing Together]
Shen Changning, young leader of Qingfeng Stockade, was born bold and decisive. Though she had the air of a bandit, she held fast to her principles in a chaotic age. Yet she trusted the wrong man, her scumbag fiancé. She gave him her whole heart, only to be framed in return. The marriage she'd looked forward to turned out to be nothing but scheming and betrayal.
In a fit of anger, her father decided to find her a husband to marry into the family.
She happened to rescue a gravely wounded, fallen man who needed the stockade's help to lie low and bide his time. So she agreed to a fake marriage: they would be husband and wife in name only, and stay out of each other's affairs.
Then disaster struck Qingfeng Stockade. The entire place was massacred overnight, and Shen Changning was left in dire straits, barely escaping with her life. Pei Yan realized she was far more than an ordinary bandit and tricked her into returning to the military camp.
[Bonus scene]
“You have lovely handwriting. Could you carve me a memorial tablet?”
Shen Changning trudged over to him, holding an empty tablet.
The man raised his eyes. “Who is it for?”
“Marquis Zhongyong. I heard he died in battle. That means Qingfeng Stockade won't have to pay grain taxes anymore. The tablet is to honor him and thank him.”
The man's eyelid twitched. A memorial tablet for himself?
Shen Changning gave a cold laugh. “You're Marquis Zhongyong, Pei Yan?”
“I am.”
“You liar!”
Shen Changning shot him a furious glare and turned away.
“You've seen my body, and I've given you my heart. You can't just say you don't want me!”
Gritting his teeth, the man hoisted Shen Changning over his shoulder and carried her back to the tent, then tossed her onto the bed. “Heartless woman!”
I seem to have read this book somewhere, and there are shadows everywhere 🤦
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