This Useless Son-in-Law Is Actually the King of the Northern Border

After marrying into the Lin family, Lu Zheng spent three years living like a dog. Not as a figure of speech. His mother-in-law called him a dog, his brother-in-law beat him and he never fought back, and even the servants ordered him to unclog the drains. Everyone said the Lin family had taken in a useless son-in-law.

Urban setting + God of War son-in-law + two powerful leads + strong heroine

No one knew he was the King of the Northern Frontier, one of only five remaining national-level defenders in Huaxia. Three years ago, his most trusted brother died in his place. Lu Zheng sentenced himself to three years of self-imposed confinement: no using any of his abilities, living like a dog. It was a debt he owed. He thought he was atoning.

Shen Xi was the only one who knew the truth. On the day Lu Zheng married into the family, he told her everything: that he was the King of the Northern Frontier, how her brother died, and about his three-year vow. She didn’t drive him away, nor did she forgive him. She simply waited, for three years, for him to emerge from his self-imposed confinement.

The three-year term was almost over. The osmanthus tree her brother had planted with his own hands hadn’t bloomed in three years. The tree was waiting for spring. She was waiting for him to forgive himself.