Spoiling the Little Widow

◎ Sweet, seemingly innocent, secretly saucy airhead bunny x scheming, arrogant emperor wolf

In her third year of widowhood at the Cui estate, Ji Yu could only admire her own reflection, no matter how beautiful she was.

Born to a humble family in Jiangnan, she had married into a powerful household through a wedding meant to bring good fortune. Cui Er was handsome and gentle, an ideal husband. Sadly, fate was cruel, and he passed away just six months after their wedding.

With no husband to rely on, Ji Yu reined in her true nature and kept her head down, playing the part of a dignified young widow. Every day, she recited three rules to herself:

First, when she encountered a handsome young man, she must keep her eyes straight ahead.

Second, she must hide all her scandalous romance stories under her pillow and never let anyone discover her wild side.

Third, she must faithfully remember her husband, who had died young.

Then she made a mistake. On her way to Jiangnan to visit her family, she was bewitched by a handsome man and had a brief fling with him. It wasn't entirely her fault. He had a face remarkably like Cui Youzhi's, and that's why she couldn't resist 🥺

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The next morning, Ji Yu pulled her clothes together, her thoughts in turmoil. Why did he, like Cui Youzhi, always like to bite the little mole on her waist when they were together?

But their personalities were completely different. They were clearly two unrelated people.

The man, named Pei Dan, watched her flustered expression and said calmly, "What are you afraid of? I'll take responsibility for you."

Ji Yu couldn't bear to give up the comfortable life she had at the Cui estate, so she refused.

But nestled against the man's burning chest, she was reluctant to let him go too. She came up with an idea: "Why don't you be my secret lover? I'll pay you a string of coins every month... no, eight hundred copper coins."

If he wanted more than that, she would have to think it over carefully.

To her surprise, the man's expression changed at once. He demanded furiously, "Who else have you said that to?"

Ji Yu guiltily looked away. It was only three or four or five or six or seven or eight people, that's all.

[Male lead's point of view]

Pei Dan had kept a low profile for more than ten years, pretending to be Cui Er, a frail young man with disabled legs.

He first met his bride from the south on their wedding night. Beneath her veil was a girl with a charming, round face. Her beaming smile made her look honest and sweet.

But after drinking the wedding wine, that sweet, honest girl leaned drunkenly against him, called him her husband, and boldly slipped her soft hands beneath his clothes. She exclaimed in amazement, "...Wow, abs."

Then she climbed into his lap, paying no attention to the vein bulging at his temple.

Pei Dan had never liked spoiled, silly women who were of no use to him.

But later, he was the one who wanted to turn their pretense into reality and place the imperial seal and every rare treasure in the world at her feet.

📖 Reading Guide:

1️⃣ A lighthearted, sweet romance about a young couple's everyday life 🍬

2️⃣ Flashbacks will be interspersed

3️⃣ The heroine isn't a fool in the conventional sense. Her thought process is simply unusual.

Theme: Lovers find their way to each other