The Cold-Faced General's Lazy Husband

* Cool on the outside, warm on the inside, fatherly top x carefree, laid-back bottom

* Marriage before love | Age gap | Size difference | Historical ABO

Su Min had lived for sixteen years without ever imagining he might have any connection to the General's residence. After all, he was just the least remarkable Beta in the Su family, with a promising Alpha older brother and a younger Omega brother doted on by the whole family.

But the day the imperial decree arrived, everything changed.

General Xiao Ce, the Defender of the State, commanded a mighty army, but three wives had died before him, and no one in the capital dared marry him. The court issued a decree naming a child of the Su family, so the Sus looked at their precious youngest son, then at the "unremarkable" Su Min, and their eyes lit up. "The decree only says a child of the Su family. It doesn't say which one."

So Su Min, who had expected to live an easy life until he turned eighteen, then leave the residence and make his own way, was bundled into a bridal sedan.

On the eve of entering the General's residence, all he hoped was that the fearsome general would find him too ordinary and divorce him quickly, so he could take his dowry and go on living in a little house of his own.

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Xiao Ce had lived for twenty-six years, earning the title of Defender of the State through countless battles, but also acquiring the terrible reputation of being cursed to lose his wives. All three of his wives had died young. Whenever people in the capital heard his name, they were struck with fear and kept their distance.

He had long since given up hope of ever marrying again, but an imperial decree sent a child of the Su family to him.

On the wedding day, he lifted the curtain of the bridal sedan to find a young man with clear features and a slightly bewildered look in his eyes. He had heard that this was the unremarkable Beta the Su family had settled for, with mediocre aptitude and a lazy nature. He had assumed the young man would simply be another nominal member of his household, whom he could smoothly let go when the time came.

But as the days passed, the young man clumsily brought him warmed ginger tea, dozed secretly beside the desk while watching him go through official documents, and greeted him with shining eyes whenever he returned, calling him General.

His heart, frozen solid, gradually softened under that day-after-day warmth. He began to crave the sunny scent about the young man, and even found himself wanting to place every good thing in the world before him.

Reading guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first, sweet romance.

2. Everyday-life story, slow burn.

3. Historical ABO in a fictional dynasty, so don't scrutinize the details too closely.

4. Alpha-Beta romance, with children.

5. There are hidden circumstances behind the top's first three marriages.

Historical ABO terms:

Qianyuan (Alpha), Zhongyong (Beta), Kunze (Omega)

Scent (pheromones), scent glands (glands), womb (reproductive cavity)

Rut (Ganlin period), heat (Yulu period)

Theme: Those in love will ultimately be together