Name: The Man Who Married into the Mountains
Author: Kang Sui

Synopsis

[Full manuscript complete. Updates follow the rankings before signing, then daily updates afterward. Add to your collection to help keep the daily updates coming!]

Shang Munen was spoiled rotten as a child. His good looks meant people doted on him wherever he went, and he'd never experienced life's hardships. He wasn't entirely ignorant of the world's dangers, but he certainly didn't know much about them. He looked shrewd and aloof, but in reality, he was hopelessly lovestruck. He fell for Nong Tianci, a poor boy from the countryside.

His family and friends all urged him not to be foolish. If he followed an Alpha with no connections or ability, he'd spend the rest of his life struggling. Shang Munen wouldn't listen. He said Nong Tianci had sun-kissed skin, long legs, and an eight-pack; handsome brows and bright eyes; ambition; good looks; and brains. He was a top-tier Alpha, the only one from their area to present in decades. Their pheromones were a match, and, most importantly, that thing of his was amazing! Every time, it sent him soaring to heaven!

So, ignoring everyone's objections, he insisted on marrying him and followed him into the mountains without looking back. He stayed there for over a year.

After more than a year, the novelty wore off and the impulse faded. Looking at his increasingly disheveled husband, who spent every day bent over the fields, he began to regret it a little. No, not a little. A lot!

Especially whenever he gazed up at the stars in a poetic, wistful pose, only to hear his husband's utterly unromantic remark: "Why are you groaning for no reason?" He regretted it so much he could have kicked himself!

But he had been the one who stubbornly insisted on getting married. Everyone was waiting for him to suffer, regret it, and come to his senses. Even if he regretted it, he couldn't say so. He swallowed every grievance.

But there was only so much he could take. When he reached his limit, he had to let it out. He and his husband got into a small fight every three days and a big one every five, turning their home into a complete circus and throwing the whole village into chaos. The villagers had no choice but to come mediate.

After he'd vented, his husband was all smiles again. Well, fine. They could make do. What else could he do, divorce him?

But you don't want to have a baby with me? You won't let me mark you permanently? And you even dare cheat on me?

"Fuck it, we're getting divorced!"

Facing seedlings that died no matter how carefully he tended them, land that wouldn't grow fruit, and villagers he couldn't communicate with, Nong Tianci really couldn't understand what was so interesting about the pitch-black night sky. He had even less interest in learning about the dreams of moths.

He never expected that to start a full-blown war. Their life almost fell apart.

After things finally settled down, he checked his pocket: thirty-five cents. He was so exhausted he could barely breathe, and so tired he fell asleep snoring the moment he lay down. Then that little emperor suddenly wanted a baby again.

Heavens, raising one child had already nearly killed him!

Wait, there was a reason he wouldn't mark you. Cheating? You really don't trust me that much?

Just as everything finally got back on track, fate played them a cruel joke.

"Did you never love me at all?"

"Did you never trust me at all?"

"Let's get divorced."

"...Okay."

The rain poured down, the music was mournful. It should all have ended there.

Then a furious roar crashed down on them like a blow to the head:

"You fucking dare try divorcing me!"

Fine, fine, neither of us is exactly a saint. Let's just make do, okay?

A pampered, gorgeous, sweet little darling, a lovesick fool forced into becoming a shrewish husband, but xxxx bottom

Rugged, straight-laced, brilliant, unromantic, and hardworking, but xxxx top

1. Size difference x skin-tone difference, both are each other's first, happy ending

2. Chaotic rural romance

3. Imperfect characters, each with their own strengths and flaws. Not for perfectionists or fans who only support one character

Proof of registration completed on 25-11-10. Do not copy.

---*Coming soon: Madam, Don't Be Afraid*---

Blurb: While traveling after leaving the military, Chu Ze unexpectedly caught the eye of the young master of the Wengyi Group and was hired as his personal bodyguard.

Not long after they signed the contract, the head of the group suddenly passed away, so Chu Ze had to return home early with the young master.

Along the way, however, he kept hearing the young master say that his grandfather had always been in good health, so his sudden death had to be suspicious, and the cause was probably connected to his stepmother.

Chu Ze couldn't help growing curious about the young master's stepmother.

When the plane landed, the car sent by the Weng family was waiting. Besides the driver, the young master's stepmother was there, too.

That was the first time Chu Ze saw Yu Qingzai. One word came to mind: beautiful. Unfathomably beautiful.

Though not quite what he'd imagined a "stepmother" to be.

He was a man.

At their first meeting, Yu Qingzai wore a long robe in a watery shade of blue. Chu Ze had never seen anyone wear one so beautifully. Even the stars on television couldn't compare.

No one knew that from that day on, Chu Ze's once-flat heart suddenly cracked open, collapsing into a dark, bottomless ravine.

The blue robe Yu Qingzai wore became a cloud hanging over that ravine, sometimes a thick fog, sometimes a fine rain, forever filling it with dampness.

Then, in that dark, damp, airless corner,

something began to spread wildly, like moss...

The mysterious death of the group's leader, a missing will naming the heir, immense wealth, a massive conglomerate, sordid family feuds, and vicious battles over power and profit.

When every finger pointed at Yu Qingzai, Chu Ze was stunned to realize that the whole world seemed to be his enemy.

It was still the same watery-blue robe, the same thin shoulders. Chu Ze saw no one behind him.

The moss in the ravine surged madly, growing into a towering tree in the blink of an eye.

At last, on a dark, stormy night, Chu Ze pushed open his door.

"A fortune-teller said I'm not suited to be a bodyguard, because I was an executioner in my last life."

Then he smiled. It was the first time Chu Ze had seen Yu Qingzai smile.

So beautiful, so beautiful...

Beautiful enough that Chu Ze would gladly slaughter the entire world for him.

A seemingly honest, inwardly ruthless, quiet, loyal-dog top x a gorgeous, poisonous queen bottom who'll play you to death without mercy

1. Size difference x skin-tone difference

2. Bodyguard x Madam/Stepmother, forbidden and taboo love

---*Coming soon: Tsk, My Wife Is So Greedy*---