My Gloomy Husband Won't Leave Me Alone

One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced / Marriage before love / Faking death to escape / Widower romance

Feixiang, disciple of the most straitlaced Immortal Venerable Luan Yi, is a cool and compassionate woman who cares for all under heaven. But the Fate God orders her to descend to the mortal realm and help the God of War Liaoyuan overcome his romantic tribulation.

In this life, the God of War Liaoyuan has become Yanluo, a general of humble origins, sinister and ruthless, with countless lives on his hands.

She disguises herself as Shen Dai, a young lady from a marquis's household, and marries him.

Since the Emperor had arranged the marriage, Xie Di resisted it at every turn and even considered killing her.

Later, when he was framed at court and stripped of his title and rank, it was the wife he had guarded against day after day who stepped forward and cleared his name.

His defenses quietly crumbled. He gradually grew used to her presence, and whenever he was apart from her, his thoughts grew restless.

*

The Fate God said the time had come. Next, she had to betray Liaoyuan.

Feixiang thought a divorce would do.

Xie Di refused, so she went to a pleasure house and hired entertainers to keep her company.

He came after her, but wasn't angry. Standing beside her, he said softly, “I was the one at fault.”

Later, Feixiang tried another way. She secretly colluded with an enemy nation and became the spy he hated most.

After Xie Di caught her himself, he merely confined her to the manor and came to see her every day, asking tentatively, “What would you like to eat today?”

It was only when a man took her away and he galloped after them that the ruthless glint returned to his eyes.

He swung his sword and struck the man down, then pulled her into his arms, holding her tighter and tighter. His voice was gentle, as though soothing a child throwing a tantrum.

“So that's what you like.”

“It's all right.”

“If you hate me this much, then hate me for the rest of your life.”

*

That night, the dilapidated, humble general's manor became a gilded cage. Music and revelry filled the nights, and sweet voices never ceased.

She was trapped here, unable to escape or hide.

The once sinister and ruthless general Yanluo, with countless lives on his hands, became a neurotic fool, anxious and insecure every day.

She said she wanted to die, and he knelt to beg her.

She said she hated him, and he handed her a knife, smiling as he guided her hand toward his heart. “Qingqing, stab me here. Deeper, so you can be free.”

Reader's Guide

1. The facade: a fragile, helpless little white flower x an aloof, heartless general. The truth: a benevolent goddess who cares for all x a possessive, obsessive, love-addled madman.

2. The male lead suffers. The female lead does not. At first, the heroine sees it as a mission and does her best to win him over.

3. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. The male lead is indifferent at first, then gets his comeuppance and falls hard.

Message: Break free of prejudice and be yourself