Pretty Wife and Handsome Roughneck

[Obsessive mature woman × rugged, fatherly tough guy. If you don't like it, click away. Many parts of the story have been revised, so it's different from pirated copies.]

Su He × Zhao Fengnian (Rooster)

Gentle, slow-witted wife × ruthless, hot-tempered boss

Su He is sold to the Zhao family to bring good fortune and marry into the family. After he performs the wedding rites with a rooster, his new in-laws pack up and run away.

He's slow to react and naive, with a frail constitution. His long, beautiful hair falls down his back, and just looking at him, you'd think a strong breeze could knock him over. When he's kicked out, he has a pretty face and is still clutching a rooster.

Zhao Fengnian has just been discharged from the military when he learns he's got a wife: a simple-minded man bought for 500 yuan, who clutches a rooster and calls it "husband"...

Damn, there's not a normal person in this family.

The man looks fierce and is as tough as they come. They say one punch could knock out a bull. Before he can even speak, he scares Su He.

"Husband... I'm scared."

Zhao Fengnian snatches the rooster from his arms, about to curse him out. Then he looks again and sees his stupid wife has fainted.

Su He is taken back home by someone else. Zhao Fengnian originally plans to deal with the mess at home, dump him, and head to Pengcheng to build his career.

But Su He is so frail that he gets winded after a few steps. He's tiny and has not a trace of masculine vigor.

Cheap things really are no good.

When Zhao Fengnian leaves, he dumps Su He at his second aunt's house. "I'm not dead. Keep this male bride and find someone else for him to bring good fortune to."

His second aunt suppresses her anger. "What's wrong with him being a man? He's kind and pure, and he could even have a child to look after you when you're old. You could stay single your whole life and still never find anyone like him."

Afraid people will reject him, Su He tugs at his sleeve and cries. "I can have a baby... Don't leave me."

Zhao Fengnian looks him up and down. "If a fool has a little fool, I'll have to take care of both of you. Do you think I'm as stupid as you? Get lost."

The little fool's eyes brim with tears. "I really can have a baby..."

Even though his second aunt says he's not stupid, just slow to react, Zhao Fengnian still refuses to get involved with a man!

At the turn of the millennium, southern China is booming with development. The boss of Guanghan Hardware started from nothing and made his fortune in the countryside.

They say he was once a soldier, and his ruthless, gangster-like air keeps everyone at a distance.

Who would have thought a man like that would spend every day at home chasing after his wife?

Su He dodges his hand. "Don't touch me. My stomach hurts."

"That's what you get for eating cold food every day. Come here and put your socks on." The veins on Zhao Fengnian's forehead twitch. He wants to lose his temper but doesn't dare. "You treat your husband like he's invisible. Keep it up and just wait till tonight."

Su He holds his belly and plays the fool. "You're not my husband. I married a rooster, not you."

Zhao Fengnian is at a loss. He wants to beat himself for running his mouth, but he's also afraid of hurting Su He's stomach. He slams the door, picks him up, and says, "Keep it up. If I don't make you cry tonight, just you wait."

Su He trembles as he repeatedly whacks him with a durian board. "Stop hitting me. My hand's tired..."

Reading Guide:

1. The shou gets pregnant with their second child. They have two kids.

2. The cover and title are just being surreal!! Hehe, those who get it, get it. (I changed the penguin avatar earlier because I was worried about copyright infringement.)

3. The shou isn't stupid, just slow to react. He has the thought processes of a normal person and so on.

4. Neither is an extreme gong- or shou-fan. They both give to and take care of each other; it's not one-sided. I won't make one person do all the giving. They're mutually devoted!! The shou is a wife who takes care of the gong, and both of them cook obediently. The gong also treats his wife like a chicken and marks his territory by pissing on her.

5. Xiwa has nothing to do with Su He. He's a fool, and his feelings for the shou are purely innocent. I won't respond to people who come in without reading the warnings and leave bad reviews or insults.

My next novel of the same type is a period novel.

Northwest volunteer teacher × real estate tycoon

Duan Xing is a boy born to bring good fortune, an unwanted child.

After her husband died, his mother had no children to carry on the family line. She was married off to bring good fortune, suffered terribly, and then got involved with a lover, which was how she had a child.

Her resentment toward feudal ethics made her drag her child along to suffer with her.

From the age of six, Duan Xing was made to bind his feet, grow his hair long, wear floral skirts... Day and night, he was taught how to serve a man.

When the family ran out of rice and flour, his mother dragged him from door to door to beg with a smile, but the scraps they got were barely better than slop.

Duan Xing holds a chipped little bowl and looks up at the figure behind the village chief, instinctively shrinking away.

Only at night does he work up the courage to run over and whisper, "Big brother... my feet hurt."

Duan Xiaohui is a late-in-life child, the apple of the village chief's eye.

But only he knows that he's a bastard born of an affair, too.

Ever since he found a greedy little rat in the night, he hasn't been able to stop himself from falling for those pitiful eyes.

He walks over and crouches down, twirling Duan Xing's hair and tucking it behind his ear. "If you call me something sweet, I won't hit you."

Duan Xing is so used to being beaten by his mother that he nuzzles the hand pressed to his cheek in a bid to please him.

When he sees his feet unbound and steaming food in front of him, he obediently sells himself on the spot.

When locusts swarm the village, Duan Xiaohui doesn't spare a thought for his parents' lives. He grabs Duan Xing and runs.

They run until his leg is crippled, and even bleeding, he keeps fleeing the cannibalistic village of Duan.

That escape lasts twelve years.

Duan Xiaohui makes a success of himself in the city. He thrives in the booming southern economy and becomes a real estate kingpin by playing dirty against the dirty.

People in the business world say he's a cripple with a twisted mind, ruthless and merciless.

But the shipments of supplies sent to the northwest, one after another, and the Hope Primary Schools rising from the ground are no lie.

When his assignment in the remote northwest ends, a beautiful person appears at the airport and throws himself into Duan Xiaohui's arms, smiling and acting cute.

People say this is the golden canary kept by Mr. Duan, hidden away from the world.

They never imagine that this high-and-mighty man carefully waits on him at night.

Duan Xing changes into a white dress, his long hair falling loose. Just like when he was a child, he lies in his arms and says, "Big brother... I'm so tired from teaching. My feet hurt."

The man lays a hand over the round swell of his belly. "And the baby in there? Has it been bothering you?"

Duan Xing looks up and softens his voice. "The baby hasn't, but, Big brother... I want to bother you."

Theme: Borrowing the wind to break free of one's chains and soar to the clouds.