Sorry, I Searched for the Wrong Husband

[Cold and distant at first, then relentlessly pursues his wife / possessive pursuit / both leads are sexually inexperienced / one-on-one romance]

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Before Yu Caiyin's mother died, she told her to go to the Liu family in the capital and seek out her fiance, a match her father had arranged for her years ago.

She especially urged her: "From now on, you'll be alone with no one to rely on. If you want to make a place for yourself in your husband's family, you must learn to be meek and accommodating."

She went to the Liu family alone, only to discover that they were so highborn that their heir, Liu Zhaoting, looked down on her and wanted nothing to do with the marriage.

Remembering her mother's words, she did everything she could to seduce Liu Zhaoting with her gentle manner and soft, alluring figure. All she got in return were cold looks and cruel words. He almost hit her, too.

Just as Yu Caiyin was at her wits' end, she suddenly realized she'd gone to the wrong person.

Who could have guessed there were two Liu families in the capital, and that the "Zhao'er" mentioned in her father's letter was the childhood name of another man, Liu Rongyu?

Mortified, she left Liu Zhaoting a farewell letter and went away.

To find her real fiance.

This time, she was satisfied. Though his family was not as prominent as the other Liu family, he was warmhearted and kind, and treated her with courtesy and care. He never said a cruel word to her.

Yu Caiyin settled in to await her wedding, but five days before the ceremony, she was abducted.

When the black cloth over her head was lifted, she saw a familiar face.

Liu Zhaoting glared at her, his expression dark. "You seduced me and then ran off. Is that how you behave, without taking responsibility?"

*

The Liu heir had only just turned twenty, yet was already one of the emperor's most trusted favorites.

Everyone in the capital praised him as a young man of great promise with a limitless future.

He was also prepared to wait for the emperor to arrange a marriage for him with a woman of the highest rank.

Who could have expected some girl to appear out of nowhere and claim to be his fiancee?

He hadn't even acknowledged her, and yet the whole city already knew about it.

She was only seventeen, with the face of a temptress and a graceful figure.

Every day, she put on a gentle, tender act in front of him, gazing at him with deep affection.

No matter how cruelly he spoke to her or how much disdain he showed, she accepted it all, then had another set of intimate underclothes delivered to him the next day.

She acted like a courtesan. How could a dignified heir like him marry a woman like that?

Then the woman, with her endless tricks, suddenly stopped showing up. Liu Zhaoting found it strange. Just as he was wondering what he had said the day before that had finally worked, he received a letter from her. It read, with heartfelt sincerity:

"Heir Liu, I have troubled you greatly these past two months, and it was all my fault. I failed to make sure of the facts and sought out the wrong person. Fortunately, I did not interfere with your lifelong happiness. I hope that, considering this poor girl's loneliness and helplessness, you will not hold it against me. I bid you farewell, and hope we never meet again."

Liu Zhaoting ought to have been happy, but he wasn't. The thought of her using the same tricks to seduce someone else set him ablaze with fury. So he sent people to find out who her real fiance was, then had her abducted before the wedding.

The Liu heir scoured romance stories and even went to a male brothel to learn how to seduce women.

All so that the woman who had already grown cold toward him would change her mind.

Saved on 2026.4.2

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Theme: I will marry no one but you