Updated at 7 p.m. The next book is "Greedy and Clingy"
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Yun Yao wants a child, but she is not particularly interested in having a husband.
Her father has no sons, and the clan comes knocking every day, pressuring him to adopt a boy from a collateral branch to inherit the Marquis's estate.
After giving it some thought, she decides to take in a son-in-law with no power or influence, but a pretty face. Once she has a child, she can pay him off and send him on his way.
After several days of careful selection, she settles on Li Zhi, whose family has fallen on hard times.
He is handsome, his family has gone bankrupt, and his father and brothers are nowhere nearby. Aside from his bad temper, he suits her perfectly in every way.
After they marry, Li Zhi proves every bit as difficult as expected.
He refuses to sweet-talk her or back down. Tease him a little, and he just turns a cold shoulder.
Yet Yun Yao likes him more and more.
Handsome, refined, and a little fierce, he reminds her of the cat she had as a child.
Except that by day he is a cat, and by night, a tiger.
Every morning, Yun Yao wakes up feeling as though she has been chewed up and spat out.
Keeping a man is no easy task. Once the baby is born, she decides, she will stop keeping one.
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Li Zhi was born into a prestigious family, but a sudden family catastrophe saw his father convicted of a crime, sending him tumbling from the heights into the mud.
Just then, the Marquis of Changping's household was looking for a son-in-law for their only daughter. To clear his father's name, he took the initiative and presented himself at their door.
On their wedding night, Yun Yao had only one demand for him: "Work hard at sowing the fields."
Li Zhi: "..."
In his first month as a live-in son-in-law, Yun Yao came to his room every night.
Li Zhi, wearing a cold expression: "Shameless."
By the third month, she was still just as clingy.
Li Zhi could now calmly tie her sash for her without batting an eye.
In the fifth month, Yun Yao became pregnant.
She stopped coming to his room.
Li Zhi waited a month, but she still did not come.
Just then, the old case against the Li family was reopened, and the injustice was finally overturned.
The next day, banknotes, the deed to a residence, and even divorce papers were placed before Li Zhi.
"You're free."
Only then did he learn that she had taken him in as a son-in-law just to have a child.
Now that she had one, naturally she meant to keep the child and send its father away.
In a fit of anger, Li Zhi left the capital. He was gone for five years.
Five years later, the once-disgraced son of a convicted official returned to the capital, now a rising star with considerable influence at court.
Everyone waited to see whether Yun Yao, who had kicked him out all those years ago, would regret it.
Li Zhi thought so too.
This time, he would make that heartless woman, who had used him and then tossed him aside, pay.
But when they met again, Yun Yao's eyes lit up the moment she saw him.
"You're finally back!"
Li Zhi sneered.
Regretting it now?
The next moment, Yun Yao let out a sigh of relief and shoved a miniature version of him into his arms.
"I just can't handle this naughty little thing anymore. You teach him."
Bonus Scene
The day Li Zhi moved back into the Marquis of Changping's residence, Yun Yao was baffled.
"You're a high-ranking official now, so don't tell me you're still hoping to live off my family?"
"I'm not."
"Then why are you staying?"
Li Zhi's expression was calm. "To get revenge, of course."
The next morning, Yun Yao woke up two hours late and clutched her aching back, reflecting bitterly on her choices.
Liar! He takes everything and leaves nothing behind, and he has no qualms about mixing business with pleasure!
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Reader's Guide:
1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, one-on-one romance, happy ending, marriage before love, lighthearted and sweet, with the romance as the focus.
2. The story focuses mostly on the couple's everyday life, with few supporting characters.
3. The male lead's background and his family's old case drive some of the plot, but clearing the family's name is not the main storyline. This is not a political intrigue novel, and those elements will not be explored at length.
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Upcoming novel: "Greedy and Clingy"
Scheming beauty vs. upright gentleman
Yun Wu was born into poverty and sold into servitude as a child. Having seen the world's cruelty and kindness, her greatest wish was to climb to the top.
To achieve that, she stopped at nothing, setting her sights on the refined young master who was most valued by the household.
One late night, she climbed into his bed.
The jade Buddha who could not be approached by day showed not the slightest mercy at night.
Unfortunately, the next day she was sent away with a bag of silver.
Her plan had fallen through, but she did not cling to him.
If this path was blocked, she would take another.
Before long, a new opportunity came along. She went from being a servant girl at everyone's beck and call to impersonating a noblewoman from a powerful family.
She climbed higher and higher. As for the stepping stone she had failed to use, she had long since forgotten all about it...
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Lu Jue was born into a family with a century-old legacy. He was principled and restrained, and valued propriety above all.
The only person who ever made him cross the line was the audacious little maid who secretly climbed into his bed.
He had intended to take responsibility, but she accepted the money and left without a trace.
When they met again, she had become a noblewoman from a powerful family.
He knew her identity was false, but still helped conceal the truth, protecting the wealth and status she had won through all her scheming.
He had thought she would at least know who she owed.
Instead, she used his cover to secure her footing, then turned around and happily prepared her wedding dress so she could become another man's wife.
She did not know.
He was not without desire.
He thought of her day and night.
He held himself back, again and again.
Beneath the skin of a gentleman, he was a wolf who had been starving for far too long.
Theme: A family that loves one another
You don't need to inform your colleagues at the company when you move 😂😂 otherwise it will...
[Afraid] It's just Zhou Bapi, this company is too much. [Angry] Let's take a look and see if there are any new job opportunities.
Why did the copywriting change? I feel like the original one was more interesting and attractive. This version looks like the characters are the same.
Spread the flowers, spread the flowers, spread the flowers
😆😆 This is the setting I like, please make it fatter.