My Husband Says He Regrets It

[My next book is Don't Touch My Potions. The blurb is at the very bottom. Click my author page to go straight to it ovo]

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Everyone said the Liang family's daughter was born lucky.

Though she came from a merchant family, she had a childhood sweetheart who passed the palace exam as the third-ranked scholar and became her husband. She had risen in status along with him.

Her parents-in-law treated her as their own daughter, giving her whatever she wanted and never making her work for even a moment.

Though her younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law disliked her, they never openly embarrassed her.

Liang Qianqiu had thought so too, but at some point, everything began to change.

Her brother-in-law and sister-in-law grew increasingly rude to her, saying she had only married into their family by throwing herself at their elder brother, and asking what right she had to live under the same roof and share meals with them.

Unable to bear it, she ran back to her parents' home, only to be mocked by the siblings she had thought respected her. They called her a pushover with no sense that she was already married.

But wasn't this her home too?

Liang Qianqiu questioned her father in disbelief, but all she got was a cold reply: "Qianqiu, once you are married, you are no longer a young lady of the Liang family."

She tearfully confided in her husband. In the past, he had always been considerate, but after listening to her complaints, he not only failed to comfort her, he scolded her instead: "Your younger siblings-in-law are still young. As their sister-in-law, you should be more understanding. Qiuniang, don't be childish."

Liang Qianqiu couldn't understand how things had come to this.

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Wen Yunzhi had just taken office as a new official and was busy, yet his wife still came to bother him without knowing when to leave him alone.

Looking at his wife's tearful eyes, unchanged as ever, Wen Yunzhi felt nothing at all, only endless weariness.

He found it strange. It was such a small matter. Why couldn't she just put up with it?

He ignored the pleading look his wife cast his way, refusing to consider whether she was truly upset, or whether these trivial matters in his eyes had really left her confused and distressed.

Only when word came that his wife had jumped into the lake did Wen Yunzhi panic.

Looking at her pale cheeks, no longer rosy as they had once been, and her tightly closed eyes, Wen Yunzhi put everything aside and stayed by her side day and night.

He was wrong. He shouldn't have ignored her.

But nothing could be undone now.

So Wen Yunzhi could only pray that his wife would wake up safe and sound. After she woke, whether she hit him, scolded him, or asked for a divorce, he would accept it all.

[Content warnings]

* Both leads are virgins, and they do not divorce. This is a melodramatic, angst-filled romance. He will have to win back his wife, and it will end happily.

* Neither of them is perfect; they both have their flaws. I just wanted to write some love, hate, grudges, and entanglements.

* Set in an alternate historical era. Everything serves the romance.

* Please don't criticize me for content warnings I've already addressed, and please don't condemn me in advance for plot points I haven't written. Thank you.

* The scheming is very childish, including but not limited to arguments and plotting.

★ I strongly recommend buying one chapter at a time. If you don't like it, please stop reading right away. I beg you!

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Here's a preview of my upcoming book, Don't Touch My Potions.

Blurb:

[Exceptionally cheerful prince × gloomy forest witch]

[70% romance, 30% plot]

Evra is a forest witch who was driven out by humans and forced to live by a cliff. For many years, she has stuck to her routine of fighting monsters, earning money, resting, and protecting her potions. Her life is peaceful and dull.

Then she meets the scatterbrained Qiqixia. This prince, famous for his naivete and stupidity, turns her life upside down.

Evra realizes at their very first meeting that Qiqixia is a fool. She manages to send him away, only to run into him again a few days later.

The foolish prince is always grinning at her like an idiot, as if nothing in the world could ever make him sad. He is an utterly naive optimist.

Evra doesn't like fools, but this fool likes to hang around right in front of her.

- During the magical tournament, the foolish prince goes out of his way to come cheer her on.

- When Evra finishes an experiment, the foolish prince brings tasty food to meet her.

- When she goes out, the foolish prince follows her, claiming he's worried about her.

Before she knows it, Evra and Qiqixia grow closer and closer, until she can no longer shake him off.

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Potions are Evra's most precious possessions, and she would never let anyone else use them.

But there are always people coveting her potions.

At the magical tournament, her opponent eyes her potions and lays a trap with a smile. "Why not use potions to compete?"

Evra: "No."

In the laboratory, a group of mad scientists gaze at her with feverish eyes. "Miss, could we borrow your potions?"

Evra: "No way."

Seated high above, the king tries to tempt her with gold and silver treasures. "If you give us one bottle of potion, Miss Evra, you will have wealth beyond measure."

Evra: "I'm not giving you any."

Even when the foolish prince, who is very close to her, is injured and desperately needs a potion, Evra still refuses coldly.

"No one is allowed to touch my potions except me."

Reader advisory:

1. Both leads are virgins. A sweet romance with a female and male lead, in a Western fantasy setting with a future backdrop.

2. Not a powerful heroine, not a female-centric power fantasy, and not a wish-fulfillment story.

3. Written for my personal tastes. If it's not for you, please don't read it. I don't accept writing advice.

4. Romance-focused, with an immense amount of romantic content.

Theme: Persistence brings victory