Save My Wife from the Brothel

At sixteen, Xie Han traveled a thousand miles to ask for his betrothed's hand. When he arrived at his prospective father-in-law's home, he found the whole family gone. He couldn't help asking, "Where's my fiancée?"

After making inquiries, he learned, "Your future father-in-law and mother-in-law are dead, and the young lady you've been dreaming of was sold!"

Xie Han heard this, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted. When he came to, he slapped his thigh. "Well, what can I do? Go find her!"

Xie Han began traveling far and wide, searching for her in brothels everywhere.

People said he was crazy.

He replied, "If your wife went missing, wouldn't you look for her?"

"Even if you find her, she'll be damaged goods."

"Then I have to find the shoe first, don't I?"

Rescuing people and searching for her in brothels, Xie Han took countless beatings and was swindled out of who knows how much silver.

His family finally couldn't take it anymore and forcibly dragged him home, but he never gave up on finding his fiancée.

(Part Two)

Miss Yu was beautiful, modest, and courteous.

She was just terribly timid. In a way, her misfortune proved to be a blessing: because she was so gentle, she wasn't as difficult to handle as those chaste, headstrong women, and the madam took a liking to her, grooming her into the brothel's top courtesan.

On her first day entertaining clients, a high-ranking official took a fancy to her and wanted to take her away as his mistress.

Yu Qing thought being a mistress would be quite nice. She wouldn't have to entertain clients anymore, and the official was handsome and treated her well.

She was also grateful to and enamored with the high-ranking official who had rescued her from her life in the brothel, and willingly became his mistress for ten years.

But one day, her former betrothed, who had passed the highest imperial examination, came to take her away.

She heard that he was debauched, that even at a young age he had frequented the pleasure quarters all over the country. And when they got to bed, he proved the rumors true...

Content warning:

The author is crazy. The whole story is full of landmines.

Theme: For the sake of freedom, both can be cast aside.