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[Blurb]
Princess Ji Yunni of Chaogui has two great regrets in life:
First, she fell from the clouds and was stripped of her noble status.
Second, a tiger fallen to the plains is prey even to bandits; even a scoundrel dares force her to become a concubine.
Well, a concubine it is! Better than waiting to die.
Just as she is about to accept her fate, a matchmaker suddenly comes to see her: the second legitimate son of the Pei family of Hexi is wealthy beyond measure, but has late-stage consumption and little time left. He urgently needs a wedding to bring him good fortune.
Short-lived? A luck-bringing wedding? A fortune in wealth?
Isn't that exactly what she wants?!
On their wedding night, the groom is sickly and frail, yet handsome beyond compare.
Coughing, he lifts her veil. He expects to meet a pair of resentful eyes, but instead finds her smiling brightly.
He asks hoarsely, "Do you regret it?"
Ji Yunni looks at the deeds to a dozen incense gardens she has just received, then at his fair, firm chest, and thinks:
This is a good deal.
She gives his sleeve a gentle tug and softly says, "Husband."
But inside, her heart skips a beat: Why does this man look a little like that bandit chief from back then?
*
Pei Shiyuan transmigrated into a book.
The good news: He's a son of a prestigious family.
The bad news: His older brother framed him, and he became a bandit.
The even worse news: The rouge peddler "A Chou," whom he rescued during a robbery and secretly fell for, is the vain, tragic heroine from the original story...
...Wait, why is she crying at his grave?
He's not dead yet.
Watching the young woman grieve for him at his grave, Pei Shiyuan thinks:
Fine. He may as well harden his heart and go home to fight for the family fortune.
Vanity makes people strive. Vanity makes people fight tooth and nail.
Who could have guessed that this fight would win him the title of Marquis Champion?
Much later, as he watches the young woman glaring at him with her eyebrows drawn together and her almond-shaped eyes wide, he scratches his head sheepishly, takes a step back, and admits frankly:
"My lady... I... really am the bandit chief who robbed you back then."
His illness was fake, and so was his bandit life.
But his wish to marry her and protect her for the rest of her life was real.
She thinks she's married a short-lived invalid, never knowing that he's long wanted to live a long life with her.
[Reading Guide]
1. A scheming, calculating bandit chief × a displaced noblewoman with high self-esteem
2. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only, sweet story, HE ending
Theme: Love is a flower blooming in the mud.
Wow, the writing is really bad~
Looks good, please update [glasses]