💛 Coercive romance + melodrama + love and hate + reunion after a long separation + she runs, he chases + female lead is not a virgin, male lead is
Ruthless, obsessive cousin × gentle on the outside, resilient within cousin
At a funeral in the Wu residence, Zhou Hu, the second young master of the Marquis's household, came to pay his respects.
White funeral banners fluttered, and paper money turned into ash butterflies that filled the sky. Through the hazy smoke, he saw her:
Song Jin'an.
The merchant's daughter who had once stayed at the Marquis's residence, moaning softly beneath him night after night, then turned around and married someone else.
Now dressed in plain mourning clothes, she looked worn and grief-stricken as she knelt before the coffin to keep vigil for her dead husband.
He thought seeing her like this would satisfy him.
But that very night...
He dreamed of her again.
In the dream, red candles warmed the bed curtains. Her hair fell loose as she sobbed beneath him. Her plain white mourning clothes had slipped to her waist, and he bit open the fastenings.
She sniffled and pushed at his chest, but her fingertips were too weak to muster any strength. In a trembling voice, she pleaded, "Cousin... take it slower."
When he woke, the brocade quilt was in disarray. Zhou Hu lowered his head and glanced at the deep, long scar across his chest.
So what if she'd killed him?
He was born with an exceptionally hard fate!
The Wu family was weak, and that very night they sent her over in a small sedan chair.
Zhou Hu pulled the strip of cloth from her eyes and spoke with a smile:
"Cousin, it's been a long time."
Theme: Live well.
