After Faking My Death, the Obsessive Young Lord Pursues Me at Every Turn

[Fakes her death to escape, then pursues his wife # Obsessive, beautiful and tragic male lead # Short story, complete]

Spring lasts all year beneath Hengchun Mountain. Xie Caiwei bought several hills and spent her days planting tea and flowers, then her nights admiring the moon and catching fireflies. She'd forgotten her past entirely and lived a carefree, immortal's life.

One day, she went to the market to buy supplies and ran into someone who had no business being in this remote little town.

Wu Keliang, heir to the Duke Who Guards the Nation, glared at her, his eyes roiling with boundless hatred.

He said, "Xie Caiwei, you have such a cruel heart!"

Xie Caiwei blinked, looking completely innocent. How was she cruel?

She'd used him to get revenge, sure, but he had coveted her stunning looks. They had both gotten what they wanted.

Besides, she'd treated him well. After taking her revenge, she hadn't simply left him behind to be mocked as a discarded husband. Instead, she'd faked her own death, protecting his reputation and making it easier for him to remarry a noblewoman.

Wait, why is he looking at me like that? Don't tell me he's about to say he really loves me.

Wu Keliang knew Xie Caiwei was greedy, shallow, frivolous, and ruthless, yet he couldn't stop himself from falling for her with his eyes wide open.

He'd defied the emperor for her, disobeyed his parents, and knelt in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights before he finally got what he wanted and married her.

But she had simply walked away, even leaving behind a fake corpse to fool him.

"Xie Caiwei, you provoked me and think you can run? Dream on!"

A heroine who fakes her death to flee x a possessive, devoted young duke. The story is complete and free, at just over ten thousand words. If you love reunited-after-years stories and restrained, devoted male leads, save this one to read at your leisure.

Theme: Reunited after years, enduring devotion