The Border Guard Found an Exile

[A rough-hewn military commander × a fallen scholar]

On a snowy road, Xie Lan Yin was bought by A Jiu for three months' wages. The two married to give themselves a chance to survive.

A Jiu was an unpolished man who couldn't read a single character. Xie Lan Yin was learned and eloquent, but had fallen from the heights into the mud overnight.

With nothing to their names, they began building a life together. Xie Lan Yin taught A Jiu to read and keep accounts, while A Jiu sheltered her from wind and snow.

When Xie Lan Yin learned that A Jiu planned to use his military achievements to win her an imperial exemption from the civil service exam, she believed for the first time that someone in this world was willing to risk his life for her.

Reader's guide: One-on-one romance, happy ending, alternate history, many original liberties.

Coming soon: My Sister's Omega

The day Lu Ran turned eighteen and presented as an Alpha, she learned for the first time what it meant to want someone.

During the few seconds when her pheromones ran wild, only one person came to mind: Su Yun, her sister's wife, her sister-in-law.

From that moment on, the way she looked at Su Yun changed. She no longer looked at her as a younger sister looking at her sister-in-law, but as an Alpha looking at an Omega.

Su Yun noticed the change. She started wearing high collars, locking doors, and “working overtime.”

Lu Ran blocked her at the bedroom door. “Sister-in-law, what are you hiding from?”

“You're too young. You don't understand anything yet.”

“I'm eighteen.”

“I'm your sister-in-law.”

“So what? My sister only comes home once a year. Besides, she's not my biological sister...”

Su Yun slapped her. Lu Ran didn't dodge. The blow was so forceful it seemed meant to knock all her delusions out of her.

Su Yun sent Lu Ran abroad.

On the day she left, Su Yun didn't see her off, and Lu Ran didn't look back. But she left a note under Su Yun's pillow.

“You can't hide from me forever. I'll come back when I graduate.”

The thing Su Yun regretted most in her life was kicking Lu Ran out of the house when she was eighteen.

It was also the thing she was most grateful for.

Reader's guide: One-on-one romance; happy ending; Alpha with no accessories; the sisters are not blood-related; twelve-year age gap

Theme: Keep striving bravely, even in adversity