Without Regret

(The Handsome Widower Whose Husband Just Died is currently updating)

A transmigrated recipient and a reborn pursuer. The pursuer is gloomy, stubborn, and ruthless; the recipient is sickly, warm on the outside and cold within. A serious, indulgent story with a fake scholarly air and a protagonist who gets showered with affection.

Wu Jiu was incredibly lucky: he transmigrated into the son of a duke, with Duke Xi of Qi as his father and a noblewoman from Lu as his mother. He came from a prominent family, enjoyed an exalted status, and was handsome and charming, a true paragon of virtue.

He had no interest in fighting for power or trying to dominate the Spring and Autumn period. Wu Jiu just wanted to quietly sample every delicacy under heaven. Salty zongzi dipped in sugar? He could eat five in one sitting!

But one day, Wu Jiu realized he wasn't lucky at all. In fact, he was terribly unlucky, because he had a younger brother named "Gongzi Xiaobai." Determined to survive in the cracks and be the perfect big brother, he was instead treated like a thorn in his brother's side, with his head on the chopping block at the slightest provocation.

He could put up with all that. After all, his younger brother would become the foremost of the Five Hegemons, while he himself was a short-lived cannon-fodder character. But his brother refused to dip salty zongzi in sugar! Life was impossible unless he started a rebellion!

Gongzi Jiu: The affairs of the world are like eating zongzi. Some people like them salty, others sweet. If you can keep the sweet and salty camps from fighting, isn't that a golden age of peace?

The ministers: The young lord is indeed unfathomable.

Duke of Qi: ...

1. They are not biological brothers! This is clearly stated right from the start!!!

2. Plot comes first, romance second. The story starts slowly! Both leads are thirty years old!!

3. One-on-one, happy ending, multiple couples.

4. A food story. My goal is to indulge in every kind of delicious food!

5. Premium chapters are genuinely charged by word count!

My new historical BL novel, Does a Straight Man Have to Become a Husband?, is now underway.

The man who throws himself at his betrothed is hopelessly lovestruck. He doesn't care that his fiance flirts around and cheats, and believes that "a man can go out and have fun, but he'll always come home in the end." In the end, the scumbag tricks him into signing a contract of servitude, then kidnaps him and sells him off.

Ye Ning transmigrates from an apocalypse plagued by food shortages into a secluded paradise of babbling brooks and leafy trees.

The little village is quaint and thriving. Food is plentiful, and everything is just the peaceful country life Ye Ning has always dreamed of.

But looking at the wedding cakes piled on the wooden table and the betrothal gifts stacked in the courtyard, Ye Ning, a thoroughly straight man with an upright background, faces the most worldview-shattering question of his life: Does a straight man have to become a husband?

His fiance's family just has a few extra pigs. A straight man won't turn gay for pigs. He calls off the engagement!

The village is isolated, and the villagers gossip and point fingers. His biased father sighs, his traditional mother weeps, and every member of the family tries to make Ye Ning kneel and beg the scumbag to take him back, threatening to die if he doesn't.

Getting married is easy, right? In no time at all, Ye Ning picks a new fiance: handsome, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted. Most importantly, he's rich, the only son of the village's wealthiest family. His betrothal gifts stretch all the way from the Ye family's house to the great willow tree at the village entrance.

There's just one little problem... his new fiance is an intellectually disabled fool.

The villagers all laugh at Ye Ning for marrying a second time and being so desperate to wed that he chose the landlord's foolish son.

Only Ye Ning knows that this seemingly intellectually disabled fool is the true protagonist of the book. He's a prince who was lost outside the palace, his mind temporarily damaged. One day, the court will find him and name him crown prince. He'll rise to the top, claim the entire empire, and become its ruler!

Marry a fool, avoid the risk of turning gay, and enjoy the future crown prince's good fortune. It's a fantastic deal.

Ye Ning's plan is perfectly sound: "How is this marriage? It's an investment."

Ye Ning gathers up his sole dowry, a run-down noodle stall. When it reopens, the menu features all kinds of noodles, along with a host of new dishes: Sichuan-style boiled meat, hot pot, luosifen, barbecue grilled over a charcoal brazier, spicy dry pot, sweet-and-sour pork, curry pork cutlet rice, bubble tea, brown sugar ice jelly, and more.

The backward little village has never seen such an amazing array of delicacies. Diners flock to the village entrance, and the little noodle stall grows into a big one, then expands into a grand restaurant. New branches open in the surrounding countryside, towns, and cities.

Ye Ning doesn't just make his restaurant a roaring success. He also raises his husband, who suffers from anorexia and is only his husband in name, until he's "plump and rosy-cheeked."

Then one day, Ye Ning discovers that he isn't the only one who transmigrated. His foolish husband has been reborn, too.

He's been pretending to be a fool all along...

One-on-one, both virgins, happy ending.

A man who has seen life's ups and downs, plays the fool, has acting skills off the charts, and dotes on his partner like mad VS

A coolheaded, money-loving, thoroughly straight man whose abacus beads could fly right into the pursuer's face.

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Theme: Chase your dreams and strive to make the most of life.