Warmth Beneath the Lotus Canopy

#Recommended new historical romance, Reborn as a Mute Wife. Please add it to your reading list!# Xie An is a notorious hooligan in Lin'an Town, infamous for his wicked ways. He's a terror wherever he goes. He's over twenty, and not a single woman in town dares to marry him. He thinks too highly of himself to look twice at anyone, either. Until one day, a shy young woman arrives at his home, head bowed... Fair-skinned and beautiful, gentle and sweet, so soft and tender you could practically squeeze water from her. At first, Xie An plants his leg on the edge of the kang bed and glares at her. “Girl, wash my feet!” Later, he shamelessly pulls her legs into his lap, his voice so sweet it makes her melt. “Darling, let me wash your feet, ” Beneath the lotus canopy, in a haven of tenderness, Xie An spent half his life being a scoundrel, only to fall head over heels into Wanyi's arms, quite willingly. #Recommended new novel, Reborn as a Mute Wife. Please add it to your reading list!# 1. Tang Ning had heard all about Ji Mingcheng's reputation. The local ruffian, a handsome face with nothing else to recommend him, spent his days stealing chickens and dogs and causing trouble. He was the scourge of Ningxing County. As she was about to marry, her parents held her hands, their eyes glistening with tears. “Our dear Ningning, if you can't bear living with the Ji family, come back. Even though you're mute, we'll support you for the rest of your life.” So, even as she sat on the wedding bed, Tang Ning was nervous and uneasy. Then the veil was lifted, revealing a face as handsome as jade. He grinned, flashing a row of white teeth, and called her his darling wife. Tang Ning was delighted. Her husband was tall, handsome, and sweet-tongued. How could he be the little hoodlum everyone had described? 2. The Duke of Zhenguo, Ji Mingcheng, spent his life on the battlefield and rose to a position of great power. Nothing he wanted was beyond his reach, and even the emperor treated him with respect. As he lay dying, the only thing he couldn't stop thinking about was his mute wife, who had died young. In his youth, he'd been headstrong and impossible to reason with, and he'd made his mute wife suffer more than once. Only when his family was destroyed did Ji Mingcheng finally come to his senses and mend his ways. But by then, Tang Ning had fallen ill from overwork, and she passed away less than two months after he rose to power. She'd suffered alongside him, but never got to enjoy a moment of happiness. After Tang Ning's death, Ji Mingcheng lived alone for the rest of his life, dying of despair before he turned forty. Unexpectedly, after his death he was reborn a month before his wedding He was still the little hoodlum who had made Ningxing a mess, while his shy Ningning was still an unmarried young woman. His parents earnestly advised him, “Tang Ning is a good girl, she just can't speak. You mustn't look down on her...” Remembering all the cruel things he'd said to her in his previous life, Ji Mingcheng slapped himself across the face, grabbed the betrothal papers, and ran off to deliver the engagement gifts. The Ji family parents: ??? [shocked] #Dear Ningning, in our last life you stood in front of me. In this life, I'll protect you.# #I'll give you all the sweetness of both our lives.# 1. A story about a male lead who's reborn and spoils his wife. He's a reformed scoundrel, not a jerk. They are each other's first love. 2. A super sweet story told from the male lead's point of view! 3. Male-lead POV stories are such a niche! QAQ I've always been too nervous to write one, but I've finally dared to share the blurb. If you like it, please add it to your reading list! I'm begging you! Weibo: @JinjiangLiJiV5 Theme: