The Valiant Lady

After Shen Jiangru divorced and left her husband's household, her fierce reputation spread far and wide. On the very day she returned to her family home, the renowned General Mo came to ask for her hand. People were baffled, figuring he was probably marrying her just to spite his former fiancée. Even Shen Jiangru herself thought so.

After all, on their wedding night, he sent her to sleep in a side courtyard.

Though she was furious, all she could do was glare at him, stubbornly refusing to back down. "Just what I wanted!"

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General Mo was not to be trifled with. Everyone waited for him to throw this shrew out, and Shen Jiangru herself had little hope either. The two of them clashed like needle against needle.

Shen Jiangru: "You don't even like me, so why should I greet you with a smile?"

Mo Yichen: "How do you know I don't like you?"

Shen Jiangru began to realize something was amiss. After all, she had already taken the initiative to ask for a divorce, yet he stubbornly refused to give her what she wanted.

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Later, anyone with eyes could see that the general cherished her above all else, letting her hit and scold him just to coax a smile from her.

Someone asked, "Your wife is so fierce and unruly. How do you put up with her?"

The general replied, "Seven parts sweet, three parts fierce. Just right. I adore her."

Shen Jiangru overheard him by chance. Aching all over, she glared at him, but her face turned bright red.

Reader's guide: A marriage-first, love-later story. Set in an imagined ancient world, with no historical research. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and the ending is happy.

The heroine was divorced, but she and her former husband never consummated their marriage.

Coming soon in my collection: The Frosty Cousin

The young Marquis Qin is only sixteen, yet already a notorious playboy in the capital. He flirts with every pretty face he sees.

The only exception is Yue Rushuang, his distant cousin who has lived in the marquis's household since childhood. Though she is as beautiful as jade, he never gives her a second glance. If he happens to be flirting with a maid when she passes by, his face immediately falls and his mood sours.

When people ask about his cousin, he says impatiently, "That block of ice is cold and hard. She doesn't seem like a woman at all."

When someone repeats his words to Yue Rushuang, she remains expressionless. "Oh."

Everyone assumes the young marquis despises his calm and composed cousin. But when she is about to get engaged, he rushes to his mother, his face livid. "This marriage cannot happen."

Yue Rushuang, however, says coolly, "Auntie, I think it's quite a good match."

Beneath the night sky, the young marquis, reeking of wine, pins his cousin against a wall. His large hand tightly encircles her slender waist beneath her loose robe, and only then does he realize how fragrant and soft she is.

His eyes bloodshot, he looks as if he might cry. Drunk, he repeats just one thing: "Don't marry someone else."

Yue Rushuang: "Then who should I marry?"

His voice hoarse, he stammers, "M-marry me..."

Yue Rushuang parts her vermilion lips. Her voice is as cold as ice dropping into a celadon cup. "Don't even think about it."

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Proud, childish puppy x cool, calculating older woman

Mutual pining, groveling for forgiveness, older woman and younger man, she is two years older than him, both sexually inexperienced, happy ending~

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