Master, Your Loyal Dog Has Fallen Off (Reborn)

[Recommending a Friend's Novel] Picking Up a Loyal Hound to Feed, by Dian Qing Jing. An ancient-style danmei novel about a devoted hound, and it's especially good.

Blurb:

Jiu Ji was a ruthless official, the kind who was destined to die a horrible death in the history books.

She spent twenty-eight years living like a coffin waiting to be buried.

At last, after becoming a "rebel," she kicked the bucket and eagerly waited for a new life.

But the world was cold, and even the underworld was busy.

She never got her new life. Instead, on the seventh day after her death, she got reborn.

With a loyal young husband-to-be included as a bonus.

If you had to describe this loyal young husband-to-be in one word, it'd be stupid!

Though they'd barely met a few times, he had kept her in his heart for his entire life.

She had already turned into a ghost before she finally heard him say it aloud.

That bloodcurdling cry of "Qingqing" nearly broke her heart.----

Since Heaven had given her another life, what was there left to say?

Once your little cabbage has grown up, you have to let it flower! Little loyal hound, here I come!

Bonus scene:

"You do know what your position is, don't you?" Jiu Ji said solemnly, patting the bed.

"This subordinate knows his offense."

"Have you never harbored even the slightest desire for me?" Jiu Ji asked expectantly, stroking her chin.

"This subordinate wouldn't dare."

"You! Are you going to marry me or not?" Jiu Ji jumped up in fury.

"This subordinate is terrified."

You little rascal, are you messing with me????

[Patient, insecure, wooden young husband-to-be and shadow guard x ruthless, protective female master who dotes on her own]

Content warnings:

1. Angsty at first, sweet later, happy ending. A bold flirt pursues a wooden block.

2. Set in an alternate history, a very loose one. Don't overthink the historical details.

3. The female lead is reborn. The male lead is insecure early on, and their dynamic may feel a bit like a strong woman and a weaker man. If that's not your thing, don't read.

4. The woman is three years older than the man. Be aware before reading.

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