So She's My Cousin

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Xu Shijing wasn't bothered when he suddenly gained a new cousin who came at no cost. After all, she could host guests, cook, read account books, and was skilled in medicine. Once he learned she was in love with him, he was even more at ease. He could exploit her without hesitation and manipulate her with ease. Wonderful!

But could someone tell him why she had turned around and accepted her childhood sweetheart's proposal?

Xin Yue: "You know Chen Yan is always cautious. How else could I investigate him thoroughly without pretending to accept? Wasn't that what we agreed on?"

Xu Shijing sneered. "Of course. You're so clever."

The day before the engagement gifts were to be exchanged, he destroyed Chen Yan's birth-date card. The next day, their marriage was called off because their birth charts were incompatible.

Before he left for the front, he discovered his mother arranging a match for her, and she was seriously sizing up the suitor from behind a curtain.

Xu Shijing: "What, are there not enough things to do at the estate? Not enough account books to read? Are you in such a hurry to marry someone else and manage his household?"

"You're about to discuss marriage too, and it wouldn't be appropriate for me to stay in your household as your cousin. If I find a good husband, I'll be a great help to you." Xin Yue earnestly asked whether he wanted support in the army or at court.

Xu Shijing snapped, "Fine! You're so considerate."

The next day, he packed up both his belongings and Xin Yue and took them to the frontier.

When he returned to court in triumph, Xu Shijing, the celebrated frontier war god and heir to the Marquis of Dingyuan's household, asked the emperor for an imperial decree in the Golden Throne Hall. He wasn't asking for wealth or a promotion. "Your Majesty, I beg you to grant me a marriage decree!"

New novel: He Thought He Was a Substitute

Synopsis:

Princess Yun Wanhe of Qingyi grew up in the palace, cherished by the emperor and doted on by the empress dowager. She and her childhood sweetheart were in love with each other. But after her coming-of-age ceremony, she learned that he had chosen to marry another girl!

She "voluntarily" went to Yongzhou to clear her head, never expecting to meet Xu Cuo, who looked about five parts like her childhood sweetheart.

Hate the house, hate the crow: if you dislike someone, looking like them is your fault.

Seeing the normally taciturn Xu Cuo at a loss after she provoked him left Yun Wanhe in high spirits.

But no one should celebrate too soon. After an accident, the two fell into the water. Not only did he give her the breath of life mouth to mouth, but the two also had to rely on each other as they fled and wandered.

The male lead's perspective:

Xu Cuo had lived like a walking corpse in the Xu household since childhood, as invisible as air.

Then a girl came out of nowhere. She seemed unable to see anyone else and spent every day hanging around him.

Just as he finally realized his feelings, a man who looked a little like him appeared. He told Yun Wanhe, "A-Wan, I was wrong. Come back with me. You don't need to set your heart on someone who looks like me anymore. I'll stay by your side from now on."

So he was nothing more than a substitute.

So be it. He would accept being a substitute.

Xu Cuo: "If you're living with him, I won't come over. I don't want to get in his way. But find somewhere nearby for me. I can support myself. Just remember to come visit me every month."

Yun Wanhe rolled her eyes. "He lives at his house. You live at mine!"

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