Marrying My Ex-Husband's Nemesis

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Blurb:

Countless noble young ladies wish to marry Gu Qingyi, Marquis of Yong'an, but he goes straight ahead and marries Shen Xuening.

Shen Xuening knows he married her because she looks just like Zhao Yin.

For four years of marriage, Shen Xuening has loved him with quiet, humble devotion.

On her birthday, he holds a grand memorial ceremony for Zhao Yin and gives her a burial dress meant for honoring the dead.

When a fire breaks out in the marquis's residence, she's trapped in the flames. Gu Qingyi rushes in, but the first thing he does is carry out Zhao Yin's belongings. He doesn't even save her.

After waking up, Shen Xuening hurls a divorce agreement at his face.

The first month after their divorce.

Gu Qingyi eats well and feels fine, while Shen Xuening is heartbroken.

The second month.

Gu Qingyi misses the soup his former wife used to make. Shen Xuening starts carefully shaping her brows and applying rouge.

The fourth month.

Gu Qingyi is restless and anxious, gripped by a panic that can only be eased by seeing his former wife and speaking a few words with her.

Shen Xuening is reborn. Her vivid red lips catch the eye, her beauty is peerless, and she grows more and more radiant, becoming the most beautiful of the capital's four great beauties.

After that.

Everyone watches the usually calm and self-controlled Gu Qingyi go mad and lose his senses. In the pouring rain, he collapses to his knees in a wretched heap, begging humbly,

"A Ning, turn around and look at me..."

With her arm linked through the emperor's, Shen Xuening smiles brightly. "What should I look at? How blind I was to marry you?"

One-sided pursuit after divorce #SecondMaleLeadWins #Stand-InGetsHerComeuppance

Content warning: The early chapters are genuinely heart-wrenching.

The heroine is a sweet, alluring, and scheming beauty. Things are a little rough and frustrating for her at first, but after chapter 21, she darkens and takes charge. It's very satisfying! She'll gradually grow stronger.

The marquis is an obsessive, cold-blooded, beautiful but tragic man. At first, he's devoted to his career and has no interest in love. Curse him, not the author, please, please~~

The second male lead is a sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside, obsessive, devoted mad dog. You won't regret choosing him.

Check out Yue Conghuan's new novel, "The Minister in My Palm." Blurb:

Yan Jingshu is the youngest daughter of the Duke's household. Beloved and indulged, she's become incredibly spoiled.

Regent Yan Cheng once killed a hundred men single-handedly on a battlefield strewn with corpses. He personally skinned an enemy general, is decisive and grim, and settles every disagreement with a fight.

The two had nothing to do with each other, yet the emperor granted them a marriage.

Yan Jingshu would rather die than marry such a ruthless man!

Knowing the Regent detests spoiled people, she acts even more spoiled every time she sees Yan Cheng. A breeze makes her cough, the sight of blood makes her faint, she eats fish only if the skin is removed, and she needs to soak in milk for ages to take a bath. If he raises his voice even a little, Yan Jingshu cries.

Yan Cheng is sure to hate her and call off the engagement.

But who could have guessed? The next time they meet,

when she eats fish, Yan Cheng picks out the bones and peels off the skin. When she drinks tea, he gathers morning dew. He even raises dairy cows at home. Yan Cheng has also learned how to clean her ears and care for her nails...

Yan Jingshu: ???

Male lead's version:

No one else knows, but he was the one who asked the emperor to grant the marriage.

Those hands of his, accustomed to wielding a blade, spent several months staying up all night to learn nail care and ear cleaning. He even lost weight. He has no idea whether his fiancée will be satisfied.

He had neither father nor mother. He clawed his way up from the mud to a position of immense power for one reason: when he was young, a woman in crimson rode past on horseback, dazzling him in the dark, oppressive childhood that had felt suffocating.

Check out Yue Conghuan's new novel, "The Emperor's White Moonlight Has Run Away." Blurb:

Song Zhixi has been engaged three times, and all three of her fiancés died. She gradually acquired a reputation for bringing bad luck to her husbands. Though she is breathtakingly beautiful, no one dares to pursue her. At last, a man with a strong enough constitution is willing to marry her. But on the day of their engagement, she discovers she's pregnant, and can't remember who the father is.

The newly enthroned Emperor Xiao Yan finds the palace empty. He is diligent and cares for his people, has no interest in beautiful women, and keeps postponing the selection of consorts. When he makes an incognito visit to the Song family, he gives Song Zhixi several meaningful, appraising looks, his gaze intensely possessive. Song Zhixi is so timid she keeps trying to avoid him.

That night, Xiao Yan stops her, his voice cold with anger. "How dare you let the royal bloodline remain outside the palace? I'm not letting you get away with this."

**

Two years earlier.

Song Zhixi was recovering from an illness in the mountains when she found an injured scholar covered in blood and took him in. Taken by his handsome face at first sight, she said, "I have money. I'll support you for the rest of your life, okay?"

The sick scholar scoffed in disdain.

After a reckless night together, war broke out. The scholar told her, "I have to take care of something for a few months. Wait for me."

During that time, Song Zhixi unexpectedly lost her memories. She forgot everything that had happened and happily went on matchmaking dates and got engaged. When her memories returned, she finally understood why Xiao Yan looked at her with such a resentful expression...

Male lead's version:

The little crybaby who once promised to support him is pregnant with his child and happily getting engaged to someone else?

Xiao Yan can't stomach being cuckolded.

He was the one who killed her three fiancés and spread the rumor that she brought bad luck to her husbands. The child is his. All he wants to know is when Song Zhixi will finally come and support him!

Theme: No matter how much you love someone, don't humble yourself into hell. Love yourself before you love others.