After beating up three human traffickers, she came home only to be told that a bride had been chosen for her, and all that remained was to get married in seven days?
Song Jun, the imposing lord of Warm Spring City, was all set to refuse the match. Then she turned a corner and saw an elegant young woman picking flowers.
Song Jun: So... so cute! >V<
Sidekick: Lord, weren't you going to reject the marriage?
Song Jun: Ahem, well, I thought about it carefully. I'm not getting any younger, and it's about time I got married. The wedding's in seven days, right? Thanks for all your hard work! ^v^
Lu Jiu was inexplicably bought to be some city lord's wife, with the wedding set for seven days later?
Lu Jiu knitted her brows. It didn't seem like a big problem.
A terrible cook, a disaster at housework, a walking wrecking ball: surely one of those would make the other party call off the wedding!
But before she could even get started, her plan failed. The other woman actually liked her terrible cooking?
Perplexed, Lu Jiu knocked everyone out and fled Warm Spring City in the middle of the night.
Before long, she picked up a blood-covered person who had been struck with a deadly poison.
Lu Jiu, picking her up: Pretty and poisoned? I'm taking her! ^v^
Song Jun, the one being picked up: Wow! Why are they all cat heads on human bodies?! OoO
While a new poison's antidote is being developed, one of them keeps complaining that the other is ugly and bought herself a wife, while the other insults her with faint praise and finds all sorts of ways to compliment her runaway bride. They get along swimmingly, right up until the poison is cured.
Seeing Lu Jiu's face clearly, Song Jun blurts out, "Wife!!!"
Song Jun and Lu Jiu: ...
Lu Jiu, a physician who isn't good at much besides medicine and has inexplicable confidence, X Song Jun, a city lord who is deeply insecure but can do just about everything remarkably well.
P.S. This is a sweet romance, and here's an urgent news bulletin:
Song Jun: I badmouthed my wife to her face. Is there any hope for me? Urgent! Waiting online! QAQ
Completed
The Many Faces of Si Cheng
Ye Shu, the newly appointed Si Cheng of the Imperial Brocade Guard's Inner Division, loves experiencing different lives and is fond of role-playing. She seems to be blessed with extraordinary luck and is regarded by the world as an arrogant, fawning sycophant who bullies those beneath her and grovels before those above.
Ye Shu: That's right, I'm acting. Pretty great, huh? ^v^
Shen Xiu, a seasoned Si Cheng at the Court of Judicial Review, has spent ages painstakingly working his way up there to achieve his goals. He especially can't stand the Imperial Brocade Guard's Outer Division treating the emperor as if he doesn't matter. He's a loyal imperialist through and through.
Shen Xiu: Of course, it would be even better if His Majesty would give in sooner. =∧=
Two people who had nothing to do with each other are suddenly thrown together by an imperial decree and forced to investigate cases as a team, uncovering countless secrets along the way.
Shen Xiu: Huh! She's actually a woman. Huh! His Majesty knew she was a woman. Huh!! So she's that person!! >v<
Ye Shu: Huh, how did he find out? Huh, that's my brother? Huh, so... that's how it is..., _
During the investigation...
Shen Xiu: Shu Lang, should we get two rooms after all? ≧v≦
Ye Shu, desperately keeping her composure: No, this will make it easier to act. ^_^
Shen Xiu: Shu Lang, do I really have to wear this dress? ≧o≦
Ye Shu: Disguises are essential! ^v^
And finally...
Ye Shu: By the way, how did you figure out I was actually a woman?
Shen Xiu: Well, that night... ≧v≦
Ye Shu: Hmm?
Shen Xiu: I watched you soak in the lake all night to get rid of the poison. =_=!
Ye Shu: Huh! OoO
Shen Xiu: I also helped scare off your enemies, gathered kindling, stayed with you while you dried off, and escorted you back to the city! ≧v≦
Ye Shu: Huh! ≧o≦
Shen Xiu: So, will you marry me? ≧o≦
A few warnings:
1. The writing gradually gets more and more ridiculous. If the opening seems too serious, feel free to read on.
2. The male lead is there from the start, and the female lead appears later.
3. There are mysteries, so pay attention (though you don't have to, since I'll solve them all anyway).
4. The leads' relationship changes gradually, and they don't get along particularly well at first.
5. The palace chapters are more serious. After all, in a place like that, letting loose can get you killed.
Ye Shu, a female lead with off-the-charts intelligence and average fighting skills, X Shen Xiu, a male lead with average intelligence and exceptional fighting skills.
P.S. The story is told from both the male and female leads' perspectives.
The goals of this story:
Double standards! Mutual flirting! Obvious sweetness! Subtle sweetness! Sweetness in every chapter!
Theme: There is no obstacle that can't be overcome, and there are many ways to solve a problem.
