The Heir's Runaway Wife

Merchant's daughter Su Qingmei is born with exquisite, clear-cut beauty.

In her previous life, her younger sister drugged and framed her. She spent a night in a ruined temple with a poor scholar, who soon regained his memories and turned out to be the long-lost heir of a duke's household.

Once the deed was done, Su Qingmei went from being a laughingstock to the heir's wife.

She made do with the life that followed.

Later, the heir to the duke's household proved not only to be of distinguished status, but also clever and composed. Besides the position he inherited from his grandfather, he steadily made his way toward a seat in the Grand Secretariat.

Everyone said she was lucky, but Su Qingmei knew that Lu Chi had never loved her.

Of course, he loved his cousin.

He tried several times to take her as a concubine, but she was too proud to accept the position of a secondary wife. Instead, she helped him earn a reputation as a devoted husband with no concubines.

Lu Chi was a wolf in scholar's clothing: ruthless and cruel beneath his polished exterior. Su Qingmei came from humble origins and depended on others, so she was always careful not to displease him. Her life was dull and stifling.

One night, when Lu Chi once again left her behind to comfort his cousin, Su Qingmei was reborn in the ruined temple where they had first met.

She glanced at the handsome man still asleep beside her, gritted her teeth, and ran away at once.

This time, whoever wants to marry up can do it. She certainly doesn't want to marry him.

Lu Chi wakes in the ruined temple with a splitting headache. The pillow beside him is cold.

He remembers that he ultimately did not ruin the woman's virtue, but images keep flooding his mind: he had slept with her in his arms, and she had called him husband in her sweet, tender voice.

After he returns home, the thought of her marrying someone else gives him such a terrible headache that he tosses and turns in bed every night, dreaming that she is his wife.

The only thing to do now is marry her first, then question her properly about those dreams.

1. The male lead is not reborn. He occasionally gets fragmented memories. He's the wolf-in-scholar's-clothing type, but in both lives he only loves the female lead. There are hidden circumstances in the previous life.

2. A relationship-focused, everyday-life story, not a strong female lead. The female lead is gentle and delicate, with plot developments sprinkled in. The male lead takes the initiative and restrains himself early on, then pursues his wife in the middle and later parts. The female lead never becomes a concubine.

3. Content warnings: The female lead is gentle and delicate, and there is premarital intimacy. The male lead pursues her relentlessly. The main story focuses on the couple's interactions, while the supporting characters appear in the extras.

My next upcoming novel: Forced Marriage

Su Yuyao, the most beautiful woman in the capital, is an exquisite beauty who emerged from the Grand Tutor's household.

She is also gentle, gracious, and virtuous. She has long been engaged to Qi Yuan, the son of the Minister of Personnel, and every young woman in the capital envies her.

But everything changes in an instant. The Grand Tutor's biological daughter returns, and everyone learns that Su Yuyao was only a substitute, adopted to ease the family's grief over their lost daughter.

Their engagement is canceled, her name is struck from the family register, and she falls from the clouds into the mud, forgotten by everyone.

A month later, news arrives that Prince Yan has died. When the Empress Dowager seeks a woman to be married to her younger brother in death, everyone suddenly remembers Su Yuyao.

Prince Yan, Qin Zhi, is decisive and ruthless, with a string of military triumphs behind him. He is also the current emperor's maternal uncle, a man of incomparably high status.

In the battle at Zijing Pass, the Qin army wins, but all they bring back is his memorial tablet. The Empress Dowager is devastated. Heartbroken that her younger brother died before he could marry, she decides to choose a noblewoman for a ghost marriage. Su Yuyao is the first choice.

Forced into the marriage, Su Yuyao is utterly hopeless. On her wedding night, she has only just managed to close her eyes when the commotion throughout Prince Yan's residence wakes her.

Half-asleep, she carries the memorial tablet to the door to see what's going on, and unexpectedly spots a man who looks like a heavenly being descended to earth.

She hears the guards kneel and call out, "Prince Yan."

When Qin Zhi returns after faking his death, he finds a beautiful wife in his home.

Since she is obedient and gentle, and knows how to manage a household, he keeps her there to take care of his residence while he is away from the capital.

At first, when his secret guards report that she was once betrothed to her childhood sweetheart, he doesn't care. "Who she loves has nothing to do with me."

Two months later, he hears her express concern for the eldest son of the Qi family and feels irritated. With a cold laugh, he asks his attendant, "How do I compare to Qi Yuan?"

Later, he no longer wants her to stay behind to manage his residence in the capital. He wants to take her to his fief in Jizhou, where he can be with her day and night, until he is the only one in her eyes.

For all these years, Qin Zhi has ridden across battlefields and faced death time and again, with Su Yuyao always by his side.

She is his weakness, his armor, and the only thing he believes in throughout his life.

Gentle, resilient noblewoman X ruthless prince. A slow-burn sweet romance, starting in July.

Theme: Be self-reliant and independent, enrich your own life, and still believe that genuine love exists in this world.