Did the Young Lord Pretend to Be Pitiful Today?

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A seemingly gentle and virtuous, secretly scheming white moonlight × a truly calculating, doting-on-his-wife heir who pretends to be spoiled

In her previous life, Shu Yu mistook false affection for true love and met a tragic end for the sake of so-called righteousness. Reborn, Shu Yu swore she would get justice for herself this time.

At a palace banquet, she turned down the Crown Prince's advances, only to be betrothed to the heir of the Prince of Zhennan.

She'd planned for them to be a polite couple in name only, but who knew the heir would be such a pitiful soul, unloved by both parents and ignored by the woman he loved? Shu Yu had thought she was using him, but when she saw his woebegone gaze, she decided she ought to treat him a little better from now on.

And so Shu Yu's heart softened:

The Grand Tutor's son mocked the heir in public for being useless? She beat him up.

The Crown Prince made a sly dig at the heir? She chewed him out.

By the time her enemies had fallen one by one, Shu Yu thought: Had I accidentally latched onto a powerful patron?

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Mu Nanxing had been in love with Shu Yu for a long time. He thought he could only watch over her from afar, but as soon as he returned to the capital, he saw that the woman he loved had rejected the Crown Prince's proposal and become engaged to him?

He'd planned to win her over gradually and treat her with the courtesy of a gentleman, but she liked men who were clingy and affectionate? After reading countless romance stories, Mu Nanxing decided to stick with his spoiled persona, convinced that if he couldn't bear to put his pride aside, he'd never win his wife.

And so Mu Nanxing put on an awkward expression:

General Zhang's wife sewed him a sachet. He was jealous.

The thunderstorm was terrifying. He was scared.

Seeing Shu Yu look at him more and more strangely, Mu Nanxing wondered: Was something not quite right?

[Bonus Scene]

When she heard that the rumored white moonlight had returned to the capital, Shu Yu took a divorce agreement to Mu Nanxing. "If you love someone, you have to pursue them bravely. Believe in yourself!"

She thought the pitiful man would accept it with tears in his eyes, but who could have guessed...

The next moment, Mu Nanxing pulled her and the paper into his arms. Stroking her face with an air of possessiveness, he asked darkly, "Where do you think you're going, Wanwan?"

Shu Yu: ...

"Done pretending to be pitiful? Then go kneel over there!"

According to the hidden guards who witnessed it, their unfailingly resourceful heir spent half the night knocking on the bedroom door...

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced.

2. Set in a fictional world. If you like it, please add it to your favorites!

Thanks to Ye Lai for the cover.

Theme: Take matters into your own hands and make your own way in life.