He Regretted It After I Ran Away with His Child

Cui Fu was born into a time of chaos. A peerlessly beautiful orphan girl would normally be worth less than a blade of grass in such times, but Cui Fu was fortunate. Her husband loved and cherished her, and his family ruled over a territory of their own. She was the future matriarch of the clan. Until the day Prince Changping, Xiao Xun, led his army to capture her husband's city and demanded her by name. Cui Fu walked alone through the falling snow and into the bedchamber. She recognized Xiao Xun, the man she'd saved three years ago. His brows and eyes were striking. With a calloused hand, he lifted her chin and murmured: "Madam, give yourself to me, and I'll spare your family." Cui Fu had no choice but to comply, enduring one humiliation after another. When Xiao Xun married a noblewoman from a prominent family, Cui Fu had a dream. In it, Xiao Xun died because of her, and she lost her own life as well. After waking, Cui Fu thought it over. Xiao Xun was hateful, but life was precious. There was no need to throw hers away for his sake. Cui Fu ran away. Only after escaping did she discover that she was carrying Xiao Xun's child. II. Xiao Xun had ridden across battlefields and done as he pleased, with Cui Fu as his one weakness. He'd given her his whole heart, only to be outmaneuvered by her and die in her bed. After being reborn, Xiao Xun still couldn't let Cui Fu go. The woman was gentle and obedient, as tame as a cat. But he knew it was all an act. She still thought of the husband she'd had before, and all she wanted was his life. He would tame her, break her, and clip her wings, turning her into his pet bird, trapped in his cage for the rest of her life. But he never expected his little bird to escape when he let his guard down. Even more unbelievable, when he crossed mountains and rivers to find her, she was holding a child and smiling as she called another man her husband. Content warnings: 1. Includes running away while pregnant, coercive pursuit, and a remorse-and-redemption arc. Classic melodrama. 2. The male lead is a virgin; the female lead is not. Not a typical dual-rebirth story. 3. Set in an alternate Sui-Tang era, with many original liberties. Coming soon: After Divorcing My Obsessive Minister Husband: When Jiang Zhiyi wrote her divorce letter, she thought back over her years with Shen Fu. Every step had been a mistake. She knew he loved her elder sister, but she married him anyway. She knew he was coldhearted, but she still threw herself at him like a moth to a flame. Over the years, because he didn't like it, she cut ties with old friends and barely even returned to her family home. Because he didn't like it, she drank bowl after bowl of herbal decoctions to prevent pregnancy. When she unexpectedly conceived, she cautiously tried to sound him out, only to hear him say: "Get rid of it." In that moment, all the love in Jiang Zhiyi's heart burned away. She threw out the handkerchief she'd kept for years and left without ever looking back. ◆ Shen Fu became a chancellor in his youth. As handsome as an immortal, he was nevertheless as cold as iron toward his own wife. He personally fed her the decoction that would end her pregnancy. When she left behind a divorce letter, he was calm and indifferent. But later, watching her laugh and talk happily with another man, he found it harder and harder to suppress the strange feelings in his heart. At last, unable to sleep through the night, he couldn't resist entering the room where she'd lived, lingering over the fragrance left in her bedding and pillows. The handkerchief she'd thrown away was an eyesore. It was the one he'd given to the girl he loved when he was young. In that moment, Shen Fu was overwhelmed with regret, and from then on fell into an endless hell. ◆ That day, a banquet was held in the imperial gardens. The exhausted, haggard young chancellor walked step by step toward the wife he'd divorced, in full view of everyone. She leaned against a painted screen, chatting softly with the handsome man beside her. Shen Fu stopped in front of her and called to her in a hoarse voice: "Zhiyi, come back." The surroundings fell silent. She glanced at him from the corner of her eye, her expression casual. "No." The author's completed novels: Golden House, Captive: A reborn gentleman who steals his wife x a gentle yet strong-willed beauty, serious drama The Sickly Sweetheart: A sickly, obsessive male lead pursues his love in a sweet romantic comedy How Can She Resist Her Alluring Beauty: A scheming beauty x a possessive male lead After Losing My Memory, I Saved the Sickly Tyrant: A healing beauty x a proud, charmingly unhinged tyrant Pampered in His Arms: A delicate beauty in a classic melodrama Winning Over Every Sickly Love Interest: Quick transmigration, a sweet and gentle beauty wins over obsessive male leads Pampering the White Lotus (Quick Transmigration): A scheming white lotus Theme: Love requires acceptance and honesty