The Substitute Mute Wife

The woman he loved became the confidante of his fallen comrade.

To fill the emptiness in his heart, Xue Lin married Su Chanyan, the mute daughter of the Su family.

Her gentle features resembled those of his unattainable first love, and he searched her face for a trace of the past to hold on to.

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After marrying into the general's household, Su Chanyan gave up practicing medicine and devoted herself to being a good wife, hoping to repay her husband's life-saving kindness.

But Xue Lin was always hot and cold toward her, treating her with indifference.

Not knowing why, she kept telling herself she was just overthinking things.

Until one day

Su Chanyan accidentally saw her husband bring her long-lost half-sister back to the residence, caring for her with the utmost tenderness.

Only then did she understand: the person he loved was her younger sister.

In that instant, her devoted heart broke in silence.

She stood outside the door, holding back her tears, and quietly turned away.

Then, almost without thinking, she tore up the note in her hand. It held the news that she was pregnant.

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After the little mute left, the truth became clear.

The gentle, sweet smile and the admiration that had never left her eyes... all of it vanished from his life.

Xue Lin was consumed with regret. Unwilling to give up, he searched for her, but all his efforts came to nothing.

Several years later.

On the banks of the Xunyang River, the setting sun was like blood, and the autumn wind howled.

Maple leaves and reed flowers drifted down. Xue Lin led his horse along the long street, lonely and despondent, when a small child suddenly tumbled into his arms.

When their eyes met, the sight stirred an even deeper obsession in his heart.

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New pre-release: My Wife's Heart Is Like Jade

Blurb: Ye Zhiyun, daughter of a famous incense-making family in Jiangnan, is graceful, clever, and virtuous.

She is a beauty adored by countless talented young men.

After an arranged childhood engagement meant to bring good fortune to a sickly groom, she marries the mighty Marquis Zhiyao.

Wen Ting, the only marquis in the court without a hereditary title, is handsome and capable, iron-willed, and enormously powerful.

The two marry and make a perfect match, a truly handsome couple.

Soon after the wedding, they have a little heir, lively and adorable, with an exceptional wit.

Their six years of marital bliss make everyone envious.

Until word spreads throughout the capital that the marquis is divorcing his wife.

Everyone is stunned and cannot believe it.

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After driving that discarded wife away, Wen Ting believes he has put an end to everything between himself and Ye Zhiyun.

That includes the cuckold's hat she had supposedly put on his head for years, starting on their wedding night. He thinks he's finally rid of it.

He had planned to let bygones be bygones and go their separate ways.

But then he sees Ye Zhiyun open an incense shop in the capital with that child in tow.

When she looks at another man, a regular customer, with tender eyes and a bright, smiling face,

an inexplicable anger flares in his heart.

So Wen Ting can't bear to let her live in harmony with that adulterer. He refuses to sign the divorce papers, and step by step, coerces her into becoming his mistress.

Helpless, Ye Zhiyun secretly takes her child back to Jiangnan, then vanishes without a trace.

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Later, Wen Ting accidentally learns the truth and discovers that he was the one who took her innocence all those years ago.

His heart seizes, and he nearly faints.

Before their divorce, Ye Zhiyun endured six years of torment at the marquis's residence out of guilt, without uttering a single complaint.

Only after the divorce does he learn that all the grievances and heartache she suffered in the first half of her life were caused by him.

Consumed by regret, Wen Ting heads south to pursue his wife.

After countless hardships, he finally sees his wife and child together again.

He rushes forward excitedly, only to see

Under the moonlight in Gusu, his ex-wife leans in another man's arms, gazing tenderly at the rosy clouds.

The son he once dismissed as a bastard now nestles at their feet, earnestly calling another man Dad.

Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations, and you will reach the end