The Marquis Is No Good

* A powerful man bows his head; a cold, abstinent man goes mad with love.

* A lovesick little bunny awakens and turns ruthless.

Ming Wei married Xiao Jibai, the man she had always longed for. Though he treated her coldly, she thought that was simply his nature.

She thought that, given enough time, she could warm his heart.

When her elder sister, Ming Li, was cast out by her husband's family, he took her into the marquis's residence. Even when his mother asked him to marry Ming Li as a secondary wife, he did not object.

Only then did she realize that Ming Li was the one in his heart. Everyone urged her to be magnanimous, and she endured it all.

Until

She and Ming Li both fell into the water. He abandoned her, though she was closer, and chose to save Ming Li, who was farther away.

As lake water flooded her lungs, she finally understood: a heart of stone could never be warmed.

When she awoke, she resolved to stop living only for Xiao Jibai. She would love herself.

She handed him a letter of separation.

But she never expected Xiao Jibai to kneel before her, eyes bloodshot. “Ming Wei, I can't live without you.”

*

Xiao Jibai, Marquis of Anping, was as handsome and elegant as a jade tree. He was the man every young woman in Mocheng wanted to marry.

To him, Ming Wei was nothing but a deceitful woman who had used shameful methods to marry him. She wasn't worth his attention.

It wasn't until Ming Wei was gone that he realized she had long since made her way into his heart.

Consumed by pain and regret, he missed her so much that he fell ill. In the tenth year after Ming Wei's death, he too closed his eyes.

When he opened them again, he was back at the drowning that had haunted him with regret. Ignoring his powerless body, he swam desperately toward Ming Wei and pulled her into his arms.

Xiao Jibai swore that in this life, he would cherish Ming Wei and grow old with her.

But when he turned around, Ming Wei handed him a letter of separation, her face cold and resolute.

Xiao Jibai, who had always been dignified and self-possessed, trembled so badly that he knocked over his teacup.

*

Xiao Jibai thought Ming Wei was just throwing a little tantrum and would come back to him once she had calmed down. After all, he knew she loved him to her very core.

Until

He heard that she was going to marry another man.

At that moment, Xiao Jibai was in such agony he felt his heart and liver torn apart!

--Reader Guide--

1. Set in an alternate Tang dynasty, very loosely based on it.

2. The male lead never takes a secondary wife, in either his past or present life.

3. The male lead has always loved the female lead, but doesn't realize it. He thinks he loves the female supporting character.

4. The female lead is not reborn. She only dreams of fragments of her past life.

5. The female lead is lovesick at first, then becomes ruthless. The male lead is cold at first, then regrets everything.

6. The female lead is beautiful but doesn't know it. Three men compete for her in a fierce love triangle.

---Completed Novels---

* Reborn and Divorced from the Crown Prince: Clearheaded beauty x scheming crown prince

* Spring Tent, Stolen Warmth: Forced marriage and pursuit after rejection

* The Obsessive Emperor's Pursuit: Easygoing empress x obsessive emperor

* The Great General's Chronicle of Winning His Wife Back: Sweet romance and an exceptional man

Theme: Being lovesick is no good