I Picked Up a Handsome Young Scholar

1. When Yang Zhiyu was six, her parents died in battle. Her uncles raised her while also dividing up her inheritance among themselves. Once she came of age, they couldn't wait to find her a husband, marrying her off to Song Chi, the current Minister of Revenue.

The minister was a gentleman, refined as an orchid. Young as he was, he already held a high position and enjoyed the emperor's favor.

Once Yang Zhiyu married into the Song family, it would become another target for her uncles to bleed dry. So, on the eve of her wedding, she set fire to her chambers and faked her death.

On the road as she fled the marriage, she met a beautiful scholar who was frail and being hunted by his family. She decided to escort him on his journey. Later, she discovered that he had many capable people under his command, and even the most fearsome martial artists gave him a wide berth. Pretending not to notice, she deliberately let herself get hit during a fight, and, just as expected, he was sent flying.

The scholar grasped her hand, his face pale. "Don't stay so far away from me. I'm scared!"

2. Song Chi had already "gotten" three fiancées killed. When he received word that his next fiancée had died, he felt nothing and quickly threw himself into his work. He never expected to run into that supposedly "tragically deceased" fiancée along the way.

Not only had she faked her death and run away from the wedding, she had also made off with the generous betrothal gifts he'd given her.

Song Chi, the sucker, furrowed his brow and decided he would get his property back no matter what.

So he pretended to be poor, weak, and pitiful. At last, he got everything back as he wished, only to realize he had already fallen deep into the act.

Coming next: The Real Heiress Reclaims Her Identity

Zhen Zhu, a headstrong girl raised in the countryside, suddenly learned she was actually Shen Zhiyi, the real daughter of the Marquis of Zhenyuan's household in the capital.

The good news: She could marry her "older brother."

The bad news: She was already engaged.

Zhen Zhu: I'll just be patient until my brother enters government service.

His fiancée had gone from the capital's most talented beauty to a country girl. Xu Fengmian said, "Fine by me. She'll be easy to support."

In public, Shen Zhiyi was poised and demure, no different from the other young noblewomen in the capital.

In private, Xu Fengmian saw with his own eyes as she pinned someone who had bullied her to the ground and gave them a sound beating.

"Good. She's feisty enough to keep the household in line."

Later, with no hope of marrying her brother, Shen Zhiyi chose to honor her engagement.

Shen Zhiyi had few demands for her future husband. As long as he could support her, that was enough. Xu Fengmian was the youngest of the officials entrusted with assisting the young emperor after the previous emperor's death. His prospects were limitless, and supporting her wouldn't be a problem.

But with the wedding approaching, she heard that Xu Fengmian was a smiling tiger, gentle and refined on the surface but ruthless and difficult to get along with in private.

Shen Zhiyi: "Is it too late to change my mind?"

After the wedding, Shen Zhiyi restrained her personality and played the harmless mascot in the Xu household. Xu Fengmian was very pleased.

Until one day, he heard that Shen Zhiyi had someone else in her heart.

He couldn't sleep.

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