Republican-Era: He Really Is in Poor Health

Lu Xiujin studied the Four Books and Five Classics from a young age, learning the way of the gentleman. Every day, he wore a long robe and carried a folding fan. He had always thought there was nothing wrong with obeying his parents and marrying a woman from a family of equal standing. Li Zhen was a noisy girl with none of the manner of a proper young lady. She was always teasing cats and dogs and bullying children! Most of all, she bullied Lu Xiujin. She loved watching him get flustered and angry, coughing until he could barely catch his breath.

The first time Li Zhen saw Lu Xiujin, she thought he was dull. He was quite a handsome boy, but spent every day looking like an old man, his face stiff and expressionless. She loved teasing children, watching them get flustered and angry, watching the corners of their eyes turn red as they coughed. Even when he was furious, all he could do was point a delicate finger at her, trembling, and say, "You're being ridiculous. You're so frivolous!" And yet he could never do a thing about her.

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Li Zhen liked wearing cheongsams, while Lu Xiujin liked long robes and mandarin jackets. When silk stockings were finally made overseas, Li Zhen would put on a cheongsam, stockings, and high heels, then click-clack around the house.

Professor Lu, in his long robe and mandarin jacket: "Frivolous! Absurd! What kind of behavior is this?"

Professor Li, in her cheongsam and heels: "Old-fashioned! Boring! I do what I want!"

Professor Lu, the most even-tempered professor at Yenching University, was about to be driven to his grave by his wife!

Author's note:

1. The male lead really is in poor health. A beautiful man in poor health. The cutest thing ever!

2. This is an alternate-history setting loosely based on the Republican era. The story will be going VIP next Monday, September 6. There will be three updates a day then! Thank you all for your support. I'll keep working hard!

Coming soon: My new novel

Zhou Zhou is a hardcore shut-in with social anxiety. If she can avoid going out, she absolutely will. In this internet age, if something can be handled online, there's no reason to deal with it in real life.

As a shut-in comic artist, she can get by on the rent from her family's two apartments. Her greatest pleasures are reading novels, reading comics, following anime, and watching handsome guys dance.

Then the dance blogger she had been following moved in next door to Zhou Zhou.

One late night, as a severe social-anxiety sufferer, she opened the door to throw out the trash. She was wearing a full-body dinosaur onesie, with two tufts of hair sticking up from a quick, messy tie. And then she locked eyes with the handsome man across the hall, dressed in a suit and wearing a mask.

Shock!

What was she supposed to do? Could someone tell her why the woman she called her wife online had really moved in next door?

My wife looks good in everything, sob. That suit-wearing, restrained type is the best QAQ

Shen Mian raised an eyebrow as he watched the girl across from him set a new record for blushing in real time. In one second, the red spread from her face to her neck. Impressive.

Zhou Zhou forced the corners of her mouth up into a polite social smile. "Hehe... Hello. Goodbye."

[Closing the door is the last bit of stubbornness I have as someone with social anxiety.]

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Late-night forum

Pidan Shourou Zhou Is the Best: Shock! The online wife I've been following moved in next door!!

The Initials Sound a Bit Grown-Up: Shock! The girl I had a crush on back then is now the comic artist I love! And she lives next door!

As teenagers, the male lead had a one-sided crush on her.

As adults, the female lead calls him her wife online.

1. The leads are each other's first and only partners.

2. The male lead is a corporate drone. Dancing is his hobby and his way of keeping fit.

3. I will always love black suits and uniforms! Black suits and leather shoes are the best!

Theme: Love your country and love others.