After Being Dumped, I Married a Monk

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--Blurb--

Qin Yi was betrothed to Zhou Zizhuo when she was young, but even after they married, she never managed to win his heart.

She knew perfectly well that he had someone else hidden in his heart.

On their wedding night, Zhou Zizhuo left her alone in the bridal chamber and never set foot in her room again.

Even so, she accepted it.

She put aside all her pride and did everything she could to please him. In the end, she finally earned a sliver of his affection.

Until the return of his white moonlight turned all her efforts into a joke.

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In Zhou Zizhuo's eyes, Qin Yi was a good wife.

She was beautiful and gentle, and everyone said he was lucky to have married such a wonderful woman.

But he could never forget the spirited, lively woman in his heart. He often thought that without Qin Yi, he might already have spent his life with her.

Only when Qin Yi died in a fire did he realize, as if gone mad, that he couldn't live without her.

Longing pierced his bones, but his beloved was gone forever.

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Rumors spread through the capital that a woman resembling Qin Yi had arrived from Northern Yue. But this woman was radiant and passionate, nothing like the gentle Qin Yi who had died.

After endless twists and turns, Zhou Zizhuo finally saw the face that had appeared in his dreams thousands of times. But another man now stood by her side: the most revered flower on the heights of the Jing'an Dynasty.

Jealousy consumed him. He desperately wanted to reclaim everything that had once been his, but to her dying day, Qin Yi never spared him another thought.

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He had once been a pure lotus before the Buddha, spending his days amid the morning bells and evening drums, beneath an oil lamp and among Buddhist scriptures, saving all living beings.

Until that withered plum blossom fell into the mud, and at last he gave in to worldly desire and broke his vows.

"There is no difficulty in chanting the Buddha's name. The difficulty lies in single-mindedness. And single-mindedness is no difficulty either: the hard part is severing the root of love."

He was willing to experience every human passion for her and return to the cycle of reincarnation across the Three Realms. Even if he ultimately fell into the Avici Hell, he would protect her at all costs.

--Guan Nan

Reader's guide

* The heroine is delicate and sweet at first, then grows cool and striking. She goes through character development, so proceed with caution if that's not your thing.

* The first male lead is reduced to dust; the second male lead takes his place.

* The second male lead is a holy monk and Buddhist prodigy, but later gives up the monastic life for the heroine.

* 1v1, both virgins (this setup is supported by the plot and wasn't forced in by the author. Thank you for understanding.)

* The story is entirely fictional, so please don't look for historical accuracy.

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In her previous life, Ming Shu's family was destroyed, and she was forced to become a government courtesan and sent to the home of Lu Yanqing, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

Once a pampered young lady, she humbled herself and endured every indignity, hoping to earn a little of his protection. But he was cruel and heartless by nature, and left her to languish and fend for herself.

Then, one night, after drinking too much, they spent the night together. Lu Yanqing's passions were stirred by her, and from then on, there was no turning back.

But it wasn't until she died that he realized she had always loved another man.

From then on, she became the cinnabar mole in his heart that he could never erase.

Given another chance at life, he did everything he could to have her, resorting to any means necessary to keep her by his side.

She admired men who were upright and noble, so he tried to put down his blade and become a good man.

But in the end, she still ran away and chose a new husband for herself.

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On the day Ming Shu was to be married, heavily armed soldiers surrounded the bridal chamber.

The man who had been hiding for so long strode toward her, wrapped in a murderous aura, hatred surging in his eyes.

He gripped her wrist so tightly he wished he could crush her, but when he met her bright, shining eyes, the words that came out were, "What exactly is wrong with me? Tell me."

Only then did he understand that he was the only one between them who had been tamed.

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