The Black-Hearted Ex-Husband Regrets It

[Complete] [Please add my upcoming stories "My Husband Loves Someone Else" and "A Young Wife's Daily Guide to Taming Her Husband" to your collection. Their synopses are below~] At sixteen, Zhu Yiyi married Meng Xun, the top provincial graduate of Huizhou Prefecture. She had never told anyone that she'd fallen for Meng Xun long ago. After they married, she followed him from Huizhou to the capital. While he worked tirelessly in the official world, she managed their household and took care of its daily affairs. In the eyes of the world, they were a perfect couple, blessed with both beauty and talent. Then Meng Xun was injured and lost his memory, and a beautiful woman appeared at his side. They admired the breeze and moon together, always in each other's company, while she, born into a lowly merchant family, could only watch from the sidelines as the unwanted third party. She told herself to be patient. Meng Xun had only lost his memory. Once he remembered, things would be just as they were before. But the leaves in the courtyard turned green and yellow again, spring passed into autumn, and Meng Xun remained cold and distant toward her. Only then did she understand that the kind, dignified Meng Xun who had once treasured her might never return. Or perhaps he had never existed at all. Zhu Yiyi didn't want to be the unwanted third party anymore. She asked for a divorce and returned to her hometown in Huizhou. * In Huizhou Prefecture, she no longer had to manage a household or take care of its affairs. She lived comfortably and freely. Later, she found herself a young husband who suited her perfectly. He was as handsome as the autumn moon, with a youthful air. She thought she could spend the rest of her life with him. But on the eve of their wedding, Meng Xun, who should have been enjoying high office and generous rewards in the capital, suddenly appeared. Elegant and refined, Meng Xun strode through the soldiers surrounding her. His smile was graceful, but the fingers hidden in his wide sleeves clenched until they turned blue. "Yiyi, you've got some nerve, marrying a remnant of the previous dynasty." * Meng Xun married the daughter of a merchant family to repay a debt of gratitude. Over the years they spent together, the warmth she gave him drew him in. He knew he wasn't the dignified gentleman Zhu Yiyi loved, but for her, he could pretend, hold himself back, and endure. Then an accident took his memories of Zhu Yiyi. His true nature showed through, and by the time his memories returned, she had left. Ever since he was fifteen, when wicked people killed both his parents, he had known he could only survive by being a man who stopped at nothing. But for Zhu Yiyi, he could pretend to be a gentleman. And to win her back, he could be despicable and deceitful too. He schemes to imprison her within the confines of a secluded estate, puts on the mask of a dignified gentleman once more, and patiently tells her, "Yiyi, love me again. Let's go back to how we were before, all right?" But Zhu Yiyi remains calm and unmoved. "Minister Meng, people change." *The male lead never loved anyone else. There's a reason for what happened. *The main tone is about making the male lead suffer. Don't read too much into the synopsis. *If you don't like it, don't read it. You're free to come and go. Synopsis for "My Husband Loves Someone Else" Tang Suqi came from a family of high-ranking officials. At seventeen, she married a celebrated new top scholar. She rose from an untitled commoner to the wife of a titled official and enjoyed unparalleled glory. Unfortunately, years of overwork made her ill, and by forty she was haggard and worn down. Looking back on her life, she had wronged no one, except Li Cheng'an, the childhood friend who had grown up with her. She owed him a great deal. All in all, she had no regrets. Even if she was about to die, her life should have been a happy one. But at the very end, she overheard Gu Zhichen speaking to their son. He said that for more than twenty years, he had never stopped thinking of Su Yun, the childhood friend he'd grown up with. He told their son, who was about to be sent to Suzhou as an education inspector, to take good care of Su Yun and her orphaned child, and to bring them back to the capital when he was reassigned. She shouldn't have heard those words. Perhaps Gu Zhichen thought she was close to death and didn't bother to hold back in front of her. In a daze, she recalled the night before her wedding, many years ago, when Li Cheng'an had climbed over the wall to see her. He had told her, "Gu Zhichen is a hypocrite, a contemptible man dressed up like a gentleman. He has a childhood sweetheart, and he married you only to exploit Lord Tang's influence. Don't be foolish and let that scoundrel deceive you!" Back then, Tang Suqi had assumed Li Cheng'an was simply bitter that she was marrying a celebrated top scholar and had said those things in anger. A hint of blood welled in her throat, and she died full of resentment in the twenty-third year of her marriage. When she awoke again, she heard the music and fanfare of a ceremonial procession. Her close friend from before marriage, Zhong Ning, stood beside her. Grabbing her shoulder, Zhong Ning excitedly pointed below. "Suqi, look! The top scholar is coming!" She had returned to the day she first met Gu Zhichen. This time, she didn't look at Gu Zhichen. She fixed her gaze on the spirited Li Cheng'an. Because he'd once told her: "Didn't you see? What a pity. I placed second in the imperial examinations, and I'm far more impressive than that top scholar." Since she'd been given another life, she had to make up for the regrets and resentment she'd carried from before. Theme: Always follow your heart, and respect and cherish yourself.