The Playboy's Guide to Winning His Wife

[Main story complete. Next up: The Scent of Green Plums] Shen Zhiyun is both talented and beautiful, but an accident leaves her with no choice but to marry He Lingzhao. He Lingzhao is handsome and noble-born, but also a notorious wastrel. Everyone feels sorry for Shen Zhiyun. After the wedding, He Lingzhao is hardly ever home, and he and Shen Zhiyun barely see each other. When people ask what he thinks of his new wife, He Lingzhao says without hesitation, “She's meek and quiet, stiff and dull.” But just a few days later, He Lingzhao and his friends accidentally wander into a women's banquet. Shen Zhiyun, the supposedly dull woman he described, is enjoying herself over drinks and lively conversation. Someone brings up He Lingzhao, and his refined, gentle wife immediately looks disgusted. “Why bring him up when everything was going so well? He'll only spoil the mood.” He Lingzhao: “!!!” He Lingzhao's pack of rowdy friends: “Oho~” When they first married, He Lingzhao had a poor impression of Shen Zhiyun, the wife he'd been forced to take. But little by little, he discovers that his wife is not only a brilliant writer, but also skilled at pitch-pot, sword dancing, and polo. The reason she's so quiet around him is that they have nothing to talk about. Watching Shen Zhiyun's eyes light up as she composes poetry with other people, He Lingzhao, who has always hated reading, enters his study of his own accord for the first time in his life and pulls out the book propping up the table leg. For more completed sweet romances, visit the author's page. Next up: The Scent of Green Plums. Blurb: Jiang Baoyi and Chen Siyu grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Before either understood love, their elders arranged their marriage. Afterward, they got along just as they always had, except that after every argument, they still had to share a bed that night. Four years into their marriage, after another fight, an angry Jiang Baoyi runs away from home and dies in an accident on the road. When she opens her eyes, Jiang Baoyi is back four years in the past. Their families are discussing her marriage to Chen Siyu. This time, Jiang Baoyi wants a different husband. She politely declines the match: “When I marry, I want to wed a man I love. I only think of Chen Siyu as an older brother.” That night, a gloomy young man climbs over the wall and confronts her. “Jiang Baoyi, what do you mean by that?” “We've disliked each other since childhood. If we married, we'd only become a miserable couple. Better to marry other people than torment each other.” The young man stares at Jiang Baoyi for a long while, then turns away with a cold laugh. Jiang Baoyi happily sets out to find a new husband. First she takes a fancy to a brilliant and handsome third-place scholar, then to a brave and mighty general, then to a witty young nobleman. But every match falls through without exception. Jiang Baoyi is both furious and incredulous. “In all of Shengjing, why can't I find one decent man worthy of entrusting my life to?!” “Because you have terrible taste,” Chen Siyu says darkly. Jiang Baoyi is so angry she cuts ties with Chen Siyu. Chen Siyu plans to ignore Jiang Baoyi for a few days and let her come to her senses. But the very next day, he hears that Jiang Baoyi has taken a fancy to the cousin of one of her closest friends. The cousin is exactly the kind of man she'd want for a husband, both in looks and temperament. Chen Siyu can't sit still for a second. He rushes over and finds Jiang Baoyi beaming at the cousin. His face turns black as a pot, but fortunately, a few days later, Jiang Baoyi accidentally hits her head and loses her memory. Chen Siyu decides his chance has finally come. Knowing Jiang Baoyi inside and out, he works hard to win her over while she's suffering from amnesia. At last, she agrees to marry him. Chen Siyu is overjoyed as he prepares for the wedding. But on the eve of their marriage, Jiang Baoyi suddenly regains her memory. Chen Siyu: “!!!” This is bad! Coming soon #2: The Prospective Son-in-Laws. Blurb: Shi Baolang, granddaughter of Yuzhou's richest man, is so obsessed with making money that she has no interest in marriage. Girls her age are already mothers, yet Shi Baolang is still unmarried, and her grandfather, Old Master Shi, is getting anxious. He gives her two choices: either he'll pick a husband for her, or she'll choose a live-in son-in-law herself. Shi Baolang chooses the latter. The crown prince, Han Xuanzhen, is breathtakingly handsome, proud, sharp-tongued, and bad-tempered. While secretly traveling south to investigate a case, Han Xuanzhen assumes the name Qian Xi and infiltrates the Shi household. He becomes one of the candidates to be Shi Baolang's live-in son-in-law. From then on, he leads a miserable double life, competing with the other candidates for Shi Baolang's favor by day and investigating the case by night. His hard work pays off, and after a period of grim perseverance, Han Xuanzhen finally obtains the evidence he needs. Han Xuanzhen promptly fakes his death and escapes, erasing this humiliating chapter from his life and returning to his former position as the supremely honored crown prince. After returning to the capital, the empress begins arranging a selection of crown princesses for him. But as Han Xuanzhen considers one candidate after another, he finds none of them as pleasing as Shi Baolang. Then it suddenly occurs to him that before faking his death and escaping, Shi Baolang had already decided to take him as her live-in son-in-law. After much hesitation, Han Xuanzhen decides to return to Yuzhou. The live-in son-in-law she'd chosen suddenly dies, and Shi Baolang is sad for several days before finding herself a new candidate. Just as she's happily preparing to marry her new live-in son-in-law, the man she'd chosen before suddenly comes back from the dead. He blocks her in her room, face dark. “Did you really think I was dead?” Theme: Turn over a new leaf and become a better person.