Jade Pearl

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[There’s no drama to be found here. I closed the comments purely because I don’t like seeing people fight all over the comment section, or even drag the author into arguments over the plot. I’d like to reopen them now, but Jinjiang doesn’t allow comments to be reopened once they’ve been closed... What can you do?]

The year Yuzhu first entered the Zhou household, she was fourteen, with her family destroyed and no one to rely on.

Out of regard for a little bond between their ancestors, the Zhou family raised her as a distant cousin.

But one day after her coming-of-age ceremony, she was set up and discovered sharing a bed with the Zhou family's eldest legitimate son.

They had no choice but to marry.

After they wed, everyone believed she was a woman who’d stop at nothing to climb the social ladder, including her husband.

She endured cold looks and scorn from the whole Zhou family. No one spoke up for her. No one listened to her side of the story.

Day after day, she shut herself away in that little courtyard, until one day someone showed her the world beyond it, and the freedom she might find elsewhere.

At last, she began to think about leaving.

The Zhou family didn’t welcome her, and she no longer wanted to stay.

The moment she set out on the road south, she finally felt free.

Her husband returned home after three months away, only to learn she had left and disappeared. For once, he panicked for her, his eyes turning red.

#Marriage first, love later

#A scumbag husband’s hellish journey to win his wife back

#Fragile but strong heroine x aloof, self-righteous false gentleman hero

#One-on-one, happy ending

Content warnings:

1. Neither lead is perfect. The male lead is a false gentleman, a complete hypocrite. The heroine is a native of a feudal ancient society, and her sense of freedom awakens gradually. She is resilient and never gives up hope of living.

2. Everyone who bullies the heroine will eventually get what they deserve.

3. There is a second male lead, who appears well into the story.

Theme: Break out of the confines and find another world