The Blind Husband (Women-Respecting Society)

★ More female-dominant and female Alpha/male Omega advance notices in my collection ★

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Mutual healing / the man has a secret crush on the woman / the male lead is the most beautiful character in the whole novel / male pregnancy

Li Wenruo is the second daughter of the Duke of Lu's household. She is privileged and refined.

To repay a debt of gratitude owed to her grandmother's generation, she has no choice but to marry a husband of humble birth who is also blind.

At first, she doesn't have any particular feelings about it. She figures she can just marry him, keep him at home, and provide for him.

But after they marry, whenever thunder rumbles on a rainy night, her frail, beautiful husband feels his way through the dark and stumbles over to find her. His tearful voice lingers by her ear, tugging at her heart.

One day, her young husband wakes up and can't feel anyone beside him. He curls up in fear and calls out in a trembling voice, "Wife, where are you? I can't reach you."

Hearing him from outside the room, she rushes in and gathers him into her arms. "I'm here."

It takes a long time and many gentle words to calm him down.

She was only gone for a moment, and he already noticed she was gone. What a... clingy little thing.

Xie Yan is an inconspicuous son of a seventh-rank official. An accident in his childhood left him blind, and he grew increasingly taciturn and insecure.

At the Lantern Festival that year, his older half-brother deliberately abandoned him. Unable to see, Xie Yan was nearly knocked over by the surging crowd. Panicked, he stumbled into a warm embrace.

A faint, clean medicinal scent reached his nose.

He thought he would be scolded, but instead, a clear, pleasant female voice said, "Careful."

Before he could react, he heard her friend call out, "Li Wenruo, come over here!"

But she didn't hurry over. First, she made sure he was settled and had her personal guard escort him home.

Her friend ran out of patience and came over, teasing her. "Li Wenruo, since when did you become so considerate? I thought you never paid attention to those young men who tried to win your favor."

Xie Yan's face turned red instantly.

After that, he kept the name Li Wenruo in his heart, and often imagined what she looked like.

Only later did Xie Yan learn that Li Wenruo was the second daughter of the Duke of Lu's household, far above his station.

Later, when the Duke of Lu's household came to propose marriage, he heard the second young lady had come in person. His older half-brother mocked him for having delusions of grandeur, saying that someone of his status would surely be tormented to death after marrying into that family.

But he didn't care what anyone else thought.

As it turned out, Li Wenruo was the right person for him.

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★ Alternate setting with plenty of original worldbuilding. Please don't read if you're looking for historical accuracy.

★ I want male pregnancy and male moms. If you like stories with female pregnancy, please just move along, okay?

Advance notice: The Spoiled Male Lead Runs Away While Pregnant (Female-Dominant)

Female spoils male / the male lead is a genuinely spoiled darling / male pregnancy / pregnancy-runaway story

Xue Baodai fell in love with Li Zhen at first sight.

He was born to the Duke of An's household. His mother was a first-rank duke, and his father was the Grand Physician's adopted son. His family was the most powerful in the capital, while the Li family was merely a household of fifth-rank officials. Even though Li Zhen didn't like him, he still used his family's influence to marry her, just as he wanted.

He knew this marriage had been forced upon her. So even though Li Zhen always bullied him after they married, he still did his best to honor his elders, manage the household, and serve his wife, hoping she would come to love him one day.

But one day, he accidentally learned that Li Zhen once had a childhood sweetheart she loved.

In just three years, Li Zhen rose to become the emperor's trusted aide, and the Li family's fortunes soared. Meanwhile, the Duke of An's household gradually declined and lost its former glory. Just then, Xue Baodai received word that Li Zhen's childhood sweetheart, who had gone away, was returning.

He knew he had taken someone else's place and that his wife didn't love him. After Li Zhen bullied him badly once again, he finally made up his mind to let her go and divorce her.

Back when Xue Baodai wanted to marry into the Li family, he pressured his mother and forced Li Zhen to go along with it. Li Zhen had resisted the marriage, and even after marrying him, she refused to touch him, treating him like a wife in name only. But on their wedding night, she lifted his red veil without much gentleness, then changed her mind when she saw his bright, sparkling eyes.

So be it. Since he was married to her, she would treat him well. It was just that Xue Baodai was more delicate than any young nobleman she had ever met. A tiny bump made his eyes turn red, and one extra kiss made him cry. Every time, she had to coax him for ages.

Even her friends teased her. "Your husband needs silver charcoal in winter and a gold-thread quilt in summer. He's so spoiled. Have you adopted a little ancestor? Can you even afford to keep him?"

She took a sip of tea and answered calmly, "It's nice that he's spoiled."

Later, she rose to first-rank office and was busy with government work. Her younger cousin also returned to the capital and asked her to arrange his wedding. But after only two days of not having dinner together, Xue Baodai threw a tantrum and demanded a divorce. In the end, he even left a divorce agreement and ran away.

Xue Baodai ran away with little money. He couldn't even buy the pastries he liked. When Li Zhen found him, he had lost a lot of weight, but his belly had grown round. Li Zhen felt both worried and angry. Gripping his wrist, she asked in a low voice:

"Why do you want a divorce? Why did you run away while pregnant?"

Xue Baodai thought Li Zhen had become even fiercer than before, and said miserably, "I'm not the one you love..."

Li Zhen was almost laughing with anger. If she didn't love him, why had she indulged him at every turn and held herself back out of consideration for his youth?

Here are some more of my female-dominant advance notices. If you're interested, you can click through to my collection and save them:

After the Beautiful, Weak, and Tragic Substitute Bride: A silly beauty is forced into a substitute marriage, only to discover that her disabled wife is the one who saved her.

Bewitching the Emperor: The emperor's husband always thinks he's a substitute and keeps refusing to share her bed, when in fact the female lead only loves him.

The Young Male Imperial Physician: The male lead once abandoned the female lead. After she becomes regent, she takes him by force.

Raising Eyebrows Together: Probably a sweet childhood-friends story about growing up together.

Theme: There will be a time to ride the wind and break the waves, and set sail across the vast sea.