Marriage Before Love with a Wounded Black Panther Marshal

He opened his eyes and found himself back in his first life, after returning from the apocalypse yet again. Expressionless, Xia You crushed the stemmed glass in his hand. At the marshal's matchmaking banquet, his green-tea younger brother was holding his hand, earnestly helping him elope. It took Xia You a good ten seconds to dredge up the memory: in his first life, he'd been a lovesick fool who didn't even realize he was being manipulated. Xia You: I'm tired. I've had enough. Let it all burn. After tying the green tea and the scumbag top together so they could enjoy their bond, Xia You started thinking about what to do with his own life. In the Empire, healing-type mental power was incredibly rare. Upon reaching adulthood, people underwent mental-power matching and gradually went on dates with highly compatible candidates. After an unexpected match with a 100 percent compatibility rate, Xia You ended up married to the Empire's marshal. His spouse was perfect in every way: gentle, steady, and tolerant, with a fortune to his name. He also fell into a deep sleep every so often, and Xia You would inherit a sleek, glossy black panther one day. It was the perfect home for a couch potato. Xia You after the wedding: Okay, I get the appeal.jpg He just couldn't figure out why his precious black panther seemed a little too considerate. Even when he sprawled on the couch like a lazy fish and wanted a drink, the agile panther would silently bring one over in its mouth, then lie down beside him with a show of nonchalance. Wait, so this is what a high-IQ beast from the interstellar era is like? I'm in love! Everyone knew that the Empire's marshal, Lu Yinghuai, and his elite forces were the Empire's sharpest blade. His mental power was so formidable that the marshal suffered from chronic mental-power instability and rarely appeared in public. Few knew that every member of his elite forces was destined to end up in permanent physical hibernation, their consciousness attached to their mental forms until they eventually lost all awareness of being human. It was an affliction that even healing-type mental power couldn't cure. One day, Lu Yinghuai suddenly woke from the haze clouding his mind and realized someone was holding him in their arms, kissing him from the tips of his ears to the pads of his paws. That wasn't all. Lu Yinghuai also recognized the young man who claimed to be his spouse. He was the little hooligan who had looked at him... that way back then. A few things to know (please, please read): ★ Cheerful, straightforward couch-potato bottom x older, battle-scarred marshal top. Interstellar setting where men can marry men. No children. Both leads are each other's first. ★ The protagonist is a sweetheart, and all kinds of big cats, big dogs, and other fierce beasts appear. This is self-indulgent, feel-good redemption fiction, with no literary depth, no interstellar wars, no power struggles, no face-slapping. It's pure lovesick romance, a sweet marriage-first, love-later story. ★ Reading and writing are a two-way choice. If it's not for you, stop reading in time. Comments that come in hot and heavy will all get bounced right back~ ★ I often revise my work and have made major changes. I'm not responsible for versions on pirated sites. If you read a pirated version and come here to complain, your comments will get bounced right back~ ★ The apocalypse setting is closely tied to the main plot. I won't respond to unsolicited “advice” based on reading only the free chapters. Believe whatever you like. Please check out my upcoming cat story, Me, a Tabby Cat, Comforting a Siberian Tiger? Find it in the author's profile~ Jiang Ye was reborn as a tabby cat. He had no owner and came and went as he pleased. His territory stretched as far as the eye could see, and he woke each day on a three-and-a-half-meter stone bed. He was a tattooed, gangster-style tabby with a whole gang of underlings. Jiang Ye kept himself sleek and glossy, with a body packed with muscle. When he strutted through the streets, he was every bit as imposing as he looked. As a clever cat with a plan, Jiang Ye sensibly assigned a different windowsill to each of his seven days' worth of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When he got peckish, he also took jobs helping people find their pet cats, earning himself a little snack in the process. His territory was vast, but Jiang Ye especially liked making the rounds by the zoo. Not for any other reason: the meat there was delicious. Then one day, the zoo director tried to bribe Jiang Ye into taking a part-time job. Panda-grade milk in a bowl and fresh-meat salad: both were things Jiang Ye had tried once and couldn't stop thinking about. But Jiang Ye looked at the fierce Siberian tiger in the enclosure, and his confidently raised tail slowly drooped. It's not that big brother was scared. As if! A tattooed big brother wasn't afraid of even a honey badger! But, well... Jiang Ye looked at his reflection in the glass. Comfort a Siberian tiger? Him? Jiang Ye tried to refuse. But the zoo was offering way too much. Unable to resist, Jiang Ye steeled himself, held his head high, puffed out his chest, and stepped into the tiger enclosure. The Siberian tiger, restrained by a specially made chain and muzzle, stared at the tabby cat before him. Blood still dripped from the wounds on his body. The little one standing before him, not yet grown and radiating the scent of mental power, cautiously stepped closer, opened his mouth, and said “Be good, okay? Big brother's got you!” A few things to know: ★ Synopsis to be updated~ Interstellar future setting. Both leads will eventually become human. Synopsis dated June 27, 2025. 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