I Raised My Archenemy into a Male Lover

Coming soon: Chao Chao

Lu Jingzhen, the current Grand Secretary, spent his whole life trying to convict Shen Muhe, Marquis of Yubei, of treason.

On the day the Marquis of Yubei was to be executed, Grand Secretary Lu, who had been determined to see him dead, suddenly seemed to lose his mind. The delicate scholar, so weak he couldn't hurt a fly, trembled as he raised a knife and tried to storm the execution ground.

It turned out the person who died back then was Shen Muhe. The current Marquis of Yubei was his beloved, Shen Jiahe!

He returned to the beginning of the tragedy, just as Shen Jiahe came back to the capital to report on her duties.

Knowing someone would poison her, he waited along the route where she was to be ambushed and did everything he could to draw the poison out of her.

He never expected the woman to turn around, tug open his clothes, and press her soft lips against his.

Lu Jingzhen: ???

Damn it, what kind of poison is this?!

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Afterward.

Shen Jiahe: "Don't worry. Since things have come to this, I'll take responsibility for you. It's just that my household is in a difficult situation, so I can't bring you home. How about I find you a place to stay for now?"

Lu Jingzhen: "..."

Had he just become her kept man?

-

Shen Jiahe thought her little scholar was handsome and wonderful in every way. When she retired from military service one day, she would marry him openly and honorably.

Later, she pulled the mask right off the scholar's face.

Beneath it was the face of her sworn enemy, the man who criticized and cursed her at court every day.

Shen Jiahe: "..."

Grand Secretary Lu walked up to her in front of everyone. "General, don't forget to send the betrothal gifts. I've kept the marriage contract safe."

Shen Jiahe: "!!"

The ministers: "???"

An alternate world, very alternate indeed / both leads' first time / neither lead is perfect / mismatched genres / light bickering

(The first two chapters cover the male lead regaining memories of his past life, so they spend more time in his perspective. Overall, the story is mainly told from the heroine's perspective.)

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Coming soon: Chao Chao

Shen Chaochao is the finest and most popular tailor in Pingyang City.

One day, the newly arrived county magistrate summons her to take his measurements.

She has heard that the official is a top scholar who was demoted here after offending someone. In just three days, he's already yelled at and beaten everyone in the county yamen.

Shen Chaochao nervously follows a bailiff through the hall, afraid to raise her head in case she gets dragged off for a beating.

Before she can even kneel, the man on the dais says, "Master Shen, you must be tired from the journey. Someone, bring her a chair and tea."

She looks up in surprise.

The man is nothing like the fiendishly cruel official in the rumors. He's clearly a refined, handsome young man.

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In his previous life, Pei Shu was framed and thrown into prison, abandoned by everyone.

On the day of his execution, no one came to see him off. All he heard were curses.

Only the little tailor came, holding the burial robe she'd sewn for him by hand, saying she'd come to see him off.

-

"Master Shen, didn't you come to take my measurements?"

"M-Milord, this outer robe is so loose, I'm afraid I won't get the measurements right."

"Mm." He opened his long arms. "Then take it off."

The little tailor blushed. "Well... all right."

-

The hem of her robe was embroidered with the signature rose of Chaoyun Fragrance, and she seemed to carry the scent of roses herself.

He closed his eyes and breathed it in. It smelled so sweet.

A sunny heroine who lives life to the fullest x A hero who dotes on his little sun

Recommending a friend's upcoming novel:

The Runaway Bride of the Seventies, ID: 7498530

Lin Anran, a pampered young lady who never lifts a finger around the house, accidentally rolls down a mountain while visiting her ancestors' graves. When she wakes up, she discovers she's become a runaway bride in the 1970s. Even more astonishing, the groom doesn't want to marry her. She's the only one who ever wanted the match.

Later, Lin Anran learns she's become the lovesick supporting female character in a period novel. Though she's the village chief's most pampered daughter, she falls for the male lead, an educated youth sent to the countryside. Forced to marry the second male lead, she still won't behave. In the end, after discovering the leads' secret, she's sold into the mountains and lives a miserable life.

The male lead has a childhood sweetheart from a prominent family, spoiled and overbearing. He wants the heroine's family's support but doesn't want her, so he carries on a secret affair with the female lead and schemes against the heroine, securing a lifetime of fame and fortune.

Lin Anran doesn't hold back. She slaps him. "You're in love with Educated Youth Bai, but you kept stringing me along and playing me? What a jerk!"

Everyone: "???"

The leads panic. "We didn't!"

Lin Anran turns and walks away: I won't listen, I won't listen. The tortoise is chanting sutras.

Feng Ting, the groom who nearly got cheated on, remains expressionless. It doesn't matter. This was only a marriage of convenience anyway.

Not long after the wedding, Lin Anran accidentally looks at the male lead for a second too long. That night, Feng Ting corners her, his eyes red. "Tell me, are you still thinking about him? What am I to you?!"

To give his wife a good life, Feng Ting has to rack his brains to make more money. In the end, he leads the village to prosperity and becomes the richest man in the country.

Lin Anran is gorgeous all the way through, and her life just keeps getting better.

PS: A slice-of-life story, with marriage first and love later.

Theme: The long night is nearly over, dawn is quietly approaching. May the world be at peace, a gift for my beloved.