[Married First, Love Later] [Male Lead Strategically Falls for Her]
As an assassin who has spent her whole life living by the blade, Jiang Yao's biggest dream is to be a couch potato.
So when she transmigrates into the body of the despised young concubine of the capital's most notorious playboy young general, she isn't all that upset.
Room and board covered, no performance targets, little competition. Honestly, it's pretty great.
One day, Jiang Yao learns that someone intends to take the young general's head. She immediately bristles, grabs her knife, and rushes out:
You dare threaten my iron rice bowl?
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Xue Cheng'an doesn't know much about the concubine in his household.
He only remembers that she looks refined and speaks gently, and that she's neither warm nor cold toward him.
Xue Cheng'an: Has my charm waned?
Then one day, he discovers that the mysterious person who has saved him from danger several times has the exact same face as the concubine in his home.
Xue Cheng'an: She loves me so much.
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Xue Cheng'an: You like me. You're playing hard to get so you can get closer to me.
Jiang Yao: ?
Xue Cheng'an: Fine. I'll ask His Majesty to promote you to primary wife tomorrow.
Jiang Yao: No need. An iron rice bowl is an iron rice bowl, no matter its size.
Xue Cheng'an: ?
Everyone says the concubine in the general's household is fierce and knows no respect for her betters, and that she's only made it this far thanks to the young general's protection.
Only Xue Cheng'an knows that the truth is quite the opposite.
Without Jiang Yao, he wouldn't survive.
A story about an assassin with maxed-out combat skills disguised as an ordinary young general's concubine.
[Reading Guide]:
1. This is a fictional setting, so please don't overthink it.
2. It's been a long time since I wrote, so expect some old tropes, like drugging and women disguising themselves as men.
3. I'm terrible at writing blurbs. It's really just a heartwarming, fluffy story about a male lead who falls for her all by himself.
Theme: Adapt to your surroundings and live happily
