My Husband Is a Master at Pretending to Be Blind

He pretends to be blind, and I pretend to love him. Whether I love him or not, he knows. The reason he puts up with all this is...

Because he loves me to pieces. (The story is told in third person.)

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At the lantern festival in Jinxiu Corridor that year, Yu Qingyuan was set up by her family's pampered youngest daughter.

In front of everyone, she ended up confessing her feelings to the eldest young master of the Xue clan, a man of untouchable status.

At the time, the lanterns glowed with color, casting their light upon Yu Qingyuan's radiant, lovely face.

Remembering the frivolous words she had said earlier, Xue Xiujun's eyelashes stirred, then he knitted his brows slightly.

Yu Qingyuan had long forgotten how he had "politely rejected" her feelings.

She only remembered that shortly after he walked away, the young men and women around her had burst out laughing, mocking her for being delusional. They had even sneered at the painful truth of her family background.

Worse still, she had angered one of Xue Xiujun's admirers, Princess Long'an. She secretly ordered someone to push Yu Qingyuan into an icy lake. If no one had rescued her, Yu Qingyuan would likely have died there.

After that, two things became absolutely necessary to Yu Qingyuan.

First, she would clear her name and take revenge on Long'an and the others for their insults.

Second, she would marry well. She was determined to show everyone how she could rise from the mud.

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Her younger sister knelt before their parents, covering her face as she cried that she didn't want to marry a blind man.

She was the family's darling and always got whatever she wanted.

When she said she wouldn't marry him, that was the end of it.

So the marriage fell to Yu Qingyuan.

When Yu Qingyuan saw her blind fiance, she couldn't help thinking that fate was truly just.

Compared to the noble, handsome and talented young man he'd been in the past, Xue Xiujun now moved cautiously at every turn, his blindness giving him a familiar air of meekness and vulnerability.

Now, Xue Xiujun had to rely on his ears for everything.

And all he heard was Yu Qingyuan's laughter, her soft words, and her clingy, tender declarations of love for him, repeated again and again.

Finally, one day, he realized the woman beside him didn't truly love him.

But it was too late. By then, he was willing to be deceived.

"If she can think of me in her spare time, even for an instant, then even if every single word she says is meant to deceive and mislead me, I'll accept it."

Upcoming novel: Cousin Biaochun

[Lovely beauty x aloof paragon]

Fuchun had been promised to the third son of the Xie family since childhood, but an accident let her discover the secret affair between Xie San and her youngest sister.

Outside the carriage, Xie San was full of concern, asking whether her younger sister was hurt.

Inside the carriage, Fuchun wept bitterly, wounded by her faithless lover. Xie Yunzhan silently drew her into his arms.

Though he knew she was calling for someone else, Xie Yunzhan still answered softly, "Your cousin is here."

*

Fuchun had known for a long time that her fiance was involved with her younger sister.

She resented it, but out of consideration for the relationship between their families, she couldn't call off the engagement.

Then she happened to notice the look in the eyes of the Xie family's jade-like eldest son, a gaze that seemed far from proper, and she began to form a plan.

After using Xie Yunzhan to achieve her aim, she intended to return home and marry her childhood sweetheart.

But the carriage stopped before it reached the city. Fuchun lifted the curtain and saw a figure standing beneath the dark, rainy sky. Her heart gave a start.

Xie Yunzhan approached with an umbrella, his gaze dark as he looked at her.

"Cousin, where are you trying to run off to?"

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Xie Yunzhan knew that Fuchun had used him from beginning to end. He didn't blame her.

But she shouldn't have used him and then abandoned him.

"It seems you've forgotten how you once begged me to stand up for you."

Seeing her eyes dart guiltily away, Xie Yunzhan smiled faintly. He pressed a finger against the collar where her clothes overlapped and said softly, "There's no harm in reminding you."

Upcoming novel: My Fiance's Older Brother

[They have been intimate]

[Brotherly devotion | Relentless pursuit | Lovely beauty x aloof paragon]

The Lu family was an eminent clan. Their eldest legitimate son, Lu Heng, was talented and virtuous, pure as deep water and flawless jade.

One night, Lu Heng became intimate with a woman.

Lu Heng knew she was innocent and offered to make amends.

Cui Wu shook her head, wanting only to escape as quickly as possible.

His gaze dropped to her abdomen, and he fell into thought.

Understanding his concern, Cui Wu assured him again and again that it wouldn't happen.

But Lu Heng was cautious. He told her to stay where she was and wait a month to find out for sure.

Cui Wu stayed temporarily at the estate in Yunzhou.

Lu Heng was busy with official duties, leaving early and returning late.

One day, they happened to meet during a quiet moment. In the corridor, Lu Heng asked how she was feeling.

Cui Wu answered with her head lowered.

After that, he often found his gaze lingering on her.

Afraid he would discover her identity, Cui Wu fled in a panic before the agreed date.

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The daughter of the Cui family, a vice minister's household, wanted to break off her engagement.

Lu Cong waited around the Cui residence for a long time before finally cornering Cui Wu.

He asked coldly why, but his question made her cry, and she was even more afraid to tell him the truth.

Lu Cong was unsettled and stopped pressing her. He only said that no matter what, she would be his wife.

She thought Lu Cong would let the past stay in the past, and that her eldest brother-in-law, Lu Heng, would be away on an assignment for another three to five years.

Cui Wu happily prepared for her wedding, never imagining that Lu Heng would return on the eve of the ceremony.

When he saw her,

the jade-like eldest young master of the Lu family looked at her with a dark gaze.

"Younger sister-in-law." Lu Heng paused. "It's been a long time."

His words were laden with meaning.

They made Cui Wu's heart tremble.

[Mini-scene]

Later, every time he heard her call him "Elder Brother," Lu Heng thought of the tiny red mole at the center of her white jade skin, beneath the bed curtains that day.

At last, Lu Heng looked at Cui Wu, her head lowered as she wept in his arms.

"You'd be better off with a different fiance," he said softly. "What I can do, Lu Cong may not be able to. You understand that better than anyone, don't you, A Wu?"

Upcoming novel: When the Aloof Paragon Mistakes Someone

[His eyesight has always been excellent. How could he mistake her for someone else?]

[Mutual pining | Fake marriage-first, love-later]

It was dark. Lu Zhaoheng hugged her from behind. After carefully making sure who she was, he called her elder sister, "A Yu," in an intimate voice.

After a brief silence, perhaps realizing he had embraced the wrong person, Lu Zhaoheng said, "Sorry," and let her go. Then he returned to his usual cold and distant self.

After that night, Lu Zhaoheng remained the same talented and virtuous young gentleman, as cool and clear as autumn. Only Xu Yuan remained lost in that embrace, two hearts pressed close through two different bodies.

Xu Yuan had long been in love with the eldest son of the Lu family.

So when Lu Zhaoheng mistook her for someone else, she didn't stop him in time.

What Xu Yuan hadn't expected was that this wouldn't be the only "mistake". Even the marriage between her elder sister and Lu Zhaoheng turned out to be a mistake.

On the night she married Lu Zhaoheng,

red candles burned brightly. Xu Yuan knew that Lu Zhaoheng's heart belonged to her elder sister, and that he was only going through the motions by marrying her. He wouldn't come.

Unable to bear the ache in her heart, Xu Yuan wept. Then someone lifted her veil, and she saw Lu Zhaoheng with tears glistening in her eyes. Xu Yuan froze.

After their marriage, they treated each other with respect. The only thing anyone could criticize was that they still hadn't consummated their marriage. But Xu Yuan was already content just to be his wife in name.

Until that night, when Lu Zhaoheng didn't go to his study.

His hot breath brushed her ear, and only then did Xu Yuan realize that he had already let go of her elder sister.

Lu Zhaoheng loved only one woman in his life.

That woman wasn't the eldest daughter of the Xu family, though Xu Yuan didn't know that.

Just as Xu Yuan didn't know that his eyesight had always been excellent.

Theme: Not everyone who turns back will find you waiting.