Don't Save Me! I Want to Go Home!

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Blurb: "The third year of Xuanyuan, spring, the twenty-second day of the fourth month, night. A celestial omen appeared, and a blood moon rose."

Cui Ying first glimpsed the secrets of fate at a banquet with her husband's colleagues, six months after marrying Pei Junshen.

She carefully plotted her escape and, after sneaking into the river at midnight, finally caught a glimmer of hope that she might return to the modern world. But suddenly someone grabbed her by the neck and hauled her out of the water...

Before she could say a word after reaching the bank, Pei Junshen got in first and turned the blame on her. "My dear, are you trying to anger me to death?"

Cui Ying: "..." Shameless! Who's trying to anger whom to death?

"The fourth year of Xuanyuan, winter, the fourth day of the twelfth month, afternoon. A celestial dog devoured the sun."

Cui Ying's second glimpse of the secrets of fate was entirely accidental.

Snow blanketed Chang'an that day. She was out boating and enjoying the scenery with Pei Junshen when assassins suddenly attacked. In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color. Wounded, she accidentally fell into the lake, and in her daze, seemed to see her parents.

Cui Ying swam desperately toward them, only for a large hand to suddenly appear around her waist.

She turned her head and, sure enough, saw Pei Junshen's face. Furious, Cui Ying kicked at him. "Mmph! Mmph! Mmmph!"

Let go! Don't save me! I want to go home!

Fortunately, there would be another solar eclipse two months later.

But the bad news was that it would also be the last celestial omen in the next sixty years...

*

Pei Junshen's life was full of hardships and misfortune.

Yet there were three things he had to do: clear his family's name, find the culprits behind wrongful deaths, and provide for his wife.

His family's injustice had now been overturned;

In every case he handled, he did everything in his power to investigate and find the real culprit.

But he had only fulfilled half of the third duty...

The day he learned that Cui Ying came from a thousand years in the future, all he wanted was to chain her to himself, so they would never be apart, day or night, in life or death.

"In this life, all I ask is to grow old with you."

Reader notes:

1. The female lead transmigrates into the story. The setting is fictional, loosely based on the Tang dynasty, with plenty of original inventions, so please don't overanalyze the history.

2. The story focuses on the leads' everyday life, with mystery-solving as a secondary element.

3. The male lead is proper at first, then grows a little unhinged. The female lead will gradually strip away his gentlemanly facade.

4. The male lead really is rescuing her the first two times, and doesn't know her true identity.

5. A lighthearted, sweet story. Please don't read too much into it; if it's not your thing, please move on.

*The blurb was written on January 7, 2023, and has been screenshotted for safekeeping~

Theme: Uphold justice, cherish life, and live well.