Kidnapping My Cousin (Reborn)

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[Bewitching, Easily Bullied Younger Cousin]*[Outwardly Gentle and Courteous, Inwardly Cold and Heartless, Untouchable Older Cousin]

In her previous life, Mu Yan resorted to despicable means. Xueqing, the person she cherished most, took the blame for her and died a tragic death, all so Mu Yan could enter the inner court safely and marry her cousin as a concubine.

In seven years of marriage, though there was no principal wife, Mu Yan spent every day consumed by guilt. After her aunt died of sorrow, there was no one left in the household to stand up for her. Mu Yan suffered terribly, and in the end met a miserable fate...

The irony was that as she lay bedridden, her body failing, it was then that Mu Yan was clearest of mind.

She regretted that the heart of stone she had failed to warm in seven years... Laughing as she cried, she said, "Auntie, Xueqing... Yan'er knows she was wrong..."

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year before she married.

This time, Mu Yan only wanted to protect the people by her side, then marry an ordinary man. As long as everyone stayed alive... that would be enough.

Time flew by, and everything was going well.

Only then did Mu Yan belatedly realize that she could fulfill every wish except one: why was it so difficult to get married?

Others said that the heir of the Duke of Cen's household, Cen Yi, was gentle and modest, a paragon of a gentleman.

But Cen Yi alone knew that when he learned his cousin, who had always adored him, was about to be betrothed, he could no longer keep up his gentle facade...

"So what if you're getting engaged?"

"You were the one who fell for me first, weren't you?"

[A groveling pursuit, a heart of stone finally blooming. Heh heh.]

In a nutshell: She runs, he chases, and she cannot escape even if she grows wings.

Reader's Guide:

1. The leads are not related by blood. The heroine was adopted.

2. Set in an imaginary world, with some original details.

Pre-release: The Eldest Sister-in-Law as Wife. Please add it to the author's collection:

[Sweet, Soft, and Quick-Witted Beauty Who Knows When to Yield]*[Naturally Unhinged Younger Brother-in-Law]

Xu Zhizhi was famed throughout Chang'an for her peerless beauty. One day, she died at Ye Song's hands.

Her brother-in-law, Ye Song, was the powerful chief councilor, and also a madman.

Reborn at her husband's funeral, she met Ye Song again.

He was still a gloomy young man who had just come of age. Remembering how her previous life had ended, Xu Zhizhi narrowed her eyes and sighed that Heaven had finally opened them...

-

The Xu and Ye families had been matched by imperial decree from the late emperor. The Xu family had originally been scholars of the Hanlin Academy, while the Ye family had been ennobled as generals of the cavalry, renowned for their achievements and influence.

Who could have guessed that such good fortune would fall into the Xu family's lap? A minor fifth-rank official had joined himself to the Ye family, and naturally risen in status along with them.

It had been a splendid marriage, but in just a few short years, the Ye family had fallen into ruin.

-

For generations, the Ye family had guarded the borders. Only a few short years after peace was established, his parents were mysteriously murdered, and his eldest brother was poisoned. Once a formidable martial artist, his brother now spent his days in a wheelchair, drowning his sorrows in wine.

More laughable still, the Xu family, whose marriage pact with his brother had raised their standing, switched at the last moment and sent a concubine-born daughter to marry him instead.

On the wedding night, his elder brother died mysteriously, and no one cared.

Everyone watched the Ye family's humiliation. The Xu family brought several chests of silver in exchange for a letter of divorce from this "sister-in-law."

Ye Song smiled, blood misting his eyes. He swore every one of them would pay in blood. Just as his hand was about to press down on the seal, that woman said, "I'm not leaving."

The woman's gaze toward him was not kind, yet she always softened toward him. Her words about justice and chivalry never ceased. She was like a ray of light, illuminating his dark life.

If that was what she wanted, Ye Song would indulge her. He would hide his claws and conceal his bloodstained hands, as long as she did not leave...

As he gradually sank deeper, day and night blurred together, and in his dreams and waking life he saw those bewitching eyes, skin as smooth as cream, a lovely face and red lips...

It was no one else but his sister-in-law.

-

Xu Zhizhi, having accomplished her mission and ready to leave, was restrained by both hands at the head of the bed. Red cords and crimson curtains set off her snow-white skin.

"Sister-in-law, if you want to marry, why can't you marry me?"

Reader's Guide:

(I do love the kind of story where he chases and she runs, haha, so of course this one has that too.)

1. The heroine only met her husband once after marrying into the family, and he died soon afterward. There is no physical relationship between them.

2. Set in an imaginary world, with some original details.

3. The male lead's personality does not represent the author's values.

Theme: Learn to love yourself!