My Wife (Reborn)

Female lead's perspective

Yun Chu, the daughter of a merchant, is blessed with beauty as flawless as ice and jade, with bright eyes and pearly teeth.

After saving Pei Yuanxing, heir to the Marquis of Jin'an, she is left disabled.

People sigh that the young lady will probably never marry into a good family.

Yun Chu thinks so too, until someone from the marquis's residence arrives with a proposal.

On their wedding night, candlelight flickers.

Wearing a bright red bridal gown, Yun Chu sits on the nuptial bed with flushed cheeks.

The wedding candles burn down, and dawn breaks,

but Pei Yuanxing never enters her room.

After the wedding, she keeps to herself and observes all the rules.

When her sister-in-law makes things difficult for her, he turns a blind eye;

when she struggles to walk on her lame leg, he remains unmoved.

In the heir's eyes, she is not his wife, just a cripple with a bad leg.

Later, Pei Yuanxing brings home a delicate young woman.

Only then does Yun Chu learn that the woman was betrothed to Pei Yuanxing since childhood.

When the servant comes to report it, Yun Chu has just swallowed a contraceptive decoction.

She pushes away the candied fruit her maid offers and lets the bitter taste spread from the root of her tongue...

Male lead's perspective

Pei Yuanxing is ruthless and restrained, gloomy and sensitive.

As the second son, he keeps his talents hidden, biding his time for ten years,

all for the chance to reach the summit one day.

Everyone says the heir of the Marquis of Jin'an is repaying Yun Chu's kindness by marrying the lame daughter of the Yun family.

But they don't know that he ignores and neglects her.

Even after she becomes the envy of all as the heir's wife,

she still doesn't count in his heart.

Until the great fire.

He will never forget the utter despair in her eyes as the roof beam came crashing down.

In that instant, it felt as if his heart had been torn out.

When Pei Yuanxing opens his eyes, he is back on the day Yun Chu saved him.

In this life, he will shelter her from every storm and protect her for the rest of their lives.

But he doesn't know that in his previous life, the one who was consumed by the fire alongside Yun Chu

was also the divorce agreement she had signed...

Reader's guide:

* 1v1, only each other, happy ending.

* Important: This is not a wish-fulfillment story, just a standard wife-pursuit story. The female lead suffers first, then the male lead. It ends happily. If anything makes you uncomfortable, feel free to stop reading at any time.

* Both are reborn. The male lead retains his memories, while the female lead gradually regains hers.

* The story is set in a fictional world. Please don't nitpick the historical details.

* Please be civil while reading. No need to announce it if you drop the story.

Upcoming story 1: Marrying My Cousin Again [Both Reborn]

Jiang Qinghe was born into a family of scholars. She was as graceful as a celestial maiden and as refined as an orchid.

After her parents died, her uncle took advantage of the fact that there were no men in Jiang Qinghe's branch of the family. He colluded with the clan elders to seize the family's assets and take back the property her father had acquired.

Lost and helpless, Jiang Qinghe took her young sister to the capital to seek refuge with the old madam of the Marquis of Jining's residence.

The old madam cherished them and treated the sisters like her own granddaughters. If not for what happened, when Jiang Qinghe reached marriageable age, the old madam would have arranged for her to marry the third son of the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial.

But trouble struck without warning.

On the old madam's sixtieth birthday, Jiang Qinghe was set up and became intimate with Xu Huaishu, the heir to the marquis's residence.

When everyone burst in, she was dazed, her clothes disheveled, and she was clinging to Xu Huaishu as she bashfully called him "Cousin."

After such a disgrace, the marriage matches the old madam had arranged for the sisters naturally fell through.

The wedding between Jiang Qinghe and Xu Huaishu was a simple affair, with no formal betrothal gifts or rites. Their married life was muddled and miserable.

The old madam was so devastated she could barely hold her head up. She remained depressed all day and passed away less than two years later.

Her younger sister, Jiang Shuangjiang, suffered because of her, enduring people's pointing fingers until she finally cut off her hair and became a Buddhist nun.

When Jiang Qinghe opened her eyes again, she had returned to the age of sixteen.

The old madam was still in good health, and Shuangjiang was still an innocent, carefree child.

She was not yet the shameless gold-digger and fox spirit people would call her.

She could still choose a different path...

Upcoming story 2: My Sister A Yao

Female lead's perspective:

On the third day after the wedding, the carriage slowly rolled into the alley. Shen Yao gently lifted the curtain to look outside.

Tall gray walls and tiled roofs lined both sides of the alley. Her elder brother stood solemnly at the gate.

Shen Yao lowered the curtain and straightened her already smooth collar.

When the carriage stopped, Cui Nian'an draped a cloak around her and helped Shen Yao down.

Shen Yao lowered her head shyly, the corners of her mouth lifting.

Qin Lin's gaze darkened. He said softly, "You're back."

Male lead's perspective:

On the third day after the wedding, A Yao wore bright red. Her dark hair was styled in a cascading bun, and her pomegranate-blossom earrings set with rubies made her skin look as smooth as jade.

His younger sister was graceful and willowy, and Cui Nian'an was a fine, elegant man. They made a perfect pair.

Qin Lin looked up. The spring sunlight shimmered with a cold light, dazzling him.

Qin Lin suddenly remembered that night. He had drunk himself senseless and was lying unconscious in bed.

In a daze, someone helped him change out of clothes soiled with filth and wiped his face.

The person leaned down slightly and gently brushed his lips.

A faint gardenia fragrance lingered around him, refusing to fade.

The next day, he pretended to speak casually to Shen Yao. "You're grown up now. It's time I found you an older sister-in-law."

All he remembered was the sharp clatter as the chopsticks fell from A Yao's hand.

Upcoming story 3: My Cousin Biaoying

In the twenty-fourth year of Jinghe, war ravaged the northwest, and the people suffered as they were driven from their homes.

A war took the lives of Liu Luoying's parents, leaving her the only daughter of the Liu family.

When Xu Wanxin, the wife of the Duke of Dingguo, heard the news, she hurriedly arranged for someone to bring the poor girl to the capital.

Seeing the frail, timid little girl, Xu Wanxin burst into tears before she could speak.

That year, Luoying was ten.

In the twenty-ninth year of Jinghe, Liu Luoying met Zhou Yanqi, who had just returned to the capital, at the New Year's Eve family banquet.

Zhou Yanqi wore black robes. He was exceptionally handsome and carried himself with imposing dignity. Liu Luoying couldn't help glancing at him.

Noticing her gaze, Zhou Yanqi turned and gave her a roguish smile.

Liu Luoying's face instantly flushed red. She curtsied and said softly, "Greetings, Cousin Qi."

That year, Luoying was fifteen.

The emperor died, and his nine-year-old successor ascended the throne.

The young emperor was narrow-minded, sensitive, and suspicious. He eliminated those who opposed him, distrusted his close ministers, and feared the great families. Even the loyal Duke of Dingguo's family, with generations of service to the throne, could not escape his suspicion.

To protect the ducal household, the duke came up with the idea of withdrawing from public life.

His first step was to break off Zhou Yanqi's childhood engagement to the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongan and force him to marry Liu Luoying, an orphan who could offer the Zhou family no advantage.

That year, Luoying was seventeen.

Zhou Yanqi, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, had been sent by his father to train in the army years earlier.

He had seen all kinds of people and despised those who sucked up to others and put on false airs,

like his distant cousin, who was always flattering his mother to win her favor.

So when his father forced him to marry his cousin Luoying, he was unwilling in every way.

He didn't know that Luoying didn't want the marriage either.

Theme: Cherish the person by your side.