A Concubine's Love

Shen Buyan first met Qi Zong at her biological elder sister's wedding.

His face was stern, and even the festive clothes could not hide the murderous aura surrounding him.

The next time she saw Qi Zong was a year later. She was kneeling on the ground, taking off his boots for him, when he lifted her chin with a dark look in his eyes.

Afterward, Shen Buyan was made to drink a bowl of contraceptive soup.

*

Shen Buyan had always understood her place. She was the least valuable concubine daughter in the Shen household, a lowly concubine brought in to keep her sister favored, and a tool for bearing children for Qi Zong.

Her identity was just like her name: she was to keep silent and fulfill her duty as a tool.

No one knew that every time she lay prostrate on the ground, her dignity trampled, she wanted to end it all, because it seemed to be the only way to escape.

*

Qi Zong had spent many years on the battlefield, earning a distinguished military record atop countless heaps of bones. But when it came to matters of the heart, he was a complete blockhead.

At first, he simply thought Shen Buyan was easy on the eyes, so he was willing to be close to her.

Later, he pitied her and wanted to protect her.

After that, he found her adorable and wanted to spend eternity with her.

But he did not understand why his little girl would kneel on the ground and beg him to let her go.

Rain poured down in sheets. He silently watched Shen Buyan kneeling in the rain. Her frail body shivered as the cold seeped into her, yet she still kept her face deathly pale and struck her head against the ground until it bled. He walked toward her.

He held out his hand. Shen Buyan tried to pull away, but he caught her by the wrist and pulled her into his arms.

Her delicate body trembled in his embrace. He leaned close to her fair ear and told her, "Don't even think about it."

Note: Both are virgins / Love after marriage / Not a harem-intrigue story; there are a few harem-intrigue elements early on, but mainly the male lead handles the scheming / The male lead wins himself over; the female lead doesn't give a damn

My next novel will be Monster Loves You. Please add it to your reading list:

[A collection of yandere male lead stories, each story is independent.]

[A place to unleash your kinks. The male leads have yandere, unhinged storylines. These stories are not meant to be related to real life, so if you're disturbed by such themes, don't read. If you insist on relating them to reality, think about why the author chose the horror tag.]

1. AI male lead.

I came to her side the day she was born. I watched her grow from a toddler taking her first steps into a graceful young woman. I wiped away her tears when she hid under the covers, and she hugged my waist and said she loved me most. I thought we'd be together forever, until one day she told me she'd fallen for a human man.

2. Ghost boyfriend

My boyfriend died in an accident, but it was all right. We'd only been dating for two months, so we weren't that attached, and who has to stay faithful to the dead in modern society? So, three months after his funeral, just as I was happily planning to start a new relationship, he came back.

3. Fox demon male lead

When I was a little boy, I wandered into a hunter's trap because I was playing around, and she rescued me. She was so trusting that she raised me as a little fox. She forgot that fox demons have their own wicked nature. She also forgot that this was the tenth year she'd spent with me, and she had never once left this misty forest.

4. Tentacle monster male lead

My wife is a researcher. That's obvious enough, but she doesn't know I'm a tentacled monster. Don't be afraid. I'm not worried you'll tell her, because I've long wanted to kill every damn human surrounding her. Then I can take her back to the deep sea, where it's just the two of us. I'll wrap my tentacles tightly around her, and we'll never be apart.

5. Vampire male lead

You shouldn't have come here and woken me, little girl.

Historical romance, Tempting Branches. Blurb below. Please add it to your reading list:

Someone told Yaozhi that her beloved was already dead.

He had died three years ago.

Yaozhi didn't believe it.

If her beloved was dead, then who was the man who held her that night and tenderly called her "Zhizhi"?

P.S. The female lead has an eye condition that will later be cured.

The male lead is a substitute, and he takes his elder brother's place in marrying his sister-in-law. The female lead is not a virgin; the male lead is.

Theme: Learn to understand and respect each other.