Dear readers, this story has had a few title changes, and the blurb has changed along with them. Just search for the author, Mo Xiao Ya, when you want to read it. o("￣︶￣")o
Blurb:
Lu Shi spent his life teaching, only to die young. When he closed his eyes and opened them again, he had returned to the time in his previous life when he had been bedridden with illness. Then, to his surprise, he was given a bride to bring him good luck.
His bride was fifteen, with a face of breathtaking beauty, though there was something unusual about her eyes. Because of them, she had endured scorn since childhood. No matchmaker came to propose after her coming-of-age ceremony, and as she grew older, her clan feared she would ruin the marriage prospects of the other children. So they decided to sell her to the Lu family as a bride to bring good luck.
Lu Shi was mortified.
In his previous life, he had been a notorious wastrel. He had ruined his health at a young age, and on top of being sickly, he had looked downright lecherous. Even he couldn't stand the sight of himself. The women of the capital avoided him like the plague, so he was lucky no one treated him like an actual contagion. Marriage was out of the question.
He never expected that, given another chance, he would actually get married.
Lu Shi had mixed feelings.
After getting a modern education, he now looked at his bride as if she were underage, so there was no way he would make a move on her. Later, when he learned what she had been through, he felt even more sympathy for her. How could he not pamper such a gentle, fragile little thing, now that he had married her?
Until...
On their way to a temple, bandits ambushed their carriage. As he desperately tried to figure out how to get his bride to safety, he watched his delicate wife change her expression in an instant, take down one bandit after another, and snap the bandit leader's neck with her own hands...
Lu Shi was stunned.
“I'm this fierce. Do you have anything to say about it?” His wife chose to come clean with him directly. Lu Shi's hands trembled slightly. But he quickly composed himself. They were already married, so what else could he do? Keep pampering her, of course!
Under his wife's amused gaze, Lu Shi took her little hand, rubbed it hard with a handkerchief, then earnestly asked, “Wife, does your hand hurt? Would you like me to blow on it?”
His wife: “...”
PS: 1. The male lead is extremely straightforward and has practically no social skills.
2. Both leads are reborn.
Theme: If you get another chance, make your life count
Why do I feel like I've seen this setting before? Ha ha. Guess I'll see again. But I prefer the other article.