The Duke Has His Eye on the Desperate-to-Marry Beauty

The innocent young Duke × the flirtatious little fox

As one of Yan Capital's most famous "leftover noblewomen," Song Tiao's greatest wish was to marry the man of her dreams.

But fate seemed determined to thwart her. Two years had passed since she came of age, and the suitors who showed up were either aristocratic brutes with faces full of flesh or newly graduated scholars who thought far too highly of themselves.

She wasn't interested in any of them.

The day she first met Liang Chengyue, she had just sent away a young man who'd come to confess his feelings. A man's sudden laughter came from behind the wall, and there she saw him, as graceful as jade and as lovely as an orchid.

A dark blue robe, his hair bound beneath a golden crown.

Beneath the bright early spring sun, Song Tiao suddenly understood why the heroines in romance stories favored military men.

They really did seem rather dashing.

Later, in a bandit's lair amid the howling mountain winds, the man carried her away from a blood-soaked hillside strewn with corpses.

Terrified, she hadn't dared look. Trying to make her laugh, Liang Chengyue spoke in a soothing, childlike tone. "Don't be afraid. I'll take you home."

Only the next day did Song Tiao learn that the man with the brilliant smile had killed so many people to save her.

That was also when she learned that someone in this world loved her like the wind sweeping across the mountains.

Even before he'd met her, he'd already treasured her as though she were the stars and moon themselves.

On their wedding day, Song Tiao asked him, "Aren't you afraid you'll be disappointed after setting your expectations so high?"

Beyond the glittering candles, the man held the nuptial wine in his hands, his gaze shifting.

"I only regret that I couldn't return to the capital sooner. Then those men wouldn't have spent years coveting the woman who was always meant to be mine."

Reader's guide:

1. Six-year age gap. Neither has had a previous relationship.

2. The male lead is a hopeless romantic, and his self-delusion is terrifyingly strong.

3. Feel free to bombard me with all kinds of comments!!!!

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