Lord Grand Secretary, Get Lost [Reborn]

Nian Huanjiu was reborn, back to the day he went to reunite with Yan Zhuo.

In his previous life, he had married Yan Zhuo full of joy, believing he was marrying for love. But in the years that followed, all he got from Yan Zhuo was one cold shoulder after another...

On the road to exile, he finally learned that Yan Zhuo had long since forgotten all about him. He had married him only because Nian Huanjiu came from a merchant family and could not be accused of forming a faction for personal gain.

He tossed the jade pendant back into its box with all his might. No getting love-brained, or you might end up digging wild vegetables!

Nian Huanjiu decided to devote himself to his career and make the most of the cooking skills his parents had taught him. A man should be self-reliant. One day, he would open a grand restaurant in Shengjing.

As for Yan Zhuo, he was a heartless man Nian Huanjiu wouldn't dare approach in this life. Better to go their separate ways.

Yet the restaurant business kept growing, and as he amassed a fortune, Nian Huanjiu became the wealthiest merchant in Shengjing.

And in this life, Yan Zhuo clung to him like a piece of sticky candy and refused to let go!

*

Everyone said that Chief Councilor Yan Zhuo was a man of noble character, as clear and bright as the moon.

But only Yan Zhuo knew that he was one of the worst heartless scoundrels in the world!

Back then, to allay the emperor's suspicions, he had taken Nian Huanjiu, a merchant's son, as his wife.

Nian Huanjiu had come to him himself, holding a jade pendant and claiming it was their token of love.

Yan Zhuo had never seen that pendant before, and had mistakenly trusted the wrong person. He thought Nian Huanjiu was trying to attach himself to the powerful, and used him without mercy.

Unexpectedly, even after the emperor secured his throne, he still turned on those who had helped him, discarding them once they were no longer useful. The Yan family was convicted and exiled thousands of miles away.

In an instant, their relatives cut ties with them and their servants fled...

Only the young man he had never once treated with respect, though trembling with fear, said through his tears that he would follow Yan Zhuo to Lingnan.

The guards treated them harshly and refused to give them food or water. But the young man was clever and resourceful. Even with wild vegetables picked by the road, he could make all kinds of delicious dishes.

Lingnan was rife with miasma, and in the end, Nian Huanjiu did not live to see Yan Zhuo rise again. He became Yan Zhuo's lifelong obsession...

As Yan Zhuo lay dying, he closed his eyes and found himself back on the day Nian Huanjiu had come to find him.

He prepared delicious food and dressed with care, waiting for the young man to come to his door.

But Nian Huanjiu did not come on the first day, nor the second. By the third day, a shop called Huanjiu Eats had opened on the street, taking the whole city by storm.

Yan Zhuo's eyes darkened. If the mountain won't come to me, I'll go to the mountain.

And so people discovered that the youngest and most handsome cabinet minister in the court, Lord Yan, spent every day shamelessly hanging around the little brother's restaurant.

He served as a doorman, a waiter, and a hired hand. No matter how coldly the young man treated him, he refused to leave. But whenever he made him cry, his own eyes reddened too...

A delicate but resilient young man x a ruthless powerful official who must suffer through a long road to win back his wife

*Reader's Guide

1. Both are reborn. The story is told from the receiving partner's perspective. A story about a male wife, with childbirth.

2. Both are exclusive to each other. In both lifetimes, they only have each other.

3. First, the author is a country bumpkin. Second, the author is a country bumpkin. And finally, the author really is a country bumpkin!

Coming soon: Better Than Running Away from Marriage: Sign a Contract [ABO]

On the day Chu Nanxue escaped from the Chu family, he had rehearsed it in his mind countless times.

On the first night after receiving the news of his arranged marriage, he cut open his gland, throwing the household into chaos, then fled the crumbling aristocratic estate that had imprisoned him, his body covered in blood.

Rainwater poured down his neck. Chu Nanxue could feel his gland being damaged, but all he felt was exhilaration.

Ever since the day he had differentiated as an Omega and the Chu family had ordered him to leave the mecha academy and stay at home to "await marriage," he had wanted to do this.

Everything went according to plan, until a sudden turn of events.

The rain made it hard to see. He was nearly clipped by a speeding car.

The car quickly stopped, and an Alpha walked toward him. The man said, "I'm Gu Qingya."

Chu Nanxue's arranged marriage partner.

*

Three months later, a news story spread across all the major websites.

"The Gu family's young madam will compete in the mecha tournament as an Omega. Is this a publicity stunt by the Gu family, or is Young Master Gu helping his true love pursue a dream at last?"

At a press conference for the Gu family's new mecha, a reporter read out the headline to grab attention. To his surprise, Gu Qingya responded.

"Nanxue and I met at the mecha academy. He was my upperclassman. I fell in love with him at first sight and had a crush on him for a long time."

Chu Nanxue smiled and played along, but inwardly he thought that Young Master Gu was quite the liar.

What long-standing crush? They had met for the first time on that rainy night three months ago, and then he and Gu Qingya had signed a contract.

He would win the mecha tournament as an Omega and become the Gu family's cash cow as a mecha manufacturer. In three years, Gu Qingya would set him free.

Otherwise, he would have to bear Gu Qingya a child carrying the Chu family's bloodline. Under the Omega Equality Act, the child could also inherit the Chu family's title, helping the Gu family rise even higher.

Of course it was a clever business deal. Gu Qingya had nothing to lose.

But the temptation was too great, and Chu Nanxue was willing to play along.

*

Later, on the eve of the night Chu Nanxue was to collect his championship trophy, Gu Qingya held him down and made love to him again and again.

Young Master Gu took advantage of him and still had the gall to play innocent. With puppy-dog eyes, he asked pitifully, "Wifey, will you still want me tomorrow?"

Chu Nanxue grabbed him by both ears. "You little brat, if you leave hickeys somewhere I can't cover them up again, I'm done with you!"

Theme: Cherish the person before you.