Opening a Restaurant to Raise a Villain Wife [ABO]

[Avoidant Type x Gravity Type] [Romance + Business-Building + A Little Food]

After dying during a zombie siege, Xiao Huaizhen opened her eyes and found herself in an unknown dynasty. The original owner was actually a scoundrel from the imperial clan.

The original owner owed the treasury four hundred thousand taels and couldn't pay it back, so she planned to ask for the hand of a wealthy merchant's daughter, along with her own mother. Once they had swindled the money out of her, they would secretly kill her.

By the time Xiao Huaizhen arrived, five of the six wedding rites had already been completed. Only the ceremony remained.

She couldn't bring herself to hurt anyone, and it was too late to call off the wedding. Xiao Huaizhen's vision went dark, but she didn't faint.

She had entered her personal space.

Her food-based spiritual root and her space ability had both come with her!

Xiao Huaizhen wept with joy. What more was there to say? She rolled up her sleeves and set up a stall to sell food and make money!

Xue Lingyi was reborn, back before her wedding ceremony, when the Xue family's restaurant was still open and her younger sister hadn't yet been sold into a brothel by that scoundrel.

In her previous life, she'd poisoned the scoundrel and left her paralyzed, unable to live or die. Now that she had another chance, she still hadn't tormented her enough!

Xue Lingyi climbed into the bridal sedan with a cold expression.

If she could paralyze her once, she could do it again.

But somehow, she discovered that the scoundrel had changed.

She didn't drink or gamble. Every day, she worked hard at her food stall, prepared medicinal meals to help Xue Lingyi recover, and even stood up for her younger sister.

Xue Lingyi still had no idea what had happened when, on the day of Xiao Huaizhen's coming-of-age ceremony, a cup of fruit drink changed the scoundrel once again.

Her face flushed pink, she could barely walk, but somehow she found exactly the right place.

"I... I'll take good care of you!"

Xue Lingyi gritted her teeth. She wasn't going to believe a word that came out of this woman's mouth.

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Huaizhen had pinned her beneath her, kissing her until her cheeks were flushed and her limbs turned weak.

The bitterness of Tusu wine blended with the sweetness of osmanthus, and the fragrance filled the room, leaving Xue Lingyi dizzy. Their pheromones tangled together.

Afterward.

Xue Lingyi drifted between wakefulness and sleep as she felt the woman wipe her down. She couldn't help savoring the memory.

Hmm... It seemed the experience really had been rather nice.

Reading notes:

1. Ancient-world ABO, with original worldbuilding. Entirely fictional and not based on any particular dynasty. Everything is made up on the spot.

2. All background details are fictional. Please don't give writing advice.

3. Includes lots of everyday business-building and food scenes, cozy small-town life, sweet romance, and a little ensemble cast. The romance and career plot each get about half the story.

Theme: Love and redemption