The Tang Branch Is Beyond Reach

My second novel, The Wife I Stole Stole Me Away, is launching soon. Pre-save details below!

A lucky little darling paired with an unlucky fellow, who picks up a future deputy commissioner along the way.

Chu Yingtang is a merchant's daughter who has also been jilted. The families considering her as a match are getting less and less distinguished. She thinks she might as well learn to do business, make money and build her confidence, then bring in a live-in husband to lend her some status.

She has barely set out on her path when she runs into the handsome young gentleman twice in a row. He's badly injured and pitiful, but also a frail, refined gentleman. She isn't sure whether she's lucky or whether he's the one with good fortune.

But gradually, she realizes that she keeps running into him more and more often. Then she realizes that this gentleman seems different from the way he was when they first met...

At their first meeting on the street, he was a gentle, handsome scholar in a sedan chair. When they meet again on a boat, he's a weak and pitiful young man fallen on hard times... Later, he climbs onto a roof to pick fruit and make a beauty smile, only for Chu Yingtang to yank him right back down.

It isn't until one day that she finally understands: the man standing before her is Han Ji, a judicial officer in the Salt and Iron Bureau and a future deputy commissioner of the bureau.

On Mount Yuewu, Han Ji bows with cupped hands and says solemnly, "I've admired Miss Chu for a long time. I've come to tell you how I feel."

"Tell me... how you feel?"

"I've already prepared the betrothal gifts."

Later, he travels south in pursuit of her. Looking back from a bridge, he sees spring breezes sweep pear blossoms through the sky.

In the loveliest season, Chu Yingtang hears him say:

"I heard Miss Chu is looking for a husband. I, Han, offer myself!"

This seemingly reserved and refined gentleman turns out to be a very straightforward pursuer!

Quick Guide

1. The leads have unexpected sides to them. The hero uses all kinds of tricks to win his wife back, and there are no misunderstandings throughout.

2. One-on-one romance, with no other characters interfering in their relationship.

3. The pacing isn't very fast. It's a slow, steady-burn romance.

4. The heroine comes from a wealthy merchant family, while the hero comes from a family of nobility. He marries into her family despite their different social standings.

I'm working hard to polish this. Please feel free to offer feedback.

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The Chieftain, You're Playing with Fire, also known as The Wife I Stole Stole Me Away

Clever, wealthy heiress vs. scheming second-in-command

Yi Ciwan is kidnapped. As luck would have it, the carriage carrying her is then seized by bandits. After being jostled around inside it for over two hours, she gets out and finds herself made the second-in-command's wife.

Her life changes completely in a single day. What terrible luck!

Luckily, the second-in-command is away on a long journey, and their marriage hasn't been made official. Yi Ciwan decides to sneak away in the dark while no one's watching.

On her first escape attempt, she climbs halfway out the window before someone grabs her and pulls her back.

On her second, she gets stuck in the bars of the fort wall and is caught by a passing guard.

On her third, she finally evades her pursuers and runs a full mile without stopping.

At last, she's escaped. Yi Ciwan breaks through the encirclement and happens to meet a handsome young man who's kindhearted and eager to help. She follows him this way and that, only to find herself back at the fort gates half an hour later.

The gatekeeper rushes over and embraces the young man.

She hears him shout, "Second-in-command! You're back! The chief got you a wife!"

Her love misplaced, the real wife faints on the spot.

She swears:

She won't run away again. No matter what, she won't run again. She'll put down roots here, stand tall, and take that bastard's place.

Theme: Devote yourself to love, while remaining independent and self-reliant