After Marrying the Spoiled Young Heir

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Before she officially met Xie Huaiyi, Mai Li thought he was a rich second-generation playboy who surrounded himself with friends and was always being coaxed into paying for everything.

He was also someone she, a girl from a poor family, could never get close to.

That changed after the college entrance exams, when a girl from his class deliberately splashed a cup of coffee on Xie Huaiyi at a KTV.

Right in front of her, he took off a designer shirt worth tens of thousands of yuan and threw it straight into the trash.

A few boys laughed and teased him, saying that rich kids sure knew how to splash their cash.

Mai Li had just come in to clean and happened to see the whole thing. She put down her rag and asked thoughtfully, "Do you have so much money you can afford to throw it away?"

Xie Huaiyi stared at her in surprise. "...Huh?"

Under the dim lights, she looked at the handsome, bewildered young man and took a step forward.

"Could you buy me a cup of coffee?"

"I've never had coffee before."

Xie Huaiyi was confused and was just about to refuse when he noticed how earnest Mai Li's eyes were.

The garish spinning lights in the private room fell across her fair face. His heart suddenly beat faster, and he answered without thinking, "Sure."

After they finished their coffee, Mai Li turned to him and asked, "Then do you know how to check into a hotel?"

"What?" Xie Huaiyi frowned.

"I've never been to a hotel either." Mai Li unbuttoned her collar, revealing a stretch of snow-white skin. Looking straight at him, she said, "Would you take me?"

Xie Huaiyi understood her hint.

*

Even before they met, Xie Huaiyi had heard of Mai Li. She was said to be a dull top student with her nose in the air, pretty but eccentric.

But after getting to know her, Xie Huaiyi discovered that she wasn't dull at all. In certain ways, she was downright fiery.

She just loved money so much that everything else came second.

But that was fine. Xie Huaiyi had money to spare.

He lavished money on Mai Li, gave her luxury goods, and bought the finest musical instruments for her, all so he could invite her out on weekends and spend the night with her in a hotel penthouse.

His friends teased him for being blinded by her looks, and even Xie Huaiyi himself thought they were only attracted to each other physically.

Until, after one performance, Mai Li came down from the stage and slapped away his reaching hand. "Let's break up."

Xie Huaiyi froze. "...Why?"

"I don't need money anymore," Mai Li said coldly. "You're no use to me now."

Something inside Xie Huaiyi suddenly caved in.

*

Once Mai Li had saved up a little money, she thought she could finally live the life she'd dreamed of as a child.

But she always felt something was missing.

Feeling restless, she returned to her old city to take a break and teach children, hoping to unwind.

When she looked up, she saw that the person who had come to pick up the children was none other than her ex-boyfriend, whom she hadn't seen in years.

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An embarrassing old work. You can skip it, QAQ.

Female general x young heir

Clear-eyed, teasing beauty x carefree, loyal puppy with a scheming streak

The moment Yuan Shounian opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the body of a lovesick female general destined to be cannon fodder, she nearly burst out laughing.

She was a modern postgraduate student, a committed single person with the makings of a PhD. At last, she could save this lovesick fool.

But before she could put her grand plans into action and build a world of her own, the story reached its first scene. The emperor laughed heartily and insisted on granting her a marriage in front of everyone.

Yuan Shounian: If I've committed a crime, you could even punish nine generations of my family...

But you don't have to force me to get married!

*

No matter the era or country, whether a woman is a commoner or a general, once she reaches the so-called marriageable age, she is invariably pressured to marry.

The heir of Yunye, Yun Chengye, has few talents, but he embodies the phrase "carefree and irresponsible" to perfection.

In Yun Chengye's mind, he skips school, drinks, rides horses, and plays polo...

But he's actually a sweet, innocent young man.

He has no great ambitions, but he's rich and handsome.

He thinks his life will amount to nothing more than this, so he plans to spend it as a wastrel.

Until...

He meets the legendary female general.

He runs, she chases, and he can't get away.

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Even cannon fodder must have some self-respect, like knowing when to bend.

To avoid getting killed off too soon, Yuan Shounian grits her teeth and chooses the man she likes most in the original story.

The emperor laughs heartily again and tells the general not to rush into marriage.

Then he withdraws the marriage decree in front of everyone.

Dressed in red, riding through the long street, she sweeps in grandly...

And drags Yun Chengye home in front of everyone.

Yun Chengye: A true man may be killed, but never...

Hey, gorgeous!

*

Setting her sights on Yun Chengye was truly a last resort.

But the results are better than she expected.

The useless playboy? The carefree wastrel?

They are nowhere to be seen.

Only after the lovers finally end up together does Yuan Shounian realize she never expected this.

The loyal puppy Yun Chengye, her favorite character in the original story, was someone she had trained herself.

A real-life, character-building romance game.

Later, someone asks, "Who is that?"

The answer:

Yun Chengye, a mighty and dashing general.

(Also the young heir Yuan Shounian abducted in front of everyone.)

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one romance throughout, and only one-on-one. 1v1 in bold. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, with a happy ending.

2. The setting is entirely fictional, with a completely made-up world. No research has gone into historical accuracy, and all logic and worldbuilding serve the plot.

3. The heroine is not a traditional female general. She's a modern person who transmigrates into the past and can't fight. Most of the time, she prefers to reason with people.

This blurb was last edited on March 13, 2023, and has been archived in a screenshot.

Theme: My fate is mine to control, not Heaven's.