After I Ran Away from My Wedding, My Cousin Turned Dark

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[Blurb]

A sweet, cunning beauty x an innocent, love-struck lunatic

Luo Ning is always cautious and dutiful in the Yang family residence, terrified that they will see her as a cousin with ulterior motives and throw her out.

Who would have thought that the aunt she has always trusted would force her to become a concubine to the future heir of the Yang clan in order to secure her own position?

With her survival at stake, Luo Ning has no choice but to do things against her will.

Fortunately, her cool and distant second cousin isn't entirely useless.

Whenever she sees a face so much like that of her beloved Brother Zhiyun, the revulsion in Luo Ning's heart eases a little.

She stays entangled with him in this ambiguous relationship for half a year, until red silk fills the residence and the Wang family of Taiyuan arrives to return the betrothal gifts. Luo Ning's heart grows more and more bitter. She can no longer bear living on tenterhooks.

Seizing her chance, Luo Ning leaves the capital with Brother Zhiyun.

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At first, Yang Shengzhen feels no affection for the cousin who inexplicably appeared in his bed. If anything, he is a little repulsed by her.

Although he knows she was also set up...

Gradually, he realizes that aside from being a little foolish, she isn't as awful as he thought.

Afterward, grateful for his kindness, she sticks by his side every day and refuses to leave.

"Second Cousin, sob! You're the kindest person to me after Auntie."

"Second Cousin, if it would help Auntie, Zhen Niang can marry Old Master Liu to bring him good luck."

"..."

This fool. What would she do without him?

*

Later, Yang Shengzhen has a phoenix crown and bridal robes made for her, with a procession stretching ten miles. Just as they are about to marry, he hears from someone else that she has run away, and with the man rumored to look like him, no less!

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Her slender waist bumps against the bedpost. With tears in her eyes, the woman has nowhere left to retreat. She hurriedly shields her slightly rounded belly. "S-Second Cousin, please, please let me go!"

Apart from the clinking of chains, Luo Ning seems to hear the man's cold laugh. His icy fingers stroke her cheek back and forth.

"Zhen Niang, do you know how hard it was for me to find you?"

"And now you want me to let you go?"

"Zhen Niang, don't even think about it!"

1. One couple, one-on-one. The heroine has no prior experience, the hero does. Happy ending.

2. Outrageous melodrama, but a sweet romance.

3. The characters' values do not represent the author's.

4. The heroine's childhood nickname is Zhen'er.

5. There is more to the engagement to the Wang family of Taiyuan. The heroine has misunderstood the situation.

6. The blurb probably won't be changed again.

----Coming Soon: Book 1----

[The blurb contains mature material. Please read with caution.]

Before she is brought to the Duke of Wei's residence, A Yu thinks her husband is taking her home to live in comfort.

She is an orphan who grew up by Taihu Lake.

Her husband is the man she rescued while fishing. Though he is a little slow-witted, he treats her wonderfully: he protects her, washes her clothes in the dead of winter, and stays by her side all night when she is ill...

On the very first day after entering the household, her husband moves to a separate room.

The next day, a rich and elegant young woman stands beside him. She calls him "Second Brother," but does not call A Yu her sister-in-law.

"You're nothing but a plaything. The household gives you food to eat, which is already more kindness than you deserve."

A Yu doesn't believe it. Just last night, her husband held her tightly and asked for water three times. She doesn't understand the twists and turns of a powerful family. All she knows is that when he was at Taihu Lake, he swore he would never betray her.

Soon, A Yu's faith crumbles completely when she sees Lu Yu dressed in wedding clothes. For the first time, she understands the saying: "A woman who is formally betrothed becomes a wife; one who elopes becomes a concubine."

The laughable part is that she isn't even Lu Yu's concubine...

Before leaving, A Yu strokes her slightly rounded belly, smiles gently, and drinks the cold medicine in one gulp.

She will never have the child of a beast!

Lu Yu, heir to the Duke of Wei, is a man of noble birth and extraordinary bearing. For years, he has devoted himself to the battlefield and paid no heed to romance.

Yet a reckless fisher girl takes advantage of his amnesia after he falls into hardship. She tricks him into believing he is her husband and makes him do all sorts of humiliating things.

After regaining his memories, Lu Yu plans to kill the fisher girl.

But every time he meets her hopeful gaze, a trace of malice stirs in his heart.

He will keep her by his side, in his bedchamber, and make her indulge in every kind of passion.

The ridiculous thing is that the fisher girl really believes him. Every night, she lies in front of him, counting how many children they will have one day...

Lu Yu thinks they can go on like this forever. After all, he has pampered her until she is as soft and delicate as water. How could she ever return to her old life of hardship?

Until the day of his wedding, when she runs away.

That night, the wind howls and rain pours. A Yu sits on the ground, wrapped in her soaked wedding dress, trembling as she watches the man draw closer.

"Go on, keep running."

"I made you this soft and lovely. It wasn't so you could be someone else's prize."

----Content Warnings----

1. One couple, both inexperienced, happy ending.

2. Amnesia, melodramatic forced possession, and a long road to winning back his wife.

3. Obsessive hypocrite hero x kind, gentle fisher girl.

4. The hero's wedding falls through. Explaining why would spoil the story, so for now, no comment.

Core theme: You must take responsibility for everything you do.