The Sickly Beauty's Wife-Chasing Diary (Matriarchy)

This story takes place in a world where men can give birth. Please don’t read if that’s not for you! Wu Qinghe is the chancellor’s only daughter. Noble and cherished by her mother and father, she is as beautiful as a snow lotus high in the mountains. Unfortunately, she’s aloof and eccentric, infamous for fighting and causing trouble. Everyone knows her as a little tyrant. The young masters of prominent families secretly admire her, but her unruly nature keeps them at a distance. The sole exception is Bai Cheng, the young master of the Grand Tutor’s family, who has been bedridden for years. Braving the bitter, biting wind, he desperately tries to approach her with his frail, slender body. The young master was sickly from birth. With his pale cheeks and slightly red eyes, he looks like a gentle, harmless fawn deep in the forest, inspiring tenderness in anyone who sees him. At thirteen, the children sneak a look over a wall at lovers kissing in the street. Bai Cheng notices how intently Qinghe is watching and leans close to whisper in her ear, full of hope: “You don’t have to look at other people. When I’m a little older, I can kiss you like that too.” At seventeen, Bai Cheng leads her behind the bed curtains. Young men are supposed to wear a cinnabar mark to prove their chastity. He says only, “Wherever you think I look best, that’s where I’ll put the mark.” In the end, Qinghe pins him against a wall and tenderly watches as he places a spot of red on his thin waist. He gives her anything she asks for, devoting himself to this one person alone. He coughs up blood at night for her, kills political enemies for her, and does all manner of reckless things. All he wants is to bare his burning heart to her and beg for a lifetime together, growing old by her side without ever parting. But what awaits him in the end is not a betrothal letter, but a farewell note. She has secretly enlisted and gone to the border, and no one knows when she will return. When they meet again, their positions have changed. The young man who once had eyes only for her now wears a frosty expression and says, “General, please show some restraint. I am already betrothed.” Both virgins, happy ending (heads-up: this is a world where men can give birth, so don’t read if that’s not for you). Before the misunderstanding, the man pursues the woman the whole way through; after it happens, the male lead still makes tremendous sacrifices. A sweet story, though there are twists and a few angsty moments. Coming soon in the author’s matriarchal-romance collection: I Cast Aside the Aloof Prince Consort After Taking Him for Granted Currently updating: I Forced a Marriage with a Beauty, But She Doesn’t Love Me (Matriarchal Romance) Completed matriarchal romance: I Married a Beautiful but Tragic Opera Performer. Add it to your favorites if you like it~ Theme: Be brave in love