After Taking the Heir as a Stand-In for My Beloved

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Story blurb:

Yu Qizhi became Pei Jing's wife. Everyone in Chang'an said Yu Qizhi had climbed up the social ladder.

Yu Qizhi came from a lowly family. She was the illegitimate daughter of a mistress, with no standing whatsoever. She had tarnished the Marquis's heir's good name, forcing him to marry her.

She was constantly tormented in the marquis's residence, while Pei Jing merely watched coldly from the sidelines.

One day, a friend of Pei Jing's came to visit. Glancing at the tooth marks on Pei Jing's wrist, which invited speculation, he laughed and asked:

“What sort of beauty is my sister-in-law, that Commander Pei keeps her so well hidden? Let the rest of us meet her, too.”

Pei Jing replied indifferently, “She's just a toy to pass the time. She isn't fit to be seen in public.”

With her snow-white neck bowed slightly, Yu Qizhi stood outside the door, her long, slender fingers scalded bright red by the hot tea cup.

Some time later, Yu Qizhi asked for a divorce. Pei Jing glanced at her nonchalantly and asked why.

She lowered her head obediently. “I can't have children.”

“If you can't have children, then just bear me one.” Pei Jing lifted her chin with a long finger, his expression arrogant.

*

At a young age, Pei Jing rose to become a fourth-rank Commander of the Northern Garrison Imperial Army. He was a rising young star in the eyes of the world, and countless noble families saw him as an ideal son-in-law.

His new wife, Yu Qizhi, was lowborn and had used disgraceful methods to attach herself to him.

But she was beautiful and utterly obedient to him, with both looks and temperament to his liking.

Even when Yu Qizhi asked for a divorce just to get his attention, he found her foolishness strangely endearing.

Looking at the lovely face of the woman beside him, Pei Jing thought, neither agreeing nor disagreeing: Since Yu Qizhi loved him so deeply, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad to keep her by his side.

Until he realized that his sweet, obedient wife, Yu Qizhi, had always been looking through his face at another man.

[This story contains old-school melodramatic romance and forced possession. The hero is a nasty piece of work with a filthy mouth. If this isn't your thing, please read with caution. Thanks for your support~]

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Yu Zhi is a young widow from Dongshui Village. Her delicate beauty always attracts unwanted attention, but she is timid and weak, and everyone bullies her.

The boldest thing she ever did was secretly bring home a gravely wounded young man who had passed out.

Her uncle and aunt wanted to sell her to a local bully for a few silver coins. Brokenhearted, Yu Zhi decided to end her life. Crying her eyes out over the unconscious, handsome man, she said:

“Once I'm gone, I won't be able to look after you anymore. Sob... You'd better get well soon.”

The unconscious man, who had never woken since Yu Zhi brought him home, twitched a finger amid her incessant sobbing.

“Damn, you're so noisy.” He clutched his head and slowly opened his phoenix eyes. “I'll kill them all for you.”

Yu Zhi's tear hung at the corner of her eye. Still stunned that the man had woken up, she stammered and shook her head:

“K-kill people? No, you can't do that.”

*

Murong Ting, the youngest of the Murong family head's twin sons, was destined to be a blade wielded from the shadows by the Murong family.

Betrayed by his own kin, he was crippled and left gravely wounded and unconscious.

A weak fool saved him, the very sort of spineless person Murong Ting had always looked down on.

She didn't even know how to fight back when people bullied her. All she did was cry in front of him day after day.

Murong Ting had no patience for fragile fools like her. All he wanted was to recover from his injuries and go back to take revenge.

Back then, Murong Ting never imagined that one day he'd willingly stay for this little widow.

In a turbulent world, protecting her alone would be enough for him.

Female lead is not a virgin, male lead is a virgin. Farming-focused story. The hero's leg injury will heal.

Upcoming story Marrying the Rebel Minister: The heroine has lost her memory and there are secrets about her birth. The hero uses forced possession and manipulates himself into falling for her. A melodramatic hodgepodge. Please add it to your reading list~

Pei Wen, military governor of the Three Garrisons, commanded a mighty army and wielded tremendous influence. At the height of his power, the imperial family sent Princess Shen Chaoyin to him with no effort on his part.

Now their positions had been reversed. Pei Wen smiled coldly, completely at ease. “Do you regret it now?”

Shen Chaoyin still looked as though she were born to wealth and honor. Her face showed fear and confusion, but not the slightest hint of regret.

“General Pei, have we met before?”

Shen Chaoyin asked, turning her face slightly toward him. Her affectionate eyes, however, were empty and unseeing.

She reached out cautiously and touched Pei Wen's cheek, tracing its contours:

“General, we've never met before, have we?”

Pei Wen seized her wrist in return, a casual smile playing on his lips, though it never reached his eyes.

Shen Chaoyin, she had better really be blind.

And she'd better really have forgotten everything.

*

After an accident, Shen Chaoyin lost her memory and injured her eyes on her sixteenth birthday.

Her imperial brother told her that even if she never remembered anything, it didn't matter. She would always be the most honored princess in the realm.

Then her imperial brother died, and everything changed. Shen Chaoyin was given as a gift to a man named Pei Wen.

The people around her earnestly advised her to win Pei Wen's favor. When Shen Chaoyin tried to do as they said, Pei Wen lifted her chin and mockingly asked whether she regretted it.

She realized that Pei Wen seemed to hate her.

Core message: Sincerity is the prerequisite for love.