Parting from You

[Coldhearted, ruthless general × resilient, clear-eyed medicine slave. Forced sex at the start + a groveling pursuit of his wife]

Qing Kui was a peasant girl living an ordinary life in Yuxi Town. The next day, she was to marry the accountant who lived next door.

But on the day of the wedding, a troop of fierce-looking armored cavalry burst into the hall and took her away without a word.

When Qing Kui saw the cavalry's commander, she stared at him in shock.

The man she'd saved half a year ago was actually Zhao Jingheng, whose real name belonged to the ruthless Northwestern General from all the rumors.

They had lived together for a time. Before leaving, Zhao Jingheng had told her not to wait for him.

Though Qing Kui was sad, she didn't cling to him. They parted on good terms.

Qing Kui was overjoyed to see him again.

But Zhao Jingheng's gaze was distant, his tone indifferent.

"Miss Qing Kui, I want to make a deal with you."

He hadn't brought her back because he still had feelings for her. He was afflicted with a love gu, and through a strange twist of fate, the creature had recognized her as its master.

In the dimly lit bedchamber, Zhao Jingheng roughly covered Qing Kui's mouth, forbidding her to make a sound.

The usually composed and self-controlled General Zhao now had bloodshot eyes and looked like a wild beast.

Every time they were done, Zhao Jingheng would pull away and leave without a backward glance, warning her not to get any ideas.

Under Zhao Jingheng's relentless, brutal demands, Qing Kui was utterly miserable.

She researched day and night and finally found a way to break the curse.

Overjoyed, Qing Kui asked to leave.

From that day on, her courtyard was surrounded as tightly as an iron barrel.

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Zhao Jingheng was focused on conquering the world and had never cared for romance.

To him, Qing Kui was just a tool for treating his illness.

When he heard she'd made off with her gold and valuables during the chaos, he sneered inwardly and cursed her for being ungrateful.

Without his protection in such troubled times, she could die out there and no one would even bury her.

Not long afterward, he learned that Qing Kui had returned to the accountant and the two of them were living like an immortal couple.

In a cramped, dark woodshed, Zhao Jingheng cruelly tore open her skirt and pinned her to the rough straw, groping her without restraint.

A faint smile gradually spread across his stern face, making him look like a demon.

"Cry louder, or your husband won't hear you."

Zhao Jingheng had never imagined that one day he would frantically search everywhere for a woman.

Or that he would stop at nothing to force her to stay by his side.

[Reader's Guide]

1. One-on-one romance. This is not a sweet story, not a sweet story, not a sweet story. An old-school forced-marriage-and-possession story.

2. This novel follows Moonlight over the Nine Provinces and The Emperor's Terrace Traps the Beauty, and has a similar style to both.

Theme: Stand on your own two feet.