Tales of Huaxi

Reposting an old story. Original pen name: Riding a Donkey to Do the Books.

The earnest and kind scholar Xun Feibai lives in poverty, copying books and selling paintings each day as he devotes himself to preparing for the examinations.

His days are peaceful and uneventful.

One day, he happens to help someone in trouble.

That one act earns him a beautiful wife and makes him a wealthy family's live-in son-in-law, bringing him a sweet and affectionate married life.

But it also draws him into a tumultuous life of being hunted, framed, catching spies, wiping out bandits, and dealing with corrupt officials.

Yan Cong'an returns to Huaxi County after three years away, determined to uncover the truth about her parents' deaths.

Circumstances force her to deliberately get close to Xun Feibai, but he turns her down again and again.

Then an accident happens, and someone comes to her of his own accord to propose marriage.

She originally planned to divorce Xun Feibai once she had cleared up the past. But before they even married, she had already lost her heart and now wanted only to keep him close.

What she doesn't know is that while she's still wondering how to get this blockhead to wake up to her feelings, he has already started having naughty dreams.

Before the wedding, he's an innocent little bunny; after the wedding, he's a hungry wolf. Now and then, he also has to soothe his scheming little wife, who gets jealous and competes with their child for his attention.

Earnest scholar and his wife x Scheming young lady

Half farming, half household intrigue. Fictional historical setting where same-sex marriage is legal. Please don't nitpick the history.

If you like it, lovely readers, please add it to your favorites! If enough people like it, I'll write a second book!

Theme: When a married couple works as one, their strength can cut through metal.