Still, the Blossoms Are Lovely

[One Word Is Final, Rigid and Abstinent Powerful Censor x Adaptable, Confused, Timid Little Fool]

[A Fatherly Husband's Daily Life Raising His 'Child']

Yun Huan was jilted on the eve of her wedding.

Her fiancé's family thought she was a little fool, and promptly turned around and married a princess instead.

Afterward, her father shamelessly packed her off to her late sister's husband's home to become his second wife.

Sui Heng, an aloof and noble Left Censor-in-Chief and heir to a marquisate, was famously rigid and cold-hearted.

Though he had been married once before, countless women still clamored to marry him.

At their first meeting, the seemingly soft and helpless young woman gave the Third Miss of the Sui family a sound beating.

The usually indifferent Sui Heng spoke up for her, and Yun Huan gazed up at him in a daze.

A tiny bud of affection sprouted in her heart.

Everyone said that a little radish like her was no match for Sui Heng, and that she had stolen the marriage alliance between the Sui and He families.

At the princess's wedding banquet, hoping to please Sui Heng, she stuck four gold hairpins and five other ornaments into her hair. A riot of color crowned her head as she teetered toward him like a little peacock, one hand holding her elaborate hairstyle in place.

Sui Heng: "..."

But that day, Sui Heng personally crushed her hopes. He told her calmly that marrying her was only a temporary arrangement. For her sake, he would find her a suitable husband in the future.

Sui Heng had originally married the young woman only because an old friend had entrusted her to him, treating her as a foster younger sister in his household.

They had neither held a wedding ceremony nor consummated the marriage. They treated each other with mutual respect, living together like ordinary siblings.

So as not to hinder her future, Sui Heng even considered one of his subordinates as a match for her and prepared a generous dowry.

Until one day, Sui Heng was drugged at a palace banquet and, in a daze, wandered into the wrong room.

In a haze, he felt warm, fragrant softness in his arms.

The next day, he discovered his "foster sister" lying in his arms, barely clothed, sobbing, "Brother, it hurts."

A crack appeared in Sui Heng's usually calm, detached expression.

A Hanlin Academy compiler clasped his hands and hurriedly blocked Sui Heng's path. "What have I done wrong, sir, that you insist on breaking off the engagement?"

Sui Heng said awkwardly, "Naturally, because you two aren't suited to each other."

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[Bonus Scene 1]

After Sui Heng rejected her feelings, Yun Huan sensed that he seemed to dislike her.

"Brother is right. Huanhuan only sees you as a brother." Yun Huan murmured, quickly drawing a clear line between them, afraid that Sui Heng would truly grow sick of her and drive her out of the marquis's residence.

For some reason, though, Sui Heng grew increasingly unpredictable, frightening Yun Huan.

Until one day, Sui Heng's cool gaze fell on her fair wrist. A crimson finger mark remained there, tinged with blue, as though someone had ravished it. It looked indecently intimate.

For the first time, he felt a savage urge.

"Huanhuan, how could you let someone else touch you?" His soft murmur made Yun Huan's scalp prickle.

Later, his scorching breath fell on Yun Huan's lips. Sui Heng's expression was utterly unlike his usual self as he kissed her tender face, again and again.

"Brother, I won't dare do it again," Yun Huan sobbed.

Sui Heng maintained a calm, nonchalant air as he earnestly instructed Yun Huan, but his actions were anything but gentlemanly.

[Bonus Scene 2]

Yun Huan was bullied by Sui Luo again. The other girl always seemed to enjoy mocking and humiliating her.

"Who do you think you are? Second Brother doesn't like you at all. Your Zhou family is shamelessly forcing this marriage, taking advantage of Second Brother's good character."

Then she left with her nose in the air.

Her maid hurried to comfort her. "Young Madam, please don't be upset. The heir cares about you."

But Yun Huan went straight to her powerful backer and reported what had happened.

The next day, Sui Luo was assigned twenty copies of a text to transcribe.

Sui Luo: Damn, that's dirty pool.

Blurb revised on November 9, 2023, and archived (created on June 15, 2023).

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Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads have only ever been with each other; 1v1 happy ending. The child of the heroine's older sister is not actually the hero's; this will be explained in the story. The heroine is his second wife, and the hero does not love her older sister.

2. The hero is possessive and the story has a bit of melodrama, but it's sweet.

3. An alternate world, very loosely based on history, with simplistic political intrigue.

Content warnings: The heroine is a silly beauty, slow to react, and a little clever, with lots of inner monologue. She will grow later on and become sweet on the outside but ruthless within. She has a goofy side. If that's not for you, please click away. Please keep the comments friendly and respectful when discussing the story, and don't bully the adorable author. This is a truly sweet story where the hero comes around in the end.

The heroine isn't very good at studying and likes to slack off, but she has other talents, such as studying recipes.

Coming next: Marrying Her Brother After the Divorce

[The Second Male Lead Takes the Lead]

Yan Yuerou, younger sister of the Marquis of Lingyuan, fell in love at first sight with Xiao Jining, the impoverished and overlooked Fifth Prince, at a lantern festival held when she came of age. She loudly declared that she wanted to marry him.

Though the Marquis of Lingyuan was reluctant, he still supported the Fifth Prince's rise to power with the full strength of his family for his sister's sake.

For the next three years, Yan Yuerou stayed by the Fifth Prince's side, helping him rise from poverty to the throne. She cooked for him and diligently managed everything at home and beyond, only for him to support his old flame after taking the throne and execute her entire family for treason.

Yan Yuerou gave up on him completely. Kneeling in the snow, with blood from her forehead running along her brow to the corner of her eye like three streaks of bloody tears, she remained calm and resolute. "This common woman is unworthy of her position and hereby asks to be dismissed. The empress's throne rightfully belongs to Miss Cui. I beg Your Majesty to spare my brother's life."

In the end, for the sake of their former marriage, Xiao Jining spared their lives. Yan Yuerou and her brother were exiled together to Lingnan. After three years as husband and wife, they were discarded once they had served their purpose.

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They met again two years later, in front of the palace gates. Xiao Jining saw a familiar figure standing on tiptoe to wipe the sweat from the man beside her. The tenderness on her face was the very thing he had once ruthlessly cast aside as worthless, and now remembered with sleepless longing.

Xiao Jining suddenly realized that in these two years, he had never forgotten the wife whose heart and eyes had once held only him.

Later, the ruthless emperor said dejectedly, "I just, I just wanted you to treat me the way you used to. You said you would love me for your whole life."

Blurb created on November 7, 2024.

Reader's Guide:

The male lead changes. The hero is the Duke of Yingguo, adopted son of the late Duke of Yingguo. By the time they get together, the Duke of Yingguo's household has fallen, and their sibling relationship has already been dissolved.

The heroine has had previous partners, while the hero has not. Her ex-husband gets a regret-and-pursuit arc.

Theme: No matter the circumstances, keep striving.

Use exactly these English renderings: reborn = reborn; face-slapping = face-slapping

Song Shangwan's grandfather was a founding minister. Cherished by her family since childhood, her greatest regret was stubbornly marrying Duan Xianzhen when he was still a concubine-born son.

Everyone said Song Shangwan had good taste. Though she had married beneath herself, Duan Xianzhen had won the emperor's favor in just a few years, risen to a position of power, and remained devoted to her alone for years.

But Song Shangwan knew Duan Xianzhen did not love her. Their marriage had been her one-sided choice. When her family fell into trouble, he watched coldly from the sidelines. In the end, he even became entangled with her sworn enemy.

In a fit of anger, Song Shangwan asked Duan Xianzhen for a divorce, only to unexpectedly return to several years earlier.

Having died once, Song Shangwan regretted everything. She no longer wanted a cold-hearted man.

After being reborn, Song Shangwan looked at her handsome husband before her and wondered how to use Duan Xianzhen to prevent her family's decline.

The future powerful Duan Xianzhen grew increasingly unsettled as his wife became colder toward him with each passing day.

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Bonus Scene

Duan Xianzhen heard that his wife was with a friend, so, in a rare show of thoughtfulness, he went to pick her up. As he approached, he heard Song Shangwan's indifferent voice.

"Duan Xianzhen is so dull and boring. How could I like someone like him? The only thing about him that attracted me back then was his face..."

#His wife doesn't love him anymore. What should he do?#

#Having to be married to that bastard again is such a pain.#

#!! This life's bastard husband is getting clingier and clingier. What do I do? #

1v1, both leads have only ever been with each other. There was a misunderstanding in their previous life.

The hero gradually fell in love with the heroine after they married in their previous life.

The hero has only ever loved the heroine, in either life.

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Check out the latest completed novel, The Cold-Hearted Heir Falls in Love: Marriage first, love later; a sharp-tongued but secretly devoted hero comes around and gets his comeuppance, with a regret-and-pursuit arc.

Coming soon: Spoiling Her, He's Going to Be a 'Big Bad Guy'; The Empress's Alluring Charms, an emperor's daily comeuppance; Reborn After My Marriage Ended in Tragedy, a dual-rebirth regret-and-pursuit story.

When Li Xunying brought her marriage contract to the Pei residence, the Pei family gave her two choices. First, dissolve the engagement, and the large chest of silver before her would be hers. If necessary, the Pei family's influence would protect her.

Second, honor the marriage contract and have Pei Yiyan marry her.

Full of anticipation, Li Xunying chose the second option. In her heart, Pei Yiyan was a noble young master of an eminent family, a man of impeccable character who had carefully protected her when they were children, and the person she had loved for a long time.

But she overlooked the fact that Pei Yiyan was no longer the person she had known as a child. She had used the marriage contract to force him to marry a poor girl like her, so naturally he resented her. If not for her, he should have had a marriage with someone he loved, someone from an equal family.

His wife should not have been a woman like her, from a small town and unable to fit into the capital.

Li Xunying was cautious and did her best to be the wife Pei Yiyan expected, but after years of marriage, their relationship remained distant.

Later, despite being injured, she still remembered to show concern for him after he had spent many days buried in official duties. Then she heard him coolly describe her as "uncouth and vulgar, unfit for polite society."

Li Xunying felt as if she had fallen into an icy abyss and collapsed miserably in the street.

By chance, Li Xunying was reborn on the day she had taken her marriage contract to the Pei residence. She regretted her choice and no longer wanted to marry Pei Yiyan.

To the astonishment of everyone in the Pei family, this time she chose the first option. With so much silver, couldn't she find a considerate husband who would care for her in the future?

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Pei Yiyan was exceptionally handsome and accomplished at a young age. He had once been the ideal husband in the hearts of countless women. Sadly, he married Li Xunying, a woman from a small town who was unfit for refined society, breaking countless women's hearts.

Pei Yiyan was indeed dissatisfied with Li Xunying as his wife, but at least she was gentle and well-behaved around him. After being reborn, he had no plans to find another wife. He thought Li Xunying would choose to marry him just as she had in his previous life.

Then he watched as Li Xunying accepted the Pei family's offer to dissolve the engagement without hesitation and calmly left the Pei residence, never once looking at him.

Theme: Communication and understanding between spouses

Use exactly these English renderings: reborn = reborn; face-slapping = face-slapping

This story has undergone major revisions. The current version differs greatly from pirated copies. Please respect the author's hard work.

Recommended upcoming novels: Delicate Bamboo and The General Doesn't Need His Body Anymore.

Everyone said the little miss of the Chief Minister's household, Sheng Hua, was destined for a short and unhappy life. When she was four, in the depths of winter, someone pushed her into a river. After she was rescued, she was left with a host of illnesses, bedridden for years. Everyone knew she would not live to the age of fifteen.

The old Chief Minister doted on his granddaughter most of all. He heard that finding a man to marry her might bring her good fortune and save her life.

After considering many candidates, Sheng Hua chose Lu Yansheng, the second son of Prince Kang's household, at first sight.

But the proud young man was unwilling to stay cooped up at home to keep a sickly girl company, becoming a live-in child groom.

Back then, what Sheng Hua heard most often were the young man's resentful, aggrieved complaints.

"Sheng Hua, you've ruined my life!"

"Sheng Hua, because of you, I have to wait another year!"

"Sheng Hua, I truly hate you..."

At his words, Sheng Hua merely looked at him indifferently and coughed. "Sorry. Please bear with it a little longer."

Spring came and winter passed. Four years went by, but Sheng Hua ultimately did not live to see her fifteenth birthday. She closed her eyes and died, never seeing the young man's reddened eyes or his trembling fingertips.

Later, the young man became the empire's bravest and most formidable general, rising to the first-rank post of Grand Marshal, yet never marrying. A memorial tablet in his ancestral hall bore the words, "My wife, Lady Sheng."

Who would have thought fate would play such a trick? After a life of glory, he awoke to find himself back at the age of ten.

It was the very year the Sheng family girl was to choose a husband.

His heart trembled as he looked hopefully at Sheng Hua in her sedan chair.

He waited for her to choose him.

But the girl did not so much as glance at him. Instead, she looked at a frail young scholar nearby, who was rather handsome. "Young Master Chu, would you be willing?"

He stood frozen, staring in a daze as she chose someone else.

But he refused to believe it. In this life, he only wanted to accompany her once more.

He found every excuse to enter the Chief Minister's residence, all for a chance to see her. But she refused him on the grounds that men and women should keep their distance. Unable to accept it, he stopped her. Afraid of frightening her, he kept his trembling hands down and lowered his voice. "Hua... Miss Sheng, my heart belongs to you. Please don't choose him, all right?"

Sheng Hua stepped back. Her eyes reddened beneath her veiled hat, and after a long pause she said, "This humble girl is not blessed enough to be worthy of you. You are destined for greatness. I hope your future is bright and your wishes come true."

She had no idea that his lifelong wish had long since become her.

Yet no matter how he tried to win her over and cling to her, he could not earn another glance from her.

As snow fell thickly, he trapped her in his arms, his voice hoarse and burning with emotion. "Huahua, why, why don't you want me anymore?"

Content notes: 1v1.

Sweet romance, feel-good story.

The heroine's health will improve.

In their previous life, Lu Yansheng was sharp-tongued in the early years. At ten years old, he resented the heroine for ruining his life, and his family's circumstances made him somewhat obsessive. He is not a perfect character. Please click away if that bothers you.

Both leads are reborn.

Upcoming novel

Spring Dusk, also known as Is the General's Body No Longer Any Good?

Qi Yan, a senior general who had been away from the capital for a long time, returned victorious after a great battle at the age of twenty-three. As soon as he got back, his older brother pressured him to meet the young miss of a marquis's household.

The young lady had been raised in a secluded household and was a refined, proper young woman.

Qi Yan had been used to a carefree life outside the capital. Like an untamed horse refusing the stable, he would not agree, even after being beaten until there was hardly an uninjured patch of skin on him. "Either break off the engagement or beat me to death!"

Madam Qi felt sorry for her son and sent someone to deliver a message that very night. Somehow, the messenger misunderstood.

They heard that he had suffered an injury, and mistook it for his body no longer being any good...

His body was no longer any good...

When Wan Yu heard, her eyes trembled and she couldn't help sighing, feeling a little sorry for the senior general she had never met.

The proposed match was called off.

But for some reason, the rumor that his body was no longer any good spread everywhere. When Qi Yan learned of it, he was angry for a moment, but then decided it was rather convenient. It gave him a plausible reason to reject the match his family had arranged, so he never corrected the rumor.

Who could have guessed that when Qi Yan really met Wan Yu, he would fall for her at first sight? Wan Yu, behind her gauzy curtains, was like a bright moon. The fragility in every frown and smile made Qi Yan's heart melt. But this time, she was being introduced to a new top scholar from the capital, not him.

When the young woman noticed his gaze, he thought he saw a trace of sympathy in her eyes...

For the first time, Qi Yan learned that regret could keep a man awake all night.

In the middle of the night, he kicked open the door of the main house, fell to his knees, and said he would marry no one but her.

The next day, he sent a formal proposal to the marquis's residence. Before Wan Yu could see it, her brother, who knew the "inside story," sent it back, while tactfully hinting that Qi Yan had a hidden affliction and should not lead her on...

Qi Yan stared blankly at the letter in his hand, his tongue bitter. He had thoroughly learned what it meant to pick up a rock and drop it on his own foot.

But this was a private matter. He couldn't exactly explain it in front of the young lady...

Bonus Scene

Wan Yu went to a temple to pray and rest beneath the marriage tree. Just then, she heard two people talking behind it.

A young man asked, "How is my body?"

Someone answered, "The young general is strong and healthy, robust and vigorous, without the slightest 'hidden affliction'!"

The young man asked again, "So you mean it's very good?"

The other person replied, "Indeed. Very good, better than anyone else's!"

Wan Yu, standing beneath the marriage tree, frowned. In the end she could not keep quiet and gently said, "General, I have heard this eight times this month. Rest assured, I will keep that matter to myself. You don't need to..."

With that, she fled as if running away.

Qi Yan: "..."

What should he do? It seemed he had only made things worse...

Theme: Everyone can find their own salvation.