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[Content warning] ★Angsty groveling-and-pursuit after a breakup | coercive possession
My other story, We Live Together in Perfect Harmony, is now underway. Find it on my author page OvO
---Story blurb---
When A Zhi married Yan Xu, she knew he would never love her.
At the time, she was a princess sent from a small foreign kingdom to marry for peace. He was a crown prince, seriously wounded and confined to the palace, on the verge of being demoted to commoner status.
Trembling, A Zhi lifted her veil and saw only a pair of narrow, piercing eyes.
His gaze was full of disgust and contempt. His voice was as cold as ice, like the wolves she'd seen on the grasslands, dying yet still ferocious.
"Get out."
*
To survive, A Zhi swallows her embarrassment and applies medicine to his wounds. But when she blushes and lifts his robe, Yan Xu looks at her coldly, then calls her "shameless."
She makes trinkets by hand to earn money for his medicine, only for him to scold her coldly and treat her with utter disdain.
A Zhi understands that asking someone as proud as Yan Xu to be with her is too much. So she deliberately hides her feelings, which have grown over a long time, and asks only to stay by his side.
Until Yan Xu regains his status. Carrying the bone broth she made for him herself, she clearly hears him say with contempt:
"A barbaric foreign woman is nothing but a plaything. She isn't worthy of being my principal wife."
Her dream shatters, and A Zhi suddenly comes to her senses. The idea that true love can be won with sincerity is the sort of happy ending found only in storybooks.
So on the eve of his ascension to the throne, she runs away.
The sparrow who doesn't know her place should have made way for the phoenix long ago.
*
After the late emperor dies and everything is settled, Yan Xu rushes to the villa where A Zhi has been staying, only to find it in ruins.
The newly enthroned young emperor's eyes are bloodshot from exhaustion, and he forcefully vomits blood.
Rumors spread among the people that the emperor has gone mad since the empress passed away.
He spends his days holding her memorial tablet, handling state affairs without rest, and anxiously searching for the soul of his late empress.
Then one day, at a small home outside the capital.
The neighbors see terrifying armored cavalry charge into the village, and a powerful noble whose identity cannot be spoken of strides into the home.
He lifts the bright red bridal veil, his hand tightening inch by inch around the bride's chin. His sharp, narrow eyes seem capable of stripping away her wedding robes, and his grip hurts her.
The beautiful woman, whose face is as lovely as ever, doesn't recognize the man before her and turns deathly pale with fear.
"Who is A Zhi? My name is Yunyan. My lord, are you here to see my husband?"
Blood stains his clothes, just like a wedding robe.
His voice is choked with anguish. "A Zhi, I must be your only husband."
*
Yan Xu absolutely refuses to admit he loves A Zhi.
She's crude, rude, and alluring, with none of the decorum expected of a proper young lady. She's a foreigner, too. To him, she's his deepest shame, a witness to the most humiliating period of his life.
Yet the deepest corruption and delusion of his life are all tied to her.
He longs for her to remember, yet fears that she will.
She beckons with a finger, and he willingly bows his head to her.
[Content warnings]
1. First love for both the male and female leads, one-on-one, happy ending.
2. The tropes are clear: an over-the-top, dramatic groveling romance, a chaotic mix of melodrama that won't suit everyone's taste, written for readers who enjoy this sort of thing. It really is melodramatic, so believe me when I say so. If it's not your thing, don't test your limits.
Insulting me won't make you happy. It'll waste your time, and it'll only make me angrily post more chapters.
3. Includes an amnesia trope, with memories returning later.
4. The author's note in Chapter 1 has detailed content warnings. No need to tell me if you drop the story.
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---Upcoming story: Heartless---
Fu Ying is a farm girl, delicate and lovely, with tender, watery eyes that make people's hearts tremble.
As the villagers say, it was cruel of heaven to give someone born to a hard life such a beautiful face. It's a curse.
She and her widowed mother depend on each other, but her face constantly brings trouble. Local thugs hang around her house, and she's had enough.
As she holds a shard of stone, ready to scar her own face, her mother glances at the handsome young man from the village who Fu Ying rescued a few days ago and says, "Why don't you marry him? Once you're married, the rich men in town won't keep after you."
Fu Ying thinks it sounds like a good idea. He's handsome and refined. He's a little sickly, but she doesn't mind.
The only drawback is that he's blind.
That's perfect. Fu Ying hates the way those men look at her, so a blind husband is just what she wants.
Fu Ying brings her bundle and uses the fact that she saved him to make him marry her. They exchange vows and start living together.
She's kind to everyone, and though he's cold at first, in time they settle into a respectable married life.
Just as Fu Ying thinks things are getting better day by day, her husband suddenly disappears for months without a trace.
The next time she sees him is on a busy street in the provincial capital.
The man is handsome, with a striking face and luxurious robes. Riding a tall horse, he shows no sign of illness and passes her without even glancing her way.
She doesn't know when his sight returned.
But she knows he didn't recognize her.
Or maybe he did recognize her, but didn't want to admit they knew each other.
He's a nobleman from a prestigious family, and she's an illiterate country girl. The gulf between them was always enormous.
Fu Ying adjusts the muddy vegetables in her basket, turns around, and walks away without a trace of regret.
-
Qi Changyuan was exceptional from childhood and enjoyed great renown. But while pursuing rebels, he fell off a cliff and was left blind and disabled.
A crude farm girl rescued him, then used the fact that she had saved him to force him into marrying her.
He thought she was head over heels in love with him.
But he could never love a country girl like her, covered in dust and talking incessantly about village affairs. She was utterly tedious.
So when his guards found him, he left her money and left the countryside he never wanted to think about again.
He thought he would forget her before long.
But she seemed to have bewitched him, taking root deep in his heart. She must have some kind of magic.
Otherwise, why would his heart ache beyond bearing when he heard she was going to marry someone else?
His desire grows, and all he wants is to take her back and keep her by his side.
To teach her never to leave him again.
#He thought he was the heartless one, but never imagined she could be even more ruthless.
---Upcoming story: We Live Together in Perfect Harmony---
Ming Yun Zhi is the beautiful daughter of a high-ranking official, with a lovely face and graceful figure. She's a famous beauty in the capital.
She was promised to the crown prince as a child and grew up observing every rule and convention, never making a single mistake. When she came of age, she married into the Eastern Palace in a grand wedding and became the crown princess in name and in fact.
In their three years of marriage, everyone in the palace praises her, and all are fond of her.
Everyone except her husband, Pei Yu.
On their wedding day, Pei Yu lifted her veil, saw her flowerlike face, and said, "As my crown princess, you must put love last."
When his lips touched hers, cold and restrained, without a trace of affection, she already saw what her future would be.
She would live in harmony with His Highness and treat him with mutual respect, but there would be no love between them.
In their third year of marriage, Ming Yun Zhi realizes by chance that Pei Yu has changed at some point.
He used to go straight to his study after court, but now he rushes to her bedchamber first thing and clings to her as he talks.
He never used to prepare special gifts, but now he pricks his hand trying to make her an ugly lantern.
Pei Yu, who never insisted on having children, presses his face into the hollow of her neck and says in a muffled voice, "Yun Zhi, have a child for me."
When she doesn't answer, he thrusts against her more fiercely, without restraint.
...In the end, all the noblewomen in the capital come to ask her how to manage their husbands.
Ming Yun Zhi: ...Huh?
-
Pei Yu holds a position of power and is surrounded by rivals. He saw through the ways of the world early on and has never believed in love.
Until one day he has a baffling dream. He wakes with his head splitting and his heart aching.
He looks at the woman lying beside him, sleeping peacefully, his expression complicated.
He always thought himself heartless.
Until the dream shows him again and again the day they first met. Behind a four-panel screen decorated with seven-colored flowers, jade pendants chime softly as the bright young girl, pretending to be more mature than she is, steps out from behind it. The scent of orchids grows stronger.
Someone says, "Yun Zhi, this is His Highness the Crown Prince."
The girl's cheeks turn red. She lowers her almond-shaped eyes and pays her respects.
He clenches his palm, too, and calls her "Little Sister Yun Zhi."
He's a clever man.
And clever men never make the same mistake twice.
Theme: Learn to love and be loved
After Flirting with the Aloof Beauty, I Can’t Get Away
The Tenth Year of Coveting My Celibate Cousin
The Husband Who Died in Battle After Our Substitute Marriage Has Returned
The Third Year of Perfect Harmony
The Crown Prince Insists on Becoming My Lover
A Guide to Self-Rescue for the Sickly Supporting Female Character
Back Before My Childhood Sweetheart Husband Took a Second Wife
And Then I Saw the Lovely Little Fish
Supreme Favor
Scheming for Love
My Mother Married Three Times
You Call This a Cannon Fodder Heroine?
I was reborn, and I saw that my ninth brother in sheep's clothing was bullying my future wife without my knowledge. After thinking about it, I still felt it was wrong, so I had to find a reason to deal with him. This time I wanted to kill all the people who killed A-Zhi.
Hello everyone (clears throat) Take a bow and see if my new pre-collection is good - "Bo Qing (Crematorium)" Yes, Crematorium really likes this one recently. The QAQ copy is as follows: Fuying was a peasant girl, but she was born delicate and tender, and her eyes were as tender as water, which made people's hearts tremble. In the words of the villagers, it is because God is not discerning and it is a disaster for the poor to have such an appearance. She and her widowed mother depended on each other, but her face always caused trouble. The gangsters blocked the door of her house and could not bear to be disturbed. Just as she was holding the stone tablet and preparing to scratch her face, the widowed mother looked at the handsome man at the head of the village who was picked up by Fuying a few days ago and said, "Just marry him. Once you marry someone, the gentlemen in the town will no longer miss you." Fuying thinks it's good. He was handsome and elegant. Although he was a little sickly, it didn't matter. She didn't mind. The only drawback is that he is blind. It just so happened that Fu Ying didn't like the way those people stared at her, and being blind was just what she wanted. Fuying brought the package and asked him to marry her. The two worshiped heaven and earth and lived together. She treats everyone well. No matter how cold he was at first, as time went by, he still treated her well. Just when Fuying thought her life was getting better day by day, her husband suddenly disappeared for several months without any trace. The next time I saw him was on the long street of the state capital. The man has handsome features and is handsome, wearing a brocade robe. He was riding a tall horse, showing no signs of weakness, and walked past her without looking sideways. She didn't know when his eyes had healed. But she knew he didn't recognize her. Or, even if he recognizes her, he doesn't want to recognize her. He is the son of a noble family, and she is a peasant girl who cannot read a word. There is a world of difference between them. Fuying gathered the earthy vegetables in the basket, turned around and left without a trace of nostalgia. Qi Changyuan was a provocateur since he was a child and was extremely famous. However, while chasing the rebels, he fell off a cliff and became blind and disabled. He was rescued by a vulgar peasant girl and was forced to marry her in return for her kindness. He thought she loved him wholeheartedly. But he would not like such a rustic peasant girl who talks about things in the village, which is boring. So when the personal guards came, he left the gold and silver and left this countryside where he didn't want to look back. He felt that it wouldn't take long for him to forget her. But she seemed to be a haunting demon, firmly rooted in his heart. She must have some demonic power. ——Otherwise, how could he be so heartbroken when he heard that she was going to marry someone else? Desire grew, and he just wanted to snatch her back and lock her next to him. Teach her never to leave him. ——If you are interested, please add it to your collection and I will sketch it!
To prepare for pregnancy, Brother Yanzi should prepare for prenatal depression. Brother Yanzi also laughed at Xiao Fu's weak child, which was a wrong example. Sister Fu: Yuanyuan and I didn't offend anyone. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I feel like the finale will be tomorrow hahahaha It's like watching a TV series
I changed the cover and didn't recognize it. This cover is nice.
Damn, you even sent a hidden figure to appear!!! Seduce my heart
How about a little bit of abuse in the extra story, huh? The current Yanzi is even worse than the original A-Zhi, worrying about gains and losses, and being abandoned repeatedly, but Yanzi can act coquettishly, but the original A-Zhi cannot...
It's Brother Yanzi who worries about gains and losses and cries and bites when he can't find the queen~
I want to cry when I look at it ( i _ i ), but as an aside, it's not easy to make money at all.
It's been a long time since I've seen a novel that appeals to my taste. I like the male protagonist and the female protagonist both. It's really rare. Thank you, the author!