[Bottom] Self-Reliant, Blunt Bottom vs. Down-and-Out, Long-Suffering Top
He Ruhu was a ger. After his parents were buried, he was reborn, returning to the day before the city fell.
At the time, his vicious aunt was blocking the courtyard gate, cursing him and falsely accusing his family of owing hers ten taels of silver. Last time, he believed her. Too proud to back down, he loaded the family's valuables onto a cart and pushed them into the city to sell that very night. The next morning, he was hacked to death by rebel soldiers who stormed into the city. Only as he lay dying did he realize his aunt's family had wanted to strip him of everything!
This time around, they wanted money? Not a chance! First, they could return everything they had stolen from his family!
With money to flee, He Ruhu packed his things that night, hitched up his cart, and ran! Before leaving, he even kindly warned the villagers that rebel soldiers were coming to attack. Unfortunately, no one believed him.
Traveling alone, He Ruhu found a handsome young man by the roadside. When the man woke up, they negotiated, and He Ruhu traded him a rice cake for a husband.
While rescuing him, He Ruhu had threatened fiercely, "You ate my food, so you're mine. Otherwise... otherwise, I'll break your legs!"
Zhou Linyuan was injured, not blind. Looking at the obvious difference in their sizes, he fell silent. "..."
He was threatening to break this prince's legs! The nerve! But the food he made smelled so good~
The two helped (or rather, didn't help) each other along, and He Ruhu really did become the man's husband. He was focused on reaching a city untouched by rebellion, settling down together, and working hard to build a life for their little family.
He never imagined that his husband, who had been on the verge of starving to death by the roadside, had such an impressive background...
On their first day in the city, his husband told him to stay where they were lodging and not wander off while he went out for a while.
He left and never came back.
He Ruhu was beside himself with worry. He went out every day to look for him, and ended up in the path of a prince returning to the city. Soldiers pinned him to the main street, leaving him covered in mud and looking utterly wretched.
Amid a crowd of officials in robes of every color, the man stood in armor, his expression cold. He said curtly, "This ignorant commoner is not worth bothering with."
The word "husband" caught in He Ruhu's throat. Eyes red, he watched the man walk away without even looking back...
That night, He Ruhu packed his things and fled again, taking the baby in his belly with him.
Reader's Guide:
1. A little groveling and reconciliation.
2. More to be added later...
Theme: A simple life, safe and content
