Fresh Green Leaves Lifted in the New Rain

A big kiss to all my readers supporting the official edition. He Qingyuan only reunited with her family in the capital after coming of age in Jiangnan. But after so many years apart, a deep rift has grown between her and her closest relatives. Her parents think she's timid and awkward, with nothing but good looks. Her siblings find her dull and boring, far too meek and obedient. Yet somehow, this very He Qingyuan has to marry into the General's household as the eldest daughter-in-law in her sister's place. General Zhu has taken two successive wives and fathered many children, leaving his household complicated and overcrowded. Her stepmother-in-law is cruel and venomous, driving her future brother-in-law to become a Taoist priest on a mountain, while her elder sister follows him and becomes a Taoist nun. They are, after all, handsome, well-bred, and not bad-looking, but... Unfortunately, the betrothal was arranged by their grandparents, and it's not easy to call it off. Marrying into the family of a poisonous woman would be unbearable, while marrying a powerless son born to a concubine would be tantamount to seeking death. Just when they are caught between a rock and a hard place, the Zhu family discovers a son who went missing during a military campaign many years ago. He has made a name for himself in battle and earned the emperor's praise, but they say he was raised by wolves for seven or eight years, is wild as one of them, and howls like a beast beneath the full moon. He Qingyuan, the bride marrying in someone else's place, becomes an object of pity to the capital's young ladies, but she thinks that if Zhu Yunlai really has a tail, that would be rather nice. Only after their wedding does He Qingyuan discover that the rumors spread by her stepmother-in-law aren't entirely made up. Zhu Yunlai really can transform into a beast, and not only under the full moon. Zhu Yunlai's perspective: He only meant to earn enough for food before heading back to the grasslands to have fun. Then he saw a little fox caught in a pile of silk, trapped in a cage of gold and jade. He wanted to carry her off in his teeth, but worried she couldn't endure the grassland's wind and sand, so he decided to stay by her side instead. At first glance: A dazed, sweet girl X a fierce, scary werewolf In reality: A fierce, sweet girl X a dazed werewolf Every day, I count all my adorable readers supporting the official edition while tucked in bed. Theme: Fresh green growth after the rain, washing away dust and decay