After the Obsessive Scholar Moved in with His Widowed Sister-in-Law

Coming next: *Pen Pals with an Ancient General*. Welcome to add it to your collection~ Xu Minglan unexpectedly came into possession of an ancient pinewood box from a thousand years ago. Inside was a small slip of paper that read: "The northern barbarians have captured Shanhai Pass. I want to go to the battlefield." As an archaeological researcher, Minglan was used to handling ancient artifacts. Thinking of her boss working her to the bone, she flared up and casually wrote on a piece of paper: "I'm working overtime at the research institute today. I want a day off." Then she tossed it into the box, thinking of it as a way to vent to someone from the past. But after she finished working late and came out, several new words had appeared on her note in the box: "Who are you?" Only later did she learn that the pinewood box had belonged to Huo Xuechuan, a great general of the Huizhao dynasty from a thousand years earlier. Huo Xuechuan had accomplished the feat of sealing off Mount Langjuxu twenty times, and became famous after defeating thirty thousand enemy cavalry with only five thousand troops. The people of Jizhou still remembered the young general who rose from a mountain of corpses, clad in black armor, on that day. He had been their savior. But the Huizhao dynasty had never appeared in any history books. All she could do was piece together his life bit by bit from the artifacts she unearthed in the modern world. She told him, "The latest archaeological findings say you'll disappear on the battlefield, and no one will know what happened to you..." To disappear on the battlefield could only mean being buried beneath the yellow sands, his bones left behind for his country. He wrote back, "It doesn't matter. I will have done my duty to my country." Later, as the archaeological project neared completion, his epitaph appeared before her eyes: "I have no regrets in this life, save that I have failed the one who will tend my grave a thousand years from now." She excavated his tomb, while he gave her a glimpse of his life from a thousand years in the past. Reader's guide: The rosewood box is their means of communication. Later, the heroine will transmigrate to ancient times, and the hero will also transmigrate to the modern world, so this is a historical transmigration story. Blurb: Shu Yao transmigrated into a book and became a new widow on the very first day of her marriage. The eldest young master had died suddenly, leaving only a frail, ill-tempered second young master in the household. She was forced to form a bond with her sickly younger brother-in-law and earn his trust. Greedy relatives wanted to seize the wealthy old man's estate, and they bullied the second young master in every way they could. The slender, cold young man merely stood in the snow without a word. His deep eyes were utterly still, like a pool of dead water. When Shu Yao saw him being bullied, she stepped in to protect him. From the deceit and scheming of the inner household, to a shabby, impoverished hut, and then to the turbulent court, she stayed by his side all along. The frail young man eventually became a powerful official renowned throughout the court. On the day he placed first in the palace examination, he held her gently and gave her a restrained kiss. System: [Ding~ Trust level increased.] Shu Yao's eyes widened. Kissing could raise his trust level? Why didn't he say so sooner? So when he started to pull away, she put her arms around his neck and tugged him back down, pressing her lips to his again. He froze, then tightened his arms around her waist as a tempest broke loose. Ji Shijing had read deeply in the classics and seemed as pure and beautiful as a divine being, but in truth, his mind was as cunning as a demon's. He was nothing less than a cold-blooded monster. His only wish was to stay with his sister-in-law forever. But what if she didn't love him? He had his own ways of making her fall for him. Ji Shijing: "Sister-in-law, my chest hurts." Shu Yao: "Let me see." He slowly took off his outer robe, leaving only a thin inner shirt. The contours of his lean muscles showed faintly beneath it. A drop of water traced his long, narrow brow and fell, pausing for a few seconds on his beautiful collarbone before trickling down over his skin. Shu Yao: ... That's shameless seduction! Later, on countless nights filled with unspoken desire and burning passion, the sickly, dark-hearted young powerful official knelt humbly at her feet, gently holding her waist as he kissed her with tenderness and passion. At last, the desire he had kept hidden could be brought into the light. "Sister-in-law, please take pity on me. Don't leave me." Reader's guide: 1. The hero starts out aloof, with a "keep your distance" attitude. He starts to flirt with the heroine midway through, luring her in step by step until they both fall deeper and deeper. Theme: Join hands and build a better life