Spring Colors in Your Tent

[A rugged, secretly scheming general x a fake heiress who's truly a peerless beauty]

After living as the only daughter of a marquis's household for fifteen years, Xie Yu Tan learned that she was merely an adopted heiress.

Her grandmother was nearing the end of her life. Out of gratitude for raising her, she had privately asked Xie Yu Tan to find her legitimate grandson, who had been living far away on the frontier, so she could see him one last time.

Shocked and furious, Xie Yu Tan crumpled her handkerchief, but had no choice but to travel to the frontier herself to find him.

She had just arrived when a great battle ended. The man, she heard, had been killed.

Thinking of her grandmother's earnest wish, Xie Yu Tan was at a loss. By chance, she saw a "deserter" being carried in on a stretcher, covered in blood.

The man had a handsome, cold face and a tall, imposing figure. He carried himself with distinction.

Her eyes lifted slightly, and an idea came to her.

When the man awoke, Xie Yu Tan waited by his bed, resting her chin on her hand. Her red lips curled into a smile.

"Deserting in the middle of a battle is punishable by death in the army. The Xie family can take you in while you recover and keep you out of trouble, so your life won't be in danger. But... there's one condition."

"What condition?" The man furrowed his brow.

She flicked her sleeve, her eyes dancing.

"You look seven parts like my poor, short-lived older brother. Pretend to be him and come back to the estate with me to comfort my grandmother."

The man's expression darkened. He seemed to want to say something, but stopped himself.

*

The future head of the Xie family, Xie Yuan Hui, carried a family secret and lived incognito on the frontier.

He became a marquis at a young age, commanded the military forces in his region, and vowed to defend the northern border for life.

One day, he was caught off guard and stabbed in the back on the battlefield. Badly wounded and pursued by his enemies, he was rescued by a noblewoman and narrowly escaped with his life.

After that, his personal guards began to notice how strange he had become.

He dismissed his guards, gave up being a general feared far and wide, and disguised himself as a nobody.

Stranger still, after ten years without leaving the frontier, he went back to the capital of his own accord.

Then one day, his personal guard saw the general entangled with a woman in the woods.

The woman strode ahead, her voice cold and distant.

"You all joined forces to deceive me. Now that you've reclaimed your family name, I'm done being the young lady of this marquis's household."

The usually refined and self-possessed general bent down and drew her into his arms, his voice low.

"All the better. You're the only one fit to be my marchioness."

#The counterfeit I picked up is the real deal

#General, your secret identity has slipped again

[A sweet story with just the right mix of angst and sugar]

[Mind the size difference, pure-hearted, scheming big puppy x sweet-tongued little fox who's delicate, soft, and ruthless]

Theme: Love others and love yourself.