My Husband Is a Future Tyrant

Lin Yao was Pei Changyan's wife through thick and thin, as well as the daughter of his mentor. At first, he was a poor scholar: sickly, frail, and pretty-faced. Lin Yao looked down on him, but her father's dying wish left her no choice but to marry him.

Fortunately, he proved himself, passed the imperial examinations, and steadily rose through the ranks.

She figured she'd eventually earn an honorific title as his wife. Who could have guessed that a princess would take a fancy to her husband, and that she would die with bitter resentment after being forced to drink poison, becoming a vengeful spirit that lingered on?

The princess died before she could even enter the household, and her frail husband went on to become a notorious official of his age, placing a young emperor on the throne and controlling the court with power to rival the emperor's.

When he killed, he would turn his jade thumb ring as he stood among the corpses, dressed in white with blood-red plum blossoms painted across his robes. He looked like the King of Hell, yet had the face of a merciful bodhisattva.

Lin Yao watched his long life unfold, until he was torn apart by five horses in his old age.

When Lin Yao opened her eyes again, she stared at the leaking thatched hut and her husband, who was sick to the point of death, and fell into thought.

Lin Yao had two plans.

One: Carefully follow Pei Changyan, the merciless demon, to the capital and enjoy a good life. Save up some money, then divorce him before the princess takes a fancy to him, and stay away from everyone who could bring trouble.

Two: Wasn't the blacksmith in the neighboring village supposed to become a wealthy merchant later? Maybe she should try flirting with him first.

Pei Changyan had two questions.

One: Why had his wife, who'd always hated him, suddenly become so gentle and attentive?

Two: Why did his wife keep going to the neighboring village to have furniture made?

Lin Yao had a little wooden box, a dowry she'd prepared for herself to take along when she ran away.

So Pei Changyan's daily routine became: do his official duties, earn money, and stuff it into his wife's box.

Until one day, he heard that it was her dowry. His usually gentle face darkened.

"Yao Yao, where else do you think you're going to marry besides me?"

His wife had always been a greedy little girl. She used to look down on him for being poor and was always scolding him. Out of gratitude to his teacher, he treated her coldly and never took her words to heart.

Later, his wife grew greedy and wanted to marry a second husband. He had failed his mentor. He often kept Yao Yao locked up, kissing her tear-streaked face as she scolded him in anger. He loved Yao Yao so much. Even her angry face was adorable, but he wouldn't let anyone else know.

In this second life, Lin Yao truly provoked Pei Changyan, this King of Hell, and found out what he really was.

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's first.

2. The male lead pretends to be gentle and refined, but is actually a deranged obsessive, a hypocritical sadist.

3. The setting is fictional, so please don't scrutinize it too closely.

Theme: Keep striving and love life