The Little Landlord's Fall from Grace [Farming]

Meng Xiaoxi had been frail and meek since childhood. After his parents died, his family’s fortunes took a nosedive. His uncle coveted their fields, and even the hired hands looked down on him.

The young master was beautiful but weak-willed. The hired hands not only deceived him, they even harbored wicked designs on him. At the critical moment, it was the out-of-towner he had encountered just a few days earlier who came to his rescue.

Shen Qingzhou was a strong, strapping PE teacher, but he accidentally fell off a cliff while hiking and found himself transported to a village in ancient times with his backpack. By chance, he saved a young man. The boy had no family and was pitifully alone, while Shen Qingzhou had nowhere to go, so the two hit it off and decided to make a life together.

His phone somehow never ran out of battery and could still access the internet. Relying on the agricultural knowledge he found there, he helped put the fields in order, raised a whole flock of chickens and ducks, and got the young man exercising too. Their lives gradually grew more comfortable, and the two of them fell deeper in love.

The young master was wonderful in every way, except that he was too softhearted and easy to push around. Everyone wanted to bully him. Shen Qingzhou said helplessly, “You don’t have to be nice to those people. Since ancient times, kind people have been bullied, and gentle horses have been ridden.”

Meng Xiaoxi only caught half of what he said, then suddenly blushed. “Y-You’re the one who gets ridden!”

Shen Qingzhou froze for a moment, then leaned close to his ear and chuckled, “I wouldn’t be opposed.”

“...”

A person’s nature was inborn, and if it couldn’t be changed, then Shen Qingzhou would simply stay by his side and protect him. From then on, the two enjoyed a wonderful life, toiling in the fields by day and working hard at cultivation in their room at night.

◇ A very loose setting, an episodic slice-of-life story

◇ Strong gong and delicate shou, physically speaking, with a size difference

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Title: The Pavilion Master’s Bride Swap in Women’s Clothing

Blurb:

Meng Yunzhi was sent to a sect to be raised as a child. When he came of age, he received a letter from home and returned to attend his younger sister’s wedding. But he was drugged and made the bride instead, then carried in a wedding sedan to the Prince of Wuping’s manor.

Rumor had it that the brutal prince was a tyrant who abused men and women alike. Meng Yunzhi was worried sick, sure that he was in for a terrible time.

Who knew the man seemed to find him utterly repulsive? He didn’t just refuse to consummate the marriage, he didn’t even lift the bridal veil. A month later, he sent Meng Yunzhi off to an estate.

Heavens were on his side!

Meng Yunzhi was overjoyed. The estate’s security was lax, so he could finally resume his secret career as a treasure hunter. That’s right, two years ago he had taken over the sect’s Lost Treasures Pavilion and become a gentleman thief.

He never expected that his first job after sneaking out would bring him face-to-face with a generous young lord who seemed to be interested in him. Well, the prince wasn’t a good person anyway, so they might as well give each other a pair of green hats.

Just as the two were getting sweet on each other and planning to take things further, he suddenly felt a scar between the other man’s fingers. It was exactly like the one he had felt on his wedding day!

Could this be his husband, the man he had never met?

Before his wedding, Xiao Qianluo learned that his fiancée was secretly involved with a prince of the Wu Kingdom. He was unwilling when the marriage was decreed, but as the wedding day drew near, she suddenly changed her tune and began urging things along.

Could she be pregnant and looking for a convenient father?

He gave a cold laugh. Fine, let’s do this. I won’t touch you, so let’s see what you have to say when you give birth to a yellow-haired, green-eyed monster that looks like its father!

But after a night of drinking, he accidentally let his suspicions slip. Seeing him drunkenly threaten her, Meng Yunzhi had no choice but to stuff a fake pregnancy belly under his clothes that very night.

It wasn’t until later, when he saw the heavily made-up princess, that a corner of the pillow showed beneath her clothes.

Xiao Qianluo gaped. “Where’s the baby?”

Meng Yunzhi hurriedly covered the pillow and, in his panic, squeezed out two tears. “After you forced yourself on me while drunk last time, I miscarried. I-I’ve been so consumed with longing for the child that I’ve lost my mind!”

He’d already accepted the green hat. One more false accusation couldn’t hurt.

Xiao Qianluo was struck as if by lightning. It was over! Everything was over! There was no way he and the pavilion master he had been pining for could ever be together now.

After the truth came out, Meng Yunzhi spent every night in bed on the verge of tears. Xiao Qianluo grabbed him by the ankle and snorted, “Pavilion Master Meng, after playing me for a fool like that, shouldn’t you let me decide your punishment?”

Theme: Work hard and be brave to build a better life together