[Coming soon: My Younger Uncle Keeps Fighting for Her. The blurb is at the very bottom. Feel free to add it to your reading list!]
Blurb:
A cool, aloof heroine with an intense drive for success vs. a loyal, laid-back hero who'd rather do nothing
Reader's guide:
The heroine mistreats the hero, and she's adored by everyone.
One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins.
The hero spends the entire novel suffering to win her back, for real.
The heroine's side:
The Chancellor's fourth daughter is cool and noble, with a reputation for talent throughout the capital. But an imperial decree forces her to marry the playboy Marquis Qin.
She carefully schemes until the young marquis falls in love with her, becoming lovesick, obsessed, and ready to bang his head against a wall for her.
Unfortunately, the young marquis has no interest in fame or fortune and considers money and status beneath him.
Most of all, he refuses to do any actual work.
Tell him to go into business, and he goes gambling. Tell him to become an official, and he slacks off.
Unable to take it anymore, Xie Zhiyan kicks her useless husband out of her way and takes charge herself.
Five years later, a new gardener arrives at the marquis's residence. He's tall, broad, dull, and ugly.
He follows her into bandit territory, then follows her when she's transferred far away to manage flood control.
As Xie Zhiyan watches him, she wonders... why does this man look so much like the husband I killed back then?
The hero's side:
The first thing the young Marquis Qin does after crawling out of hell is take revenge on his cruel, heartless wife.
He disguises himself and successfully infiltrates the marquis's residence.
All he has to do is find proof that this woman murdered him and have her thrown in prison.
But when he watches her calmly endure the insults people hurl at her, all he wants is to point at them and shout, "What do you know? She's not like that!"
When he sees her quietly and thoughtfully doing good deeds that no one understands, he wants to kill those ungrateful wretches and give them a taste of their own medicine.
When he sees how hard she struggles to hold her own in court, he only wishes he could be more useful, so she could take advantage of him a little more.
He'll fall in love with her the same way, again and again, at every turn. He's beyond saving.
A little scene:
Later, after his revenge succeeds, he looks at Xie Zhiyan in prison clothes in the dungeon and asks over and over, humbly, "Have you ever regretted killing me?"
Xie Zhiyan's expression is calm. "Never."
Next up: My Younger Uncle Keeps Fighting for Her. Here's the blurb. If you're interested, please add it to your reading list. Thank you!
Delicate, scheming widow x younger, cunning general
After her parents die, Li Niang takes her child and sets out for Jinling to join her late husband's family.
On the road, she's tricked into entering a brothel.
Her brother-in-law rushes over when he hears the news, arriving just as she is being harassed in her thin clothing.
After returning to Jinling, Li Niang has nightmares every night.
She dreams that her brother-in-law sneeringly tells others she once ended up in a brothel.
The admiration people once felt for her for remaining faithful to her late husband turns into disgust and contempt.
The Pei family can't tolerate a woman with a sullied reputation and questionable virtue.
With no one to protect her, she is thrown out, and she isn't even allowed to see her daughter again!
She jolts awake.
No!
She hasn't enjoyed enough of the good life yet. She can't let them throw her out like this!
So every morning, the first thing she does when she wakes up is ask:
"Where is my brother-in-law going today?"
"Does my brother-in-law have any plans today?"
"Is my brother-in-law meeting anyone or discussing anything today?"
She has to make absolutely sure he doesn't let the secret slip!
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Because his birth caused his mother's blindness, Pei Yinguang was never welcomed by his family. Only his older brother treated him well.
When he was thirteen, his older brother married a woman who became his sister-in-law.
She had a slender waist and was as delicate as a willow in the breeze.
He couldn't stand her. She seemed spoiled and self-indulgent.
She wanted good food, good lodging, and a good night's sleep.
If she twisted her ankle by accident, she'd tearfully ask his brother to carry her.
How could someone like that be worthy of his brother?
Later, his brother died, and her parents died too.
With no one else to rely on, she gazed at him with tearful, pleading eyes.
"Brother-in-law, you're all I have left."
His heart gave a thunderous lurch, then felt strangely empty.
He thought, She's all alone now.
I have to protect her.
Even if all I can do is watch over her without ever getting close, I'll do it for the rest of my life.
Until one day, she shyly brought up the idea of marrying again.
"What made you suddenly think of remarrying, Sister-in-law?" Pei Yinguang narrowed his eyes.
Li Niang lowered her head, embarrassed. "It's been many years since Yinyang passed away, and you're about to be betrothed. My position in the household is awkward. It might be better for me to find a new husband."
She looked up, her bright eyes full of hope. "You've always treated me so well, Brother-in-law. You'll help me, won't you?"
"Of course... not."
Clenching the fist behind his back, he gave a mocking laugh.
Theme: May you get everything you wish for
The heroine is sober and has ideals and ambitions. I like her very much.
Yes, one man and two men are both in love, how can we deal with it? Want them all
How can she be an official when the heroine is so weak that she can't even handle her subordinates? It is said in the article that the heroine's brother is not as good as the heroine, but judging from the deeds in the article, it is clear that the brother has captured the heroine. Putting aside for the moment, water control in ancient times was a major matter. It was absolutely impossible to send someone who knew nothing about it, let alone allow irrelevant people to flourish. The heroine has been sent by the emperor to control the floods. Even if she can't do it herself, it's better than taking two people she can't control and still being coerced. The so-called expert in water control doesn't listen to the heroine. Isn't it equivalent to the heroine being suppressed by two people even though she has no cards?
How slutty is the male protagonist? This word has been used countless times in just so many chapters.
Is the male protagonist dirty? What kind of fragrance is there?
Well, many of the previous descriptions seemed strange, but this chapter finally achieved it
Qingqing: Why do both of them want to be my father?
That's awesome, reformists are not what ordinary people can do 😭 😭 😭
Poor baby, daddy doesn't care for her and mommy doesn't love her
The male protagonist has a love brain that cannot be cured