After Retiring from the Military, the Former Alpha's Wife Wants to Be Marked Every Day

[Coming Soon: The Cannon-Fodder A Who Became a Frail Princess] The blurb is below. If you like it, add it to your collection~ This story's pairing: an earnest, wooden top who turns into a clingy, shamelessly affectionate one later x a delicate, flirtatious bottom who can't keep up later Reader's Guide: 1. My writing is terrible, so please don't give me advice. If it's not for you, stop reading! 2. Please don't conflate the characters' actions with the author. Be kind to everyone! 3. A sweet, slow-burn, everyday romance with mutual devotion! 4. Emphasis added: [Logic? Never heard of it. Everything serves my tastes! Fellow kindred spirits are welcome!] Blurb 1 Yan Huai married Lu Xiran, the daughter of a once-prosperous merchant family fallen on hard times, to fulfill her mother's dying wish. On their wedding night, her frail wife coughed all night long, leaving Yan Huai anxious and unsettled. Once Lu Xiran recovered, Yan Huai was summoned to join the army. Three years later, Yan Huai returned home from the battlefield, badly wounded and with her gland destroyed. The once-dilapidated house had been completely renovated, and the wife who had grown hazy in Yan Huai's memories had become a beautiful, radiant woman, praised by everyone as a capable homemaker. Yet Yan Huai felt that something was off. Three people were frequent visitors to the house: Third Sister Li from next door, Second Brother Wang from the east end of the village, and Scholar Qin, whom she had heard about before. And Scholar Qin had been Lu Xiran's fiancee before her family fell on hard times...! It wasn't just a little off. Yan Huai might have a bit of a green hat on her head. Blurb 2 After returning to the village, Yan Huai hoisted a hoe and got to work. Her lovely wife cooled off in the shade of a tree and said in a lilting voice, "My dear, take a break. Second Brother will come help in a bit." Yan Huai chopped wood and cooked, while her lovely wife murmured beside her, "My dear, take a break. Third Sister will come help in a bit." Yan Huai... "My dear, Scholar Qin..." Unable to take it anymore, Yan Huai pinned Lu Xiran to the kang and sealed her red lips with a kiss. "You are not saying another word. We're getting a divorce!" Yan Huai and Lu Xiran had only ever been bound by a marriage certificate, thrown together when they were both at their lowest. Given the situation now, Yan Huai couldn't find a reason to stay. But as soon as she said it, Lu Xiran burst into tears, her tear-streaked face silently accusing her. ^ When they married, Yan Huai had only presented as an A for a few months. She had been so sweet and naive, calling Lu Xiran "Big Sis" and taking care of her devotedly. After years apart, Yan Huai had shed her youthful awkwardness and become mature and dependable. And all the more heartbreaking. Lu Xiran knew there were scars hidden beneath Yan Huai's slender, fair neck. So through the long, difficult nights, she would cling to her, kiss her, and tempt her. But the places Lu Xiran kissed drew no response from Yan Huai. She could only watch like a bystander as Lu Xiran's eyes grew red and she sobbed helplessly. Even when swept up in her emotions, Lu Xiran remembered to comfort her. "Ah Huai, don't rush..." Yan Huai gritted her teeth. "How about... we give it a try?" Lu Xiran put on a fierce front. "...Try pushing me onto someone else again and see what happens!" "You have to kiss me a few more times." Yan Huai: "…" She thought so too. If it didn't work the first time, they could just try a few more times. Bonus Scene After a successful marking. Yan Huai put her arms around Lu Xiran, who was pregnant and had been made to cry by her wicked mother and domineering younger sister. "Be good. I'll take you out tomorrow." "All right! Ah Huai, where are we going?" "It's a secret." Yan Huai kept the secret and took her wife to the biggest holiday resort in the capital. The moment they entered, everyone called out in unison, "Boss Lu!" Yan Huai's face went dark. Her wife wasn't quite so appealing anymore. So... she'd pulled strings and spent a fortune to buy the resort, only to end up looking like a clown?? --The Cannon-Fodder A Who Became a Frail Princess Tentative blurb: Yu Mo had a nightmare, then transmigrated. She had landed in a lesbian ABO novel called Madly in Love with the Princess. The princess, of course, was aloof and otherworldly, alluring yet distant, and so stunningly beautiful that words failed to describe her. She was also sickly and capricious. And had countless lovers, with a fishpond full of them. She fell for one person after another, and tormented each one she loved. Unfortunately, Yu Mo was one of them. Her nightmare had come true: she had transmigrated into the body of Yu Mo, the princess's wife and junior commandant of the palace guard, who shared her name. As the biggest cannon fodder, Yu Mo naturally had a special status: she was the second daughter of a prince of a different surname in the current dynasty. After marrying the princess, she made a scene at every turn, then died after a few chapters. Yu Mo wasn't keen on that, so she did everything she could to stay alive. "How could anyone in this world be as dazzling and beautiful as the princess? From the moment I first saw her, I was enchanted. I think of her every day..." Someone else said, "You were only four when you first saw the princess!" "The princess is kindhearted. She must have refused what I sent because my cooking was bad!" Someone else said, "But she ate the little pastries sent by this year's top palace graduate!" "The princess is so adorable and charming. Even these little injuries are proof that she loves me. Why doesn't she hurt anyone else...?" Someone else continued, "She hurt you last..." "The princess is such a gentle person. She only gave me a light lash with her whip." -- Ling Zhaowei was the sixth imperial princess of the current dynasty, with a lofty status. There was only one thing people criticized her for: she was infatuated with her maternal cousin, the ever-victorious young general Xue Ning. The two had been betrothed as children, but Xue Ning disappeared for years and returned with an orphan girl. How could a princess put up with such an insult? She recruited countless retainers and lovers, then tormented them in body and mind. The more someone resembled Xue Ning, the more cruelly she treated them. Her wife, Yu Mo, was the exception, because she didn't look like Xue Ning at all. In other words, the princess couldn't be bothered with her. But there were no secrets within the princess's residence. Every word Yu Mo said to someone eventually reached Ling Zhaowei's ears. When the princess heard it, she was holding fish food, ready to feed the fish. Her beautiful eyes blinked in disbelief. "Did she really say that?" "...Yes. She also said she wanted you to mark her in return, and that she'd make you soup every day. She only hopes that when you punish someone else, you'll give her a few lashes too." The fish food fell into the tank. The princess waved her hand excitedly. "Keep watching her. Let's see just how much she loves me." Later, the princess got a dog and stroked its fur, smiling as she pretended to be troubled. "Since my consort loves me so much..." "From now on, she can be in charge of feeding the fish." "Give the top palace graduate extra food. Make that fish nice and fat." "She's always running to Mother to complain about me." "Do a good job, and I'll personally whip her tomorrow!" Theme: With mountains and seas in your heart, stay calm and don't compete.