His Beloved Little Husband

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Xie Zhili is seventeen this year, the perfect age for matchmaking. His family is large and prosperous, with plenty to eat, and they want to find him a good match.

But then a traveling monk claims Xie Zhili has an inauspicious fate that will bring death to his husband, and the family that had already agreed to the match breaks off the engagement.

Xie Zhili doesn't believe it. But as the years go by, the villagers gossip more and more. Even though his family shuts them down, the rumors end up delaying his older brother's marriage.

His family has no choice but to lower their standards and look for a decent match for Xie Zhili. But the men who come along are either poor bachelors or hooligans, none from respectable families.

Just when the whole family is at their wits' end, Chu Yuchuan, newly returned from military service, comes to ask for Xie Zhili's hand.

Chu Yuchuan is the second child in his family. His eldest sister has already married a government official and no longer keeps in touch with the family.

When the family couldn't afford to raise all the children, they sent Chu Yuchuan to enlist, leaving his life or death to fate. To their surprise, he survived one close call after another.

He returned from the army with a fierce aura. A fortune-teller had once told him he had an inauspicious fate that would bring death to his relatives, so no one came to ask for his hand in marriage.

As it happens, Chu Yuchuan has loved Xie Zhili since before he enlisted at fifteen. He'd thought his beloved would have married by now, after five years. He never expected Xie Zhili to remain unmarried because people had branded him inauspicious. Couldn't be better for Chu Yuchuan.

On their wedding day, Xie Zhili asks, "Aren't you afraid I'll bring death to my husband?"

Chu Yuchuan can barely hide his excitement. "I'm not afraid. If it's you, I'm willing."

This is a fictional setting. Even ordinary days can be sweet.

Theme: Work hard to live and support yourself

Theme: Work hard to live and support yourself