It's All Because I'm Too Softhearted

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Yu Ting had been told from childhood that she was timid by nature and should simply find an ordinary official's son to marry one day.

Yu Ting wholeheartedly agreed.

That was until the Duke of Guo's household came to ask her to marry their heir, who was unconscious with severe injuries, in hopes that the wedding would bring him good fortune.

For the first time in her life, she went against her parents' wishes and accepted the marriage herself.

It was because, during her first visit to the capital, she'd caught a distant glimpse of a young man as radiant as the sun. From then on, he had taken up permanent residence in her heart.

~

Five years into her marriage, Yu Ting finally understood that what wasn't hers could never be forced into her grasp.

Life in a powerful household was no easy thing, and the man she'd once loved had become unrecognizable.

She knew that illness had made him bad-tempered, gloomy, and withdrawn, but she was patient.

She knew Shen Hengyang had someone else in his heart, yet she foolishly imagined that one day, little by little, she might win him over and have her wish fulfilled.

But then, on the day Jingguo was defeated, Princess Zhaoyang returned to the capital from her distant marriage abroad.

Her self-pitying husband suddenly shed his haggard air, straightened his clothes, and set off to welcome her outside the city.

Gazing at his retreating back, she clutched the divorce papers Shen Hengyang had given her again just a few days earlier.

Though her eyes were full of tears, Yu Ting laughed aloud.

She signed the papers, packed her things, and left without a backward glance.

Why keep trying to warm a heart that would never thaw?

~

When she woke, Yu Ting was back on the road to the capital with her father.

The polo match that had stayed with her for half her life in her previous life appeared before her once again.

The gloomy man she remembered was gone. In his place stood a young man with all his limbs intact, full of vigor, his smile as warm as the spring sunshine.

This time, she didn't even look his way. She quietly drew the carriage curtains, determined to remain a stranger to him in this life.

~

When the calamity that had ruined Shen Hengyang's life in her previous life arrived, Yu Ting still softened and stepped in to help.

She thought this would finally settle the karmic debt between them from her previous life.

But just as the Yu family was arranging a marriage for her, the third young lady of the Yu family disappeared.

In a hidden chamber, the young man, now whole in body, advanced toward her step by step. His voice was gentle, yet it sent a chill through Yu Ting.

His warm palm slid up from her bare ankle, his gaze obsessive.

"Ting saved me when I was in danger. Why not see it through and stay by my side for the rest of my life?" Just like in their previous life.

This time, he was finally worthy of her.

A seemingly obedient girl who secretly defies convention × a seemingly sunny general who's actually obsessive

[A story about a kind-hearted girl who rescues her former husband from her previous life, only to have a rabid dog cling to her]

Note: One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only. The heroine's perspective in the blurb is biased.

This is a fictional setting, a fictional setting, a fictional setting, with plenty of creative liberties.

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Captivating beauty bunny × refined scoundrel fox

Xi Yu lost both her parents at ten and lived in the Marquis's residence for six years.

The girl was gentle and respectful, and grew into a graceful young woman. She wasn't particularly close to the young men in the household, but neither was she distant.

She was least close to the eldest young master, Yue Yuan. Apart from a brief closeness in childhood, they were practically strangers.

Xi Yu both respected and feared this elder cousin.

He had given up literature for martial arts at a young age and, though he started late, had repeatedly distinguished himself in battle. He was the brightest of the younger generation of the Yue family.

But she never understood why he disliked her, even seemed to hate her.

With her wedding approaching, Xi Yu thought she ought to build a good relationship with the future head of the Marquis's household.

But her attempts to win him over came to an end one rainy night.

That day, she happened to learn that Yue Yuan had been caught in the rain. Thinking the moment was just right, Xi Yu took some medicinal food and headed straight for the eastern courtyard.

But amid the thunder and rain, someone suddenly pulled her into a room.

The eldest young master, a renowned gentle and refined general, had a frank gaze and forceful manner, utterly unlike his usual mild, composed self.

The man's warm breath brushed her neck. Xi Yu trembled in fear, but heard him let out a helpless sigh.

"I'm about to lose control."

Xi Yu suddenly understood. She thought, I have to run.

~

Yue Yuan first saw Xi Yu in Jiangnan. Amid the misty rain, the little girl wore mourning clothes and looked utterly pitiful.

After moving into the Marquis's residence, she was quiet and reserved, always knowing how to conduct herself. Everyone liked her.

But Yue Yuan had never paid any attention to people who had nothing to do with him.

Until the day he caught the girl as she nearly fell. Her delicate scent filled his senses, and that night he dreamed of her again and again.

The little girl who had once been frail had grown up without him noticing.

From then on, each time he saw her, his heartstrings were plucked a little more, and his dreams grew increasingly difficult to endure.

He treated her coldly and avoided her at every turn, but the more he tried to suppress his desire, the more fiercely it surged back.

He had planned to keep things at a stalemate.

Then he learned she was planning to leave the capital with another man, and Yue Yuan finally realized that night had not been a dream.

She knew everything.

The teacup in his hand shattered. The man rose with a soft laugh, his gaze intimidating.

~

In a boudoir filled with fragrance, the girl failed to escape. Tears streamed down her face as she went from angry scolding to tearful pleas.

"Don't do this. We're siblings..."

But the man only bent down to cover her red lips with his own, tearing away his refined facade as he smiled with wicked delight.

His gaze swept over their disheveled, tangled clothes, and he asked pointedly, "Do siblings like us do this?"

They were more than just siblings!

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