After the Marriage Swap

Su Qingwan was adopted by the Su family. Her stepmother forced her to switch fiances with her stepsister.

Her original fiance was the heir to a marquis's household, while the man she was to marry instead was the son of a disgraced official.

On her wedding day, she saw how tall and imposing he was, his expression stern. Tears welled in her eyes, and she trembled with fear.

Pei Jingshan returned from military service. Before he could go to the Su family to break off his engagement, they sent the woman to him.

The Su family had secretly switched the brides, marrying their eldest daughter to him.

When he saw the woman looking up at him with reddened eyes, timidly begging him not to send her away, he had no choice but to accept the muddle they had made of things.

He didn't like weak, timid women. She was far too frail, and she kept bursting into tears, which annoyed him to no end.

He had no interest in romance. He would simply give her a place to live, and they could treat each other with respect from then on.

That was what he planned, anyway. But later, when he saw her smile at the heir to the marquis's household, the usually composed, taciturn man lost control. He gripped her waist tightly with one large hand and pinned her in a corner, demanding in a muffled voice, "Do you have him in your heart, or me?"

A little scene:

One day, three years later, Su Qingwan's stepsister left the marquis's residence in tears, clutching a letter of divorce.

She had thought that after switching brides with her elder sister, she would become the wife of the heir to a marquis's household and enjoy a life of wealth and privilege.

But on their wedding night, the heir had already begun to neglect her. She had spent three years trying to please him, but his attitude had not changed in the slightest.

As she passed the Pei residence, she saw that the son of the disgraced official now wore an official seal at his waist and had been made a general and a prince. Her gentle, timid elder sister had become a confident, poised wife of a prince, basking in glory!

They exchanged a smile, and their sweet happiness cut her to the heart!

Note: Stern, taciturn tough guy x weak, timid young woman.

Married first, fall in love later; they bring warmth to each other and grow together.

Theme: Good is rewarded, and evil is punished