He's No Lecher

An obsessive, loyal puppy of a young marquis vs. a cool, alluring beauty with a clever scheme

He thinks he's forcing her into a relationship, but in truth, the heroine has been plotting this for a long time, carefully laying her plans step by step.

Xie Lin died at the age when she loved her most.

Gu Qing was reborn at the age when she loved Xie Lin most.

In her previous life, her husband, Jiang Tingyan, forced Gu Qing into the snow as she watched helplessly while Xie Lin's meridians were shattered and he bled to death on a snowy night. Later, unable to bear the torment, Gu Qing took her own life on New Year's Eve, beneath a sea of lights.

Gu Qing was reborn one month into her marriage to Jiang Tingyan, on the day the young marquis Xie Lin returned in triumph. From the palace wall, he saw Gu Qing, with whom he had once pledged his love. They had agreed that he would return with military honors and ask for her hand in marriage. Instead, he saw her sharing a loving embrace with her new husband. Xie Lin clenched his palm until it bled, his heart utterly broken!

The loving scene with her husband was only something Gu Qing wanted Xie Lin to see. Believing that Gu Qing had betrayed him and married another, Xie Lin seized Jiang Tingyan and threw him in prison, demanding that Gu Qing trade herself for her husband's life.

Gu Qing accepted without hesitation and spent the night with Xie Lin. As promised, Xie Lin released Jiang Tingyan.

The people of the capital thought Xie Lin lusted after Gu Qing's beauty. Only Gu Qing knew that Xie Lin and Jiang Tingyan had both fallen, step by step, into the trap she had woven. She had become their master, holding them both in the palm of her hand.

Later, breathless sounds that were not fit for polite ears drifted from the marquis's residence night after night, and rumors spread throughout the capital that Xie Lin was a lecherous libertine.

Gu Qing twirled the sash of the new dress Xie Lin had made for her and said carelessly, “He's no lecher.”

Gu Qing in front of Xie Lin: “My lord, my dress is dirty.”

Gu Qing when Xie Lin is away: “Kill them all.”

#Male lead: thinks he's forcing her into a relationship#

#Female lead: actually, she's been plotting this for a long time, carefully laying her plans step by step#

[Reading notes]

1. Both leads are each other's first and only; happy ending.

2. Blurb screenshot archived (20250820).

Theme: To be confirmed.