The Cousin Keeps Running Away Again and Again

Soft and Cunning X Untouchable Beauty

Xue Zhiying refuses to be sent off as a concubine to the Prince of Lin'an, a man well past forty.

Alone in the Xiao household, she has no family or friends to turn to, and no one to rely on. So she sets her sights on the Xiao family's eldest legitimate son, Xiao Yunqi.

If she can get close to him, his protection will spare her further suffering. Then, if she can coax a few favors out of him, she'll have the means to leave the Xiao household for good.

But it's far from easy.

Xiao Yunqi is cool and chaste, and keeps his distance from women. No matter how she tries to tempt him, he remains unmoved.

With nowhere else to turn, she decides to throw caution to the wind and force herself on him.

To her surprise, the plan that should have been least likely to work succeeds with stunning ease.

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Xiao Yunqi's illustrious family is unrivaled in the capital. Brilliant and exceptionally gifted, he excels in all six arts.

He has rendered great service to the state, and is praised throughout the court as a peerless talent. His striking bearing has won the hearts of the capital's noblewomen.

He has no interest in romance and finds it all rather tedious.

That is, until the young cousin who had spent years quietly living in his household suddenly begins clinging to him with flirtatious charm.

In his eyes, her tricks are painfully clumsy. She's also outrageously bold, impossible to dissuade, and always pushing her luck.

The only thing in her favor, perhaps, is how deep and unwavering her love for him seems.

It practically overflows.

Yet while he is away on official business, she packs her things and runs off.

The servants, entirely unaware of their secret relationship, stare at him in confusion and explain, "The young lady left the estate a month ago. She said she was going home to discuss a marriage proposal. It seems she won't be coming back."

Xiao Yunqi's expression stiffens, then darkens, and an icy, terrifying chill settles around him.

She intends to... discuss marrying someone else?

Fine.

She sweet-talked him and played the obedient, gentle sweetheart. In the end, she used him, stole his heart, and still dares to marry someone else.

Once he drags her back, he'll settle the score with her properly.

*

Later, Xiao Yunqi hears his attendants report the same thing time and again.

"My lord, it's bad. The young lady has run away again."

"My lord, the young lady has run away yet again."

"The young lady..."

The irritable man lifts his cold gaze.

"...My lord, madam has run away yet again."

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After Marrying My Betrothed's Elder Brother

Marriage First, Love Later | Face-Slapping | Husband Pursues His Wife After Marriage

Sweetheart X Scheming

Yun Sheng, a noble daughter of the Yun family, is breathtakingly beautiful and sweetly guileless. Her first seventeen years pass without a hitch, until on the eve of her wedding to the Fourth Young Master Xiao of Prince Zhao's household, her groom sneaks away in the night.

To protect Yun Sheng's reputation, the eldest son, Xiao Xu, takes his younger brother's place and marries her instead.

But Yun Sheng can't forget the handsome young man she glimpsed from afar years ago. Sitting on the wedding bed, she weeps until her eyes are red.

When Xiao Xu lifts her veil, he sees her tear-streaked face and feels nothing.

Back then, he has no idea that one day he will go to outrageous lengths for the wife he was forced to marry.

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After shedding a few tears, Yun Sheng resolves to make the best of her marriage.

She has heard that Xiao Xu is refined and upright, stern and self-controlled. He is already powerful and influential, and will one day inherit the title of Prince Zhao. He is just as good a match as the Fourth Young Master Xiao.

But it doesn't take long for Yun Sheng to discover that none of the rumors are true.

He's wicked to the core, has plenty of nasty quirks, and loves to tease her. She can't hold her own against him at all.

He wants to control everything, is overbearing and petty, gets jealous for no reason, and sulks whenever he pleases.

Even her spicy romance stories aren't spared. He confiscates every last one!

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While fleeing his wedding, the Fourth Young Master Xiao meets a beautiful young woman and falls for her at first sight.

In the end, he is still dragged back to the capital.

Just as he is making a scene, insisting he already has someone he loves and will never marry a woman he doesn't know, his elder brother appears with the woman he has been dreaming of.

"Don't let your sister-in-law laugh at you. Come over and greet her."

That night, Yun Sheng sits on the desk in a shameful position as Xiao Xu questions her over and over.

"Am I the only one? Have you only ever loved me, from beginning to end?"

"Answer me, Shengsheng. Say it again: you love me."

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