The Runaway Wife's True Story

[One-on-one, possessive love, reborn, and a long road to winning her back]

Blurb: Li Miaoshan, daughter of General Mingwei, was a noble young lady from a distinguished family, whose beauty was impossible to hide even at a tender age.

But the general died in battle, and Li Miaoshan, left an orphan, was taken in by the Eastern Pacification Marquis's household. She thought she would live out her days in peace, but then she provoked Xie Shu, the marquis's sinister illegitimate grandson.

As the Xie family fell into ruin, Xie Shu imprisoned her in a secluded estate where no daylight could reach. On the bed, the man's gaze was vicious. He lifted her chin with a teasing finger. "A-Yao, you're the one who started this."

Li Miaoshan wondered how anyone could survive in the hands of this madman. He was cold-blooded, ruthless, and a hypocrite, and he personally killed more than a hundred people in the Eastern Pacification Marquis's household.

Just as expected, she died on a rainy night after the last autumn leaves had fallen.

Reborn, Li Miaoshan wanted only a peaceful life. She would never provoke that madman again. She and Zhao Ke had been childhood sweethearts, and the Zhao family was eager to have her as their daughter-in-law.

Just as she dreamed of a future spent in harmony with her husband, Xie Shu began looking at her in an increasingly unsettling way...

As an illegitimate grandson of the Eastern Pacification Marquis's household, Xie Shu had watched with his own eyes as the Xie family drove his mother to her death. When Xie Jingyi brought him back to the Xie family, Xie Shu secretly vowed that he would make them all die horribly.

He was a rotten bug in a ditch, destined to spend his life in darkness. Everyone avoided him, except A-Yao, who entered his life like a beam of light.

After he had killed his enemies and seized power, he received word that she had passed away.

From then on, he spent endless nights alone, unable to sleep. His hair turned white overnight.

It turned out he had loved and yearned for her to the depths of his soul all along.

Given another chance, Xie Shu would never let the young woman leave him so soon. But who could have guessed she would turn around and throw herself into another man's arms?

Beneath a sunset-red sky, Xie Shu slipped into the wedding procession and abducted Li Miaoshan. Holding her tightly against him, he questioned her with reddened eyes. "A-Yao, do you think you have any choice besides marrying me?"

[Powerful minister x orphaned girl] The setting is very loose, with lots of original worldbuilding, so no need to overthink it~

Theme: Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil