The Husband I Stole Is So Sweet

Shen Qing is a notorious bandit leader. On the eve of a decisive battle with the imperial troops, she snatches a beautiful, otherworldly young gentleman from the foot of the mountain and brings him back to be her concubine.

The young man's beauty is captivating, and Shen Qing naturally can't get enough of him.

She steals the finest tea, the most exquisite clothes, and the rarest zither for him. Like King You of Zhou setting beacon fires to amuse his queen, she does it all to win a smile from her beauty.

She also pins him to the bed, strips him, and breaks his pride.

At last, the young gentleman submits, meekly and gently staying by her side from then on.

Until the day the imperial troops wipe out her carefully built stronghold. Only then does Shen Qing realize that the elegant crane she had so lovingly kept was actually Xie Heng, the commander of the imperial troops who had endured humiliation at her side while orchestrating the whole thing.

Blinded by beauty, she ends up a prisoner. Fine, she accepts it.

As Xie Heng questions her with stern impartiality, Shen Qing raises an eyebrow and smiles. "Do you really think you've won?"

Later, Xie Heng defies his family's century-old legacy for her, enduring the family punishment again and again;

For her, he exhausts himself devising a painstaking plan, finally paving a broad road ahead for her;

For her, he dares to defy the whole world and bear its bitter condemnation.

The most upright and self-possessed young gentleman of a noble family calmly admits, amid the endless accusations of the crowd, "I am indeed a man who loves men. In this life, my heart belongs to Shen Qing alone."

Along with her delight, Shen Qing realizes with horror that something is terribly wrong!

She forgot to tell Xie Heng that she is actually a woman!

So after turning him gay, can she turn him straight again???

A proud, free-spirited bandit woman who refuses to play by the rules x an upright, self-possessed, refined young gentleman

[Reader's guide]

1. This story is strictly heterosexual, with no gay or lesbian romance. Any relationships outside the heterosexual romance are purely platonic. The male lead only discovers she is a woman after he has completely fallen for her, so please read with caution if that bothers you.

2. All the setting details are the author's own inventions. Just enjoy the story, no need to fact-check!

3. Happy reading!

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[Upcoming novel synopsis]

Shen Wan had been a widow for three years and never imagined she would marry again.

Still less did she imagine that on her wedding day, the groom would angrily refuse to show up, then leap out the window on their wedding night without even lifting her veil, as if she were some terrifying demon.

Never mind. The groom is young; there's no need to hold it against him. Once the danger has passed and things have calmed down, this marriage in name only can naturally be dissolved.

She has always been gentle and virtuous, and no one can find fault with her. Yet her new husband constantly picks fights with her, refusing to let anything go.

He blames her for bringing about this marriage and making him suffer repeated family punishments, leaving him injured and unable to care for himself. Feeling she owes him, she can only tend to him constantly, making tea and grinding ink for him, lighting incense and helping him dress.

She merely said a few words of encouragement and comfort to someone else, but when he overheard, he came to question her with red-rimmed eyes. "We're husband and wife. Why do you treat me the same way you treat all the other younger men?"

On the anniversary of her first husband's death, she returns from the memorial service to find him lying listlessly on the bed, pale and sickly. He grips her sleeve. "I don't ask you to stop keeping him in your heart. I only ask you to make room for me, too."

Each time she looks into his misty, dark eyes, she softens again and again.

As the crabapple blossoms fall and spring tides surge, he gently bites the back of her neck. "Sister, give me a kiss and I'll let you go."

Confusion clouds Shen Wan's bright eyes. How did a moment of weakness turn her puppy into a wolf?

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Lu Ci was forced to marry a widow several years older than him. His classmates mocked him for marrying into a fortune, calling her "two gold bricks."

After that, he entered the imperial court and purged corrupt officials; he marched to the border and drove back the enemy. Still young, he rose to become both a great general and a high-ranking minister.

Everyone said that the twice-married Madam Shen was so lucky to enjoy her husband's status. Only he knew how she had spurred him to strive, to fight for success, and to make sure he was never inferior to that other man.

Her late husband was a gentleman as bright and noble as the wind and moon, gilding her in moonlight;

So he refused to be a gentleman. He would drag her down from the moonlight and back into the mortal world.

Theme: A lifetime of deep and lasting love