The Way of a Husband

1v1, both leads are inexperienced. Powerful official x young woman. The male lead is reborn in someone else's body. Told from the heroine's perspective, with an older man doting on her. Coming in November.

Chi Yao had been raised in her uncle's home since childhood, enduring hardships she could never speak of. As she grew older, she hoped marriage would improve her lot, but her cousin stole the opportunity from her, ruining her reputation.

Her cousin married the man of her dreams, while Chi Yao was married off to a gloomy, ill-tempered man. Her husband would not so much as lay a finger on her, and his icy stare always sent a chill down her spine. Once, when Chi Yao crouched to pick up the papers he had swept to the floor, he kicked her in the chest.

One day, during a raging thunderstorm, her husband accidentally hit his head. Blood poured from the wound, and he lay on the brink of death.

A day and a night later, he awoke. His gaze rested on her, silent and faraway, his expression utterly different from the stillness she remembered.

He took the bowl of medicine from her hands and gave her a gentle nod.

From then on, her husband's nature changed completely. He entrusted his money to her, soothed all her anxieties, and quietly stood up for her...

Her life gradually improved. Her husband treated her gently and lovingly, and people went from mocking her to envying her. Chi Yao felt as if she were soaking in a jar of honey. In her overwhelming happiness, she even wondered if Heaven had taken pity on her and replaced her husband with someone else.

...She never imagined that someone really had replaced him.

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Li Qunyu passed the imperial examinations as a young man and became famous throughout the land. In the eyes of the world, he was an upright gentleman, but he died young while serving as a high-ranking provincial official.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the body of a young marquis's son in the capital. The timid young woman before him was this body's wife, and the daughter of a friend from his memories.

She seemed afraid of him. After speaking, she bit her lip and lowered her eyes. Memories of the body's original owner flooded his mind. Looking at her again, he felt a pang of sympathy.

He was her father's friend, her elder, and it was only right that he take care of her. Once he had taught her to stand on her own, he would find a suitable opportunity to give her some money and divorce her.

Chi Yao was very sweet. She returned his kindness by making him pastries and keeping him company as he handled official business. Whenever she looked up at him, her eyes were full of trust and gratitude.

They lived this way for more than half a year, and he never found the right time to divorce her.

One day, he saw Chi Yao talking beneath a tree with a young man around her age. He did not know what they said, but the two of them laughed together.

It was a carefree, bright smile unique to the young.

Li Qunyu's brows suddenly drew together.

Watching her smile at someone else, he could not stop himself from thinking:

If she married again, would she call someone else her husband, make pastries for him with her own hands, and gaze at him with those beautiful, tender eyes?

He closed his eyes. His heart burned as if caught in a fire.

What divorce? What elder?

He regretted it.

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Having lived two lives, Li Qunyu could attain fame and fortune with ease. They were fleeting as passing clouds, nothing to him.

But this girl before him had, without his noticing, become the one he cherished most. He would never let her go.

Note: Before being reborn, the male lead was 33. The body he was reborn into is 27, and the heroine is 17. Although the male lead is reborn, the story is told from the heroine's perspective.

Theme: If you set out to be a good person, see it through.