Cousin, Please Behave

The two families were neighbors and distant relatives. Seeing that the young man and woman were a perfect match, their elders wanted to strengthen their ties, so they arranged a marriage. They agreed that once Tong Xicheng passed the imperial examinations and earned the top rank, he would marry Liu Chunrou and bring her home as his bride.

Tong Xicheng lived up to everyone's expectations, earning first place in the palace examination and marrying his fiancée, Liu Chunrou, as promised. She became the wife of the top scholar.

The young couple should have been deeply devoted to each other, loving and trusting one another.

Instead, after Liu Chunrou married into his family, the affection they once shared vanished. At first, they merely acted like a respectful couple in public. Before long, they could no longer hide how cold they were toward each other.

Liu Chunrou ran the household with thrift and gentleness, becoming the top scholar's wife whom outsiders envied. She guarded her lonely, untouched body and counted the night watches until dawn.

After three years of marriage in name only, Liu Chunrou died, coughing blood from grief, on the day her husband took a new wife.

But when she woke, Liu Chunrou was back on the day Tong Xicheng became the top scholar. It was once the happiest time of her life.

Tong Xicheng came to propose, just as he had promised.

"Chunrou, let's get married."

"Take your betrothal gifts back."

"I'll kill that guy at your house."

"Your beloved white moonlight has nowhere else to go!"

After a long silence, Tong Xicheng spoke again. "Let's get married first. After the wedding, you can do whatever you want with me. Our elders are all watching."

Liu Chunrou remained calm. "No. Stop pretending. If I jump into that cesspit again after getting reborn, I'll be letting down the woman who carried me for ten months and gave birth to me."

Liu Chunrou decisively broke off the engagement and helped her father and younger brother manage their money business.

Neither the Tong nor the Liu family understood the children's feelings. They changed so often, it was more confusing than a magic trick.

Later, people often saw the newly appointed top scholar trailing eagerly behind Miss Liu.

Liu Chunrou couldn't even shoo him away like a fly.

"You're the top scholar personally selected by His Majesty. Have some dignity!"

"In your presence, your husband is an open book. Heaven and earth can bear witness."

Liu Chunrou: "Cousin, watch what you say and behave yourself, or I'll cry out that you're harassing me."

P.S. Both leads are virgins, and both are reborn. They had misunderstandings in their previous lives.

The ex-husband is on a long road to winning his wife back.

Before they were reborn:

Liu Chunrou said expressionlessly, "Now that you've married the woman you love, let's divorce."

Tong Xicheng said coldly, "You can dream of divorcing me, even in death."

But after Liu Chunrou died from poisoning, he went mad. He couldn't live without Rou'er, even if she loved another man.

He cut ties with his family and used the pretext of delivering a book to assassinate Prince Liang.

But he failed.

Pierced by countless arrows, he fell into a pool of blood, feeling that at least he had done right by Rou.

Then a mocking male voice sounded above him: "I only used his wife for a little while, and he really fell for it."

At that moment, he was filled with regret.

If only they could start over...

##### A Young Lady Refuses to Overthink

Zhao Xiaotang transmigrated into a book.

Her parents had gone to war to fight the enemy, so she had lived with her maternal uncle and aunt since childhood.

She met Chu Moran, and they fell for each other. She sold buns to help support his family.

Chu Moran said, "When I return in triumph, I'll marry you in a grand ceremony with ten miles of red wedding finery."

When the army returned victorious, he came home a successful young general, accompanied by the prefect's daughter.

Chu Moran said, "Stop pestering me."

Zhao Xiaotang had transmigrated into her body. "Fine. Let's settle things clearly. Pay back the money I lent your family over the years."

On her way home, she happened to catch a thief and take him as her husband.

Though it would be more accurate to say she saved him.

Her aunt's family saw that she was no longer of any use and kicked her out, which suited her perfectly.

But the thief looked refined in his features, appearance, and bearing. He was quite easy on the eyes.

Every now and then, he made snide remarks at her. If he hadn't gotten hold of something he could use against her, she would have thrown him out long ago.

Actually, it was nice having someone around. He was warm, kept her company, and would step in to solve her problems.

Gradually, she seemed to be falling for him.

Being with him felt like having a home. It wouldn't be bad to open a bun shop together and spend their lives side by side.

Later, a group of people dressed in fine clothes knelt before her husband and shouted, "Your Highness, Ninth Prince!"

It turned out he was the emperor and empress's most beloved son, the Ninth Prince Tan Jingchen.

Tan Jingchen gazed at her tenderly. "Come with me to the capital."

P.S. The male lead is the Ninth Prince.

He secretly helps the female lead face-slap the villains.

Premise: Trust one another and embrace the sunshine.