Marrying a Powerful Man from a Period Novel [Quick Transmigration]

[Devoted, Rugged Butcher VS Cool, Aloof, Fake Germaphobe Chinese Teacher]

The man of Wen Xinyi's dreams is well-off, handsome, well-educated, capable, and virtuous...

In short, she wants to marry a perfect man.

Unfortunately, from the age of eighteen to twenty-five, Wen Xinyi can't find a single man who meets her standards.

One doesn't catch her eye, another falls short in some way.

As she gets older, her family arranges a match for her: the butcher in town.

Wen Xinyi is coaxed into taking a good look at his pork stall. The man is bare-chested, with bronze skin, a tall, sturdy build, and taut, powerful muscles. He butchers and guts pigs with brisk, brutal efficiency.

Crude! Brutal!

That's Wen Xinyi's first impression of Xu Mingrong, a man about as far from her dream as she can imagine.

She doesn't want to marry him.

But after a scandal leaves her compromised, she has no choice but to marry him.

[Lazy, Greedy, Crude Vegetarian Funeral Performer VS Cold, Abstinent, Taciturn Researcher]

After her parents die, Xia Tingchan joins a funeral troupe to make ends meet, performing Buddhist rites across the surrounding villages.

Whether chanting sutras and wailing at funerals, performing exorcisms, or playing the trumpet and beating drums and gongs, Xia Tingchan picks up a bit of everything after years of exposure.

When she is eighteen, a man named Ding Yuanze arrives at her doorstep with several soldiers and brings bad news:

During an assassination attempt, her soldier brother, Xia Dayu, was shot and killed while protecting Ding Yuanze.

They have come to deliver condolence money, and Ding Yuanze also wants to repay the debt he owes for being saved. He asks if the Xia family needs anything.

Grandma Xia's cloudy eyes sweep over Ding Yuanze. Seeing how handsome and refined he is, with an air of noble elegance in every gesture, she can tell at a glance that he lives in comfort.

She asks, "Are you married?"

Ding Yuanze shakes his head. "No."

Grandma Xia: "Then marry my granddaughter."

Ding Yuanze looks at Xia Tingchan, then at Grandma Xia, and nods. "All right."

How to Keep Your Virtue While Disguised as a Boy at an All-Boys' School

[Boyish, Food-Loving Girl Disguised as Her Younger Brother VS Scheming, Deeply Calculating, Possessive Rival]

Chen Yichi thinks things are going a little badly. She's a sweet, soft girl with good manners and strong morals, but when she wakes up one day, everything has changed:

Her twin brother is injured and hospitalized, and so she takes his place at school to make sure he can graduate. At the boys' school, she goes around calling everyone "Big Brother" and scamming them for food and drink all day.

This is the end of her!

In the morning, her classmate Liu Zaichang brings her a piping-hot bun. "If you eat my bun, you're mine."

Chen Yichi: [Something's going on between them!]

At noon, senior student He Ruiming brings her a bowl of braised pork and makes as if to feed her. "Once I fatten you up, I'll slaughter you."

Chen Yichi: [Something's going on between them!]

In the evening, junior student Xu Shiqi pulls out a roasted duck leg and stuffs it into her mouth. "If you dare run into someone else's arms again, I'll break your legs!"

Chen Yichi: [Something's going on between them!]

There's also the cook, the librarian, the drill instructor...

She has more people wrapped around her finger than she can count on both hands.

The pure, innocent girl turns into a heartbreaker, and Chen Yichi can't handle it.

Her suitors are blooming everywhere, but she doesn't want to pick a single one.

They're all so in love with me. What am I supposed to do? Chen Yichi wants to run away.

In her panic, she dives straight into the arms of her rival, who can't stand the sight of her. Chen Yichi apologizes again and again. "Sorry, I didn't mean to."

Her rival glares fiercely. "Get lost! Stay away from me!"

Hearing his disdain, Chen Yichi is so moved she could cry. He's a normal man.

Later, when he pins her against the wall, Chen Yichi's eyes widen. "I didn't think you'd also..."

Her rival blushes. "Yes, I like you."

[Reading Guide]

* The male lead falls first. He may be vicious in his thoughts, ruthless in his methods, or extreme in his behavior.

* The heroine may be spoiled, self-serving, or the type to play dumb while hiding her real abilities. She won't be perfect.

[To be continued. Feel free to suggest what you'd like to read next. Pick whatever you fancy~]

Theme: Treasure what you have.