How Could He Fall for Me?

[Clever, resilient fake legitimate daughter vs. ruthless, restrained son born to a concubine]

Jiang Luoqiao came to the capital to find her grandfather. Because she looked like the missing legitimate daughter of Duke Anguo, she was mistaken for her, just as the duke's household was arranging a marriage for their daughter.

When she first met Pei Ke, he was a concubine-born son of the marquis, being bullied by a crowd. He didn't dare get angry or fight back.

Taking pity on him, she chose him as her husband. Fine, she'd protect him.

When Pei Ke heard the news, he thought she was making a fool of him, and resolved to kill her.

Later, Jiang Luoqiao was thrown in prison for murdering Duke Anguo's legitimate daughter. At the stroke of noon, she was to die by the executioner's blade.

Just as the executioner's token was about to fall, two ranks of soldiers appeared before her. A short blade flew past her ear and pierced the corrupt official's throat.

The former concubine-born son of the marquis had risen to become Daying's first prince of a different surname. He came bearing an iron certificate of immunity, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and smiled, his sinister gaze sweeping over everyone. "Since you chose me as your husband, you are my wife in life. In death... let's see who dares let you die."

Jiang Luoqiao turned in shock as the execution official fell dead from a single slash. Her mind reeled. Was the pitiful man who had once stood before her really him?

**

Pei Ke became crippled in both legs while saving his father, only to be abandoned by that father and bullied by his older brother. Everyone felt free to humiliate him.

In other people's eyes, Pei Ke was weak and easy to bully, a parasite in the Weiyuan Marquis household.

Only he knew that he wielded a sharp blade, killing in the dark of night. One day, he would rise above the rest.

But he had once been a brilliant and accomplished top scholar. After a sudden upheaval, he became a ghost wandering through hell. Whenever he wavered between good and evil, he carved into his own flesh with a knife to atone for his sins.

But she took hold of the blade and pointed it forward.

She said, "Pei Ke, don't belittle yourself."

She said, "Pei Ke, you are a man of true grit."

She said, "Pei Ke, you are a good person."

Third Young Master Pei laughed at how foolish this young lady was. He wore a cold face and endured insults by day, then smiled as he killed by night. How could he possibly be a good person?

But Jiang Luoqiao wasn't foolish. She knew everything.

Later, he learned that she was no boastful, domineering legitimate daughter of Duke Anguo. She was a little miracle doctor hidden away from the world.

The little miracle doctor cured his legs, and his troubled heart.

Pei Ke laughed at her again, wondering why someone like him was worth all her time and effort.

But his young wife had become a deity, bringing him back to the human world.

**

Pei Ke changed when it came to Jiang Luoqiao.

At first: "I'd sooner hurt myself than let my heart go this way."

Later: "I am your betrothed."

Reader's Guide:

1. One-on-one, sweet romance, happy ending

2. The male lead has a leg condition, but he will recover

3. Set in a fictional dynasty

4. Happy reading!

A recommendation: the healing romance My Brother Will Bring Me Across

In the eighth year Meng Ling had been confined to the Jiedushi's residence in Tingzhou, the madam planned to marry her off to the son of a wealthy merchant with eight concubines.

Unexpectedly, on the wedding day, a young man "accidentally" killed the groom.

The merchant was furious and demanded a life for a life.

But no one knew that the Jiedushi needed this man to test a cure for a rare ear ailment. He didn't know the man's name or origins, and those who knew the truth only called him the "scapegoat."

With no resolution in sight, the order was given to administer a hundred strokes, leaving life and death to fate.

Dusk fell. The hall was packed with guests, all watching Xie Yunying lie there battered and bloody, barely clinging to life.

The crowd whispered among themselves. Meng Ling alone said nothing, watching with indifference.

The concubine beside her kindly reminded her, "You don't know him, do you? He's the lord's newly adopted son. Though you're only his stepdaughter, you should still call him big brother."

"Mm. I don't know him."

Meng Ling answered curtly, her expression unchanged, but her hand hidden in her sleeve clenched and trembled.

In the dead of night, Meng Ling clutched a jar of ointment and slipped into Xie Yunying's room with practiced ease.

No one knew how many secrets were hidden in the Jiedushi's residence in Tingzhou. The tortured stepsister and the half-dead adopted brother never exchanged so much as a glance in public, yet in private they comforted and supported each other.

This is a story about two little bitter melons warming each other and keeping each other alive.

Theme: Fighting back against adversity.