My Poor Husband Is a Villainous Tyrant

Zhou Xiaoman was born into an ancient world and became a young man. He led a very comfortable life.

His father was a silk merchant from Jiangnan, and his other father was a handsome, gentle, and somewhat old-fashioned man. Now and then, Xiaoman would catch his dad pressing his reluctant father into a passionate embrace.

Every day, Zhou Xiaoman either teased cats and birds or got chased around by the neighbor's little Hei, yelping all the while. Sometimes, he even stood up for the neighbor girl when she was being bullied.

After a perilous accident, Zhou Xiaoman gained a pitiful "older brother" who wasn't related to him by blood.

They grew up together.

The boy who had once been about his height grew into a refined gentleman, handsome and graceful as jade.

Zhou Xiaoman glanced around and decided that no one nearby was more handsome, kinder to him, or more doting than this "older brother" of his.

His eyes darted around, and he decided that this man had to be his.

One day, he suddenly discovered that the man he'd married had been a notorious corrupt official in his previous life, known for counting every penny and taking revenge on anyone who crossed him.

Zhou Xiaoman thought about how often he'd ordered the man around and made him take the blame, and felt his whole world crumble.

Seeing the man walk in, tall and long-legged, Zhou Xiaoman felt an overwhelming urge to turn and run.

But the man smiled at him tenderly. "Xiaoman, have you been waiting so long that you're hungry? Would you like something to eat first?"

As a child, Qin Yi went from being a little beggar to the eldest young master of the Zhou family, rising to become one of the privileged. Everyone said he was lucky, but no one knew how much scheming it had taken.

When he grew up, people praised Qin Yi as a proper gentleman who was courteous and principled. No one knew that he could calmly hold a poor scholar who had deceived his "younger brother" under the water again and again, nearly drowning him.

Later, Qin Yi passed the imperial examinations and married his "younger brother." Everyone said his "younger brother" had won his heart by being close at hand, but they didn't know that, in Qin Yi's heart, Zhou Xiaoman was the moon he had been reaching for.

To Qin Yi, Zhou Xiaoman was at first the hope that kept him alive, then the stepping-stone to a better life, and finally the anchor that let him return home.

His affection began as a scheme and ended when love took root.

A cozy slice-of-life story.

Content notes:

1. They only call each other brothers. They're not related by blood, and they're not registered as family.

2. The recipient is a delicate beauty, very delicate! He's also adored by everyone. The love interest wins him over by fighting and competing for him.

3. The love interest is not a good person.

4. There is a secondary couple.

5. I read the comments, but won't make major changes to the story.

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Theme: Life is hard, so everyone needs a little sweetness now and then.