I Can't Take It Anymore

A little flower spirit who is dead set on getting a wife, the uke × a touring imperial censor who gets roped into a marriage by the little flower spirit, the seme

The little flower spirit Fei Lan was raised by a country bumpkin, a bachelor who spent every day talking about finding a wife, but died without ever getting one.

After taking human form, Fei Lan inherited the bachelor’s dying wish: to marry a wife.

He came to human society, where he happened to spot the county’s touring imperial censor. The man was handsome and graceful, with a face as lovely as jade. His pale blue robe made him look warm and refined as jade.

This was the wife he wanted to marry!

Fei Lan immediately found his target, his eyes shining.

He heard that the man was called Wen Sichao, came from a noble background, and liked orchids.

Fei Lan was delighted when he learned this, because he was an orchid spirit himself.

So he put himself forward, hoping to get Wen Sichao to become his wife.

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Wen Sichao had been scammed by someone, a handsome young man with a peach-blossom face.

The young man insisted he was an orchid, the very orchid Wen Sichao liked, and demanded that Wen Sichao become his wife.

The little orchid spirit was elusive and impossible to shake off, so Wen Sichao had no choice but to keep him.

The little orchid looked noble, but spoke like a country bumpkin, saying “I” in a rustic way at every turn. Wen Sichao couldn’t stand the contrast and started teaching him etiquette and how to speak properly.

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Recently, Fei Lan had been both happy and unhappy.

He was happy that Wen Sichao was willing to become his wife.

He was unhappy that he wasn’t an orchid at all, but a begonia.

His wife seemed to look down on him for being a begonia. He told Fei Lan to turn back into human form before pollinating him, but how was he supposed to pollinate someone in human form?

Waaah, pollinating in human form was so scary.

Fei Lan cried, “I can’t do it,” only to get scolded by his wife again. Waaah, his wife really did look down on him for not being an orchid spirit.

Waaah, this wife was no good. He didn’t like Fei Lan, so Fei Lan didn’t want him anymore. He was going to find another wife.

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Wen Sichao never imagined that the little orchid really was a flower... Not an orchid spirit, but a begonia spirit.

He angrily told the little orchid on the bed to change back, then thoroughly enjoyed their wedding night.

He had thought that his newlywed wife turning into a flower was shocking enough, but then the little orchid started crying, “I can’t do it,” sounding so rustic it made Wen Sichao’s vision go dark.

Wen Sichao’s temples throbbed. He had thought that was the limit, but then the little orchid went and abandoned him for someone else, testing his patience even further.

“Fei Lan, asking someone else if they’ll be your wife right in front of me, are you acting like I’m dead?”

Watching the little orchid smile so sweetly at his cousin, Wen Sichao’s gaze turned dark and cold. At last, he could take no more.

P.S. A cute little bedtime story, with plenty of author-created details. Don’t overanalyze it.

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