Who Says Enemies Can't Marry First and Fall in Love Later?

Love-Hate Rivals | Married First, Love Later

"The Capital's Talented Lady," Yang Yutang: On the surface, she's a refined beauty with graceful manners. Behind closed doors, she's a lively girl who drinks, recites poetry, plays cuju, and joins in card games!

"The Devil of the World," Mu Fengwu: On the surface, he's a spoiled wastrel who never misses a chance to drink, fight, listen to music, or tease crickets. Even when he occasionally attends class, he manages to make his teacher faint on the spot. In truth, he's a hostage who has spent ten years lying low. His "wastrel" act is nothing but a disguise to stay alive!

When a scheming wolfhound meets a sly little white rabbit:

She thinks he's "all glitter on the outside, rotten within," while he laughs that she's "all show and fake propriety."

Then an imperial edict drops a marriage arrangement on them...

Beneath the warm red candles and bed curtains, their sharp-tongued battle suddenly falls silent:

"Yang Yutang, why are you blushing?"

"Mu Fengwu! What are you doing with your hand?!"

* They both let their masks slip, and it's exhilarating

* Two formidable leads flirt with each other, setting the chemistry ablaze

Yang Yutang dreams of returning to Jiangnan to live a carefree life!

Mu Fengwu wants to return to Yunnan and become a young general!

He helps her escape the cage of the capital, and she helps him break free of his hostage predicament.

"Of all people, the one who understands me best is you, my sworn enemy!"

The former rivals embrace with tears in their eyes:

"If I'd known I'd be tangled up with you for the rest of my life... I should have... when we first met..."

I'm planning to start this one next. Please add it to your to-read list ^_^

"My Childhood Sweetheart Became a Widow for Someone Else"

After narrowly escaping death, Qiu Niang becomes a young widow. With the three children her late husband left behind, she makes a living selling sesame flatbreads in Luoyang...

Qiu Niang's flatbreads are crisp on the outside, tender within, and wonderfully fragrant. Thanks to them, she gets by reasonably well. Her eldest son, Shouzheng, is clever and filial. If he passes the provincial exam and becomes a Juren one day, she'll be a Juren's mother, and life will be even sweeter!

Then the childhood sweetheart who was betrothed to her since they were young comes knocking, and Qiu Niang can no longer hide who she is...

Her childhood sweetheart wraps an arm tightly around her waist and asks, "Aren't you my betrothed? Why are you a widow for someone else?"

A former colleague of her father's blocks her path. "Either I expose your identity to His Majesty, or you come with me willingly!"

Just as Qiu Niang is caught between a rock and a hard place, her eldest son, Shouzheng, adds to the chaos: "Mother, didn't you say you'd spend your whole life looking after the three of us siblings?"

Qiu Niang plops down on the ground in despair. "Heavens above! I just want to live a peaceful life. Why is that so hard?!"

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Pei Xunzhen has a childhood sweetheart. Ever since they were children, he's dreamed of marrying her. Ten years ago, her family was implicated in a case and fell into ruin, and she vanished without a trace.

Certain that she was still alive, Pei Xunzhen searched for her for ten years. At last, they meet again at a flatbread shop in Luoyang.

But she's become a widow, raising three children for someone else...

She was his childhood sweetheart. How could she have become a widow for someone else?

So what if she's a widow? It's not as if she can't marry again!

Wait, isn't that his superior? What is he doing in Luoyang?

Theme: Growing together