My Green Tea Husband Always Plays the Poor Little Thing

[Replacement Bride | Married First, Love Later | Sweet Romance | Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger | Green Tea Catchphrases]

[Part One]

Xie Zhaoming, eldest son of the Xie family, was handsome enough to outshine the world and exceptionally clever. Unfortunately, he broke his leg in a fall and became disabled.

The favored son of Heaven fell into the dust in an instant. Everyone cast him aside, and his intended marriage partner kept making excuses to put off the wedding.

When Wei Chulan examined him, she was struck by his looks and volunteered to marry him in someone else's place.

She figured that since Xie Zhaoming was so handsome, even if he died young or was useless in every other way, it would still be a bargain with no downside.

[Part Two]

But...

After their wedding, Wei Chulan discovered that the scholar really was learned and insightful, and possessed the admirable spirit of tirelessly seeking knowledge, never laying down his pen, and scribbling away with annotations.

She could barely take it.

[Part Three]

Later on.

After she healed his leg, she decided they should go their separate ways and live in peace, so she placed a divorce agreement before him.

Xie Zhaoming said nothing. He only looked at her, his eyes gradually misting over with sorrow. His usual courteous, gentle voice turned hoarse as he asked, "My lady, do you dislike me because I am eight years older than you, and my looks have faded so your love has waned?"

As he spoke, a crystal-clear tear rolled from his grief-stricken eyes. Wei Chulan's heart ached at the sight, and she hurriedly hugged him and comforted him.

Xie Zhaoming nestled against her shoulder, his eyes suddenly turning cold as he signaled to someone outside the window.

Before long, he received a list of his wife's admirers...

[1] When faced with a young man even younger and fresher-looking than he was.

Xie Zhaoming went around his wife to seek the young man out, calmly brewing tea as he casually reminisced about the years he and his wife had spent together.

The young man's face turned pale. He left in a panic after tossing out a few threats.

Xie Zhaoming pretended to let Wei Chulan find out, then considerately told her, "It's nothing, just a few impulsive words spoken in the heat of the moment. You needn't pay them any mind."

Before long, Wei Chulan sought out the young man and told him to stay away from her husband.

[2] When faced with a strong, strapping general who could lift half a carriage with one hand.

Xie Zhaoming drew his bow and loosed a cold arrow. It skimmed past the general's arm and stole the prey within his hunting ring.

When the general came to confront him in a rage, Xie Zhaoming immediately lowered his lashes, his gaze full of guilt and self-reproach.

"It seems I truly am in such poor health that I can't even control a bow and arrow properly, and have accidentally injured the general."

Wei Chulan immediately felt sorry for him and reproached the general. "You frightened him."

The general: ???

The hidden guard: "..."

The brothers secretly watching the show: "..."

That fox Xie really has no shame!

[Reader's Guide]

Both leads are inexperienced in love, and neither has a perfect personality. The male lead in particular is a thoroughly authentic green tea. He schemes, and she indulges him. This series keeps a consistent pace: sweet, sweet, sweet. It's a lighthearted, romance-focused confection, with the plot serving the romance.

Theme: Look at the essence of things. Appearances are often not the truth.