[My next story, "Two Years Married, and the Internet Still Doesn't Know"; similar upcoming story, "I Picked Up a Little Daddy to Run the House." Please add them to your favorites!]
Lin Xiao transmigrates as a young man in ancient times, abandoned by his parents and disliked by his older brother and sister-in-law. From the start, he is shoved onto an ox cart and married off to Shen Qingzhou, a poor scholar said to be blind and frail.
Shen Qingzhou was once famous throughout the surrounding villages as a child prodigy.
Born into a poor family but exceptionally gifted, he passed the provincial examination at twelve. Everyone said his future was limitless.
But fate had other plans.
An accident took his eyesight and ended his hopes of passing the imperial examinations.
The former prodigy fell into the gutter and became a laughingstock.
His family considered him a burden and found him an older male bride.
On their wedding night, Lin Xiao nervously lifts his veil and sees Shen Qingzhou's handsome, refined face, his lowered lashes seeming to hold a pool of moonlight.
How could a beauty like this live in such a backwater village?
Lin Xiao falls silent for a moment, then quietly puts the scissors in his sleeve away.
Picking up a beauty for a husband on his first day after transmigrating? This is a bargain!
The next day, his in-laws make things difficult for him and his sister-in-law is cruel. Right in front of him, they call his husband a burden and a little blind man, and call him a money-draining bride who married into the family!
Is he supposed to put up with that?
Lin Xiao flips the dining table on the spot and demands they split the family! Right now!
Cast out with nothing, he takes his "frail and helpless" blind husband to live in a dilapidated temple outside the village, with wind whistling through every crack.
The whole village waits to laugh at the miserable couple.
Then, right before their eyes, they watch as Lin Xiao turns unwanted wild fruit into pastries, transforms barren hills into farmland, and rebuilds the ruined temple into a brick-and-tile house everyone envies.
And along the way, he nurses his sickly husband until he looks fair, handsome, and thoroughly presentable.
Everyone envies Shen Qingzhou for his incredible luck.
Only Lin Xiao knows that what makes his life worthwhile isn't earning money. It's having this husband.
Though blind, the man sees through everything. He's sweet and clingy, too.
He combs Lin Xiao's hair in the morning, massages his shoulders in the evening, and warms his feet at night.
"I can't see, but my mind still works." Shen Qingzhou lowers his eyes, his voice gentle and even. "My husband doesn't think I'm useless, does he?"
Lin Xiao: ...
During the day, the frail beauty also uses those elegant hands of his to make shoes for him.
When it's cold, he waits by the courtyard gate with a roasted sweet potato.
"I heard my husband's footsteps." He glances up quietly and smiles. "You were walking so fast today. Did you miss me?"
Lin Xiao: ...Blind, and still so good at flirting.
At night, he's even worse.
They clearly sleep separately, but every morning Lin Xiao wakes with the man's chin nestled against his shoulder and his arms wrapped tightly around him.
Lin Xiao squirms as the contact tickles. "You can't see properly, but you sure know how to find me."
Shen Qingzhou murmurs, "Mm. I can't see anything else clearly. I only recognize my husband."
Until one day...
Lin Xiao comes home early and catches his "frail, blind" husband hooking a foot behind a thief trying to climb over the wall and pinning him to the ground with one hand.
His long-fingered hand presses down on the back of the thief's neck. He smiles, looking perfectly harmless and gentle.
"You dare take my husband's things?"
Lin Xiao: ...?
What happened to being blind and frail, and needing me to protect you?
Lin Xiao stares at him, slowly narrowing his eyes.
...Fine.
Keep pretending.
Reader's Guide:
1. A slice-of-life farming story, with a slow, steady pace.
2. Sweet romance, one-on-one, happy ending.
3. Male-bride setting; pregnancy is possible later on.
Upcoming story: Starts October 6!
"Two Years Married, and the Internet Still Doesn't Know"
Rong Yu: "I picked my target at sixteen and won him over at twenty-one!"
Lu Shi'an: "I thought I was raising a younger puppy, but he turned out to be a wolf who only wags his tail for me."
Love at first sight | Newlywed life
Actor Lu Shi'an has been married for two years and has never revealed his spouse to the public.
Paparazzi stake him out for three months. The only "photo together" they get is a blurry shot of a middle-aged man with a paunch.
The whole internet feels sorry for him:
[He married a coal tycoon, right?]
[Poor bro, he had to sell himself for money!]
Lu Shi'an looks at the trending topics, then turns toward the man beside him...
The one peeling shrimp for him, a trillion-yuan CEO, and more handsome than he is. His legal husband.
The man calmly wipes his hands. "Honey, am I a fat, ugly old man?"
Lu Shi'an sticks his rear out and secretly shuffles away.
"Um... let me argue my way out of this. I mean, explain..."
That night, Lu Shi'an spends the whole night trying to soothe him.
The next day, barely able to get out of bed with his back aching, he signs on for the variety show "With You All the Way."
The entire internet tunes in to the livestream, ready to inspect the "pig-headed old man."
The camera turns to show a pair of elegant hands massaging Lu Shi'an's ankle in front of the lens.
[???? Is this the old man???]
[Now I have a perfectly reasonable suspicion that Lu Shi'an keeps his husband secret because he's afraid someone will steal him.]
[Am I allowed to watch this for free? Is the next part going to be pay-per-view content?!]
Lu Shi'an's ears turn red as he kicks at him. "Stop massaging me! They're filming!"
The man looks up, his low laughter filling the shot. "My husband gets embarrassed easily. Excuse us."
The live comments go wild.
Then someone digs up the guest's profile:
[He's twenty-three? Five years younger than Lu Shi'an????]
[So Lu Shi'an didn't marry an old man after all. He got himself a younger man? A younger man who's a trillion-yuan CEO???]
Lu Shi'an quietly puts down his phone.
Top comment: [Give me one minute. I want this man's entire profile.]
Second top comment: [Don't ask. You can't earn more than him or beat him. He's been plotting this since he was sixteen!]
Meanwhile, his "old man" husband presses close to his ear, his voice low and husky.
"Baby, do I need to coax you again tonight?"
Reader's Guide:
1. A fluffy, low-angst romance.
2. Begins with sweet newlywed life. Happy ending.
3. Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting.
Theme: Another day of working hard for my beautiful husband.
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This is really good The whole village together Use force in one place Everyone helps each other Only then can we make the days better and better
It's really a long time coming. Being deaf and dumb is the punishment you gave me🌈🌈
Finally waiting for you~. This little ambiguity and this little tugging made the corners of my mouth turn up and my eyes brighten up, ahhhhh, it's so sweet🌈🌈
Suisui is still in the ambiguous stage😏
Watch Jinjiang five times a day, sooner or later you will be able to wait for 🌈
We will be able to TX each year 😏
[Orange Candy] I can't stand it anymore. This little ambiguity and this little tug-of-war are so fun.
Teacher, unless you finish it in one breath, I won't forgive you 🌈
Come update soon and want to see the follow-up
It's a really sweet style of writing, and the writing style is great. The long flowing farming article is really written in my heart. The author of "Discovering Treasures" 🤷 🤷 🤩