Ning Zhao Xu (Reborn)

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When Gu Ning opens her eyes, she discovers she's gone back to the age of eight.

In her previous life, her husband Song Zhaoxu was the unattainable flower on a high mountain in all of the capital. By day, he was disciplined, courteous, aloof, and indifferent. But every night, he'd smile as he pulled her into his arms and coaxed her into bed.

Gu Ning was seduced by him night after night. She enjoyed it, but it was always more than she could handle.

She drowned at just twenty in her previous life. Now that she's been given another chance, she is determined to find a gentle, considerate man to marry.

By a stroke of luck, the very next day she finds a young man by the roadside.

He's refined, gentle, obedient in every way, and exactly to her liking.

The young man says he has no one to rely on and is about to be sold by his family to a male brothel.

Gu Ning makes up her mind with a decisive slap of her hand: "I'll buy you!"

From then on, a handsome young man is always by the side of the Gu family's legitimate daughter.

She settles him in the residence, hires a tutor to teach him his letters and books, and raises him to be courteous, frugal, and humble, shaping him into exactly the kind of man she likes.

Until one day, Gu Ning discovers that the grown young man, both in looks and in his tender, lingering manner in bed...

is exactly like her husband from her previous life.

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Song Zhaoxu spent his youth wandering outside his family. After years of hardship, the Song family found him and brought him home. From that point on, he rose rapidly, gaining power over the entire court.

He once thought nothing in the world could catch his eye.

Until, at a palace banquet, amid a glittering array of lanterns, he glimpsed a young lady through the layers of people. Her eyes curved in a bright, gentle smile, and she stole his soul.

For the first time, the capital's most disciplined and courteous Chancellor Song fell in love.

When Gu Ning drowned, he didn't want to go on living either.

But the day after he took his own life, he returned to his youth and encountered a young girl.

Gu Ning bends down, her radiant smile just as warm and bright as in his memories, and reaches out to him.

"Young man, will you come with me?"

Song Zhaoxu gets up and leaves with her, obeying her every word.

There is just one thing he never does her way.

Gu Ning glares through gritted teeth at the impeccably dressed gentleman in front of her, looking utterly satisfied, and kicks him away.

"You beast!"

Where is her gentle young man? Why is it him in both lives?!

*Both leads are each other's first. Happy ending, sweet romance, fictional setting with no historical research.

*The romance starts after the heroine's coming-of-age ceremony. Love grows over time, childhood sweethearts with a raised-from-childhood dynamic (≧w≦)/

The first version of the blurb was written on 2025/6/4 and has been screenshotted.

--Take a look at my other upcoming book, My Spoiled Cousin (ﾉ*･ω･)ﾉ--

Everyone knows that there's a cherished and doted-on cousin in the Prince of Zhenbei's manor. Though she's supposedly cursed to bring about her parents' deaths, that aloof and indifferent young lord, Shen Jie, personally brought her back to the manor and raised her in luxury.

Yun Mei was small and timid as a child. As she grew up, pampered by Shen Jie, she became a lawless little tyrant in the capital, acting arrogantly and throwing her weight around all day. The only person who could make her nervous was Shen Jie.

Everyone says that Shen Jie may seem cool and distant, but he's gentle as jade, an unparalleled gentleman in this age.

Only Yun Mei knows how frightening Shen Jie can become whenever she does something wrong.

In a pitch-black room, the bed curtains fall. With her eyes and ears covered, Yun Mei can only bite her red lips helplessly, her voice trembling as she begs for mercy.

"You touched five people with your hands today, Mei'er?"

Shen Jie holds her hand and murmurs by her ear, "Then how about five times today?"

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Shen Jie says this is how he disciplines her. Yun Mei has been raised by him since childhood, so naturally she obeys him in everything.

Until a young marquis happens to expose the truth, and Yun Mei realizes that Shen Jie has always harbored those feelings for her.

In a panic, for the first time she disobeys Shen Jie. She packs her belongings and plans to run off to Jiangnan with the young marquis, far away from Shen Jie.

Just before the boat sets off, the curtain is suddenly swept aside.

Shen Jie's face appears behind it, cold as ice. He pulls the trembling Yun Mei into his arms. "Why are you running? Hmm? Is your big brother going to eat you?"

That night, Shen Jie devours Yun Mei completely.

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The first time Shen Jie saw Yun Mei, she timidly tugged at his sleeve, her crying as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

But her eyes were so clear and bright that he couldn't bear to leave her behind. He took her back to the manor and cherished her for years, indulging her until she became the most noble young lady in the capital, all while happily looking forward to marrying her.

Then she ran off with someone else.

From then on, people in the capital could always see that proud, aloof, and noble Shen Jie holding the tearful Yun Mei in his arms, his expression tender.

"I indulge you by day, and at night, you have to indulge me. That's fair, isn't it?"

It's fair.

The girl he raised belongs in his arms, where he can keep her locked up and spoil her to his heart's content.

*Both leads are each other's first. Happy ending.

*It's actually a sweet little romance (nods) (absolutely certain)

The first version of the blurb was written on 2025/12/16 and has been screenshotted.

Theme: Be positive, optimistic, and healthy.