Younger wolf-dog hero, domineering pursuit, sweet but a little crazy, second male lead gets his comeuppance
The marriage alliance between the Lu and Li families was a mutually beneficial arrangement made after weighing the pros and cons.
After their wedding, Li Huirou and Lu Huaichuan weren't exactly inseparable, but they treated each other with respect.
However, when the Li family fell from power, the Lu family, eager to protect itself, ordered her to cut ties with her family.
Li Huirou fell seriously ill over it, and while she was confined to her sickbed, her husband took a concubine.
She resolved to divorce him, but the Lu family repeatedly obstructed her out of concern for its reputation, while her own family urged her to reconcile rather than separate.
Then, on top of everything else, Li Huirou was attacked by bandits while on her way to persuade her parents.
But thankfully, thankfully, she met Pei Shaoxuan.
She hadn't expected him to have become a warlord ruling over his own territory, much less that the boy who used to bully her would grow into such a good man.
Not only did he cover her tracks and use the bandits as a pretext to fake her death, he thoughtfully prepared new identity documents and travel papers for her, and arranged a new home.
After moving in, Li Huirou kept feeling as if someone were watching her from the shadows.
The gaze felt almost tangible, heavy, damp, and cold, creeping over her back and neck, leaving no place untouched... She also noticed that Pei Shaoxuan's gaze was growing stranger by the day.
One day, she accidentally wandered into a secret room in a courtyard. Just as she was about to leave, she caught sight of an open album: an erotic painting that set her blood racing.
Li Huirou was terrified, because the woman in the painting looked exactly like her. And the entire secret room was filled with paintings like it.
Clinging to one last shred of hope, she found the artist and tried to awaken his conscience. "Sanlang, I can never repay your great kindness. Let Heaven and Earth bear witness as we become sworn siblings, all right?"
Good man Pei Shaoxuan's gaze darkened. He smiled with inscrutable meaning, then gently agreed.
Heaven and Earth did bear witness, but they drank nuptial wine and performed the rites of consummation.
Li Huirou tried to stop his wicked hand, but could not move his body, hard as a branding iron.
Li Huirou's eyes were red from crying. "I'm your older sister!"
Pei Shaoxuan pressed her onto the wedding bed, kissed away the tears on her face, and stroked the sweat on her back. His voice full of affection, he said, "It just makes us closer, Sister."
Only then did Li Huirou realize that his kindness hadn't come from nowhere. He had been plotting this for a long time.
P.S.
1. The story opens with a divorce. The second male lead gets his comeuppance, and the male lead takes his place.
2. The male lead has a damp, gloomy ghost-like aura and pursues her domineeringly.
3. The heroine is not a virgin, but the hero is, and he is younger than her.
4. The leads are not related by blood. They grew up together as childhood sweethearts.
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Theme: Never let yourself be consumed by inner conflict.
