A Woman in a Man's Body: Stealing His Heart

Male lead's blurb,

After a strange turn of events, she, an unmarried woman, becomes he, a scholar in ancient times.

He embarks on the imperial examination path. After passing the exams and earning a second-class degree, a senior official reaches out to build a relationship and invites him to his home.

That evening, the official's wife steps out, and he falls for her at first sight.

It has nothing to do with her looks. Just seeing her there makes him happy.

He had meant to suppress these shameless feelings, but then he learned the senior official had developed ulterior motives.

That gave him all the courage he needed to start trying every day to steal the man's wife.

Female lead,

She has been married to her childhood sweetheart for just five years. Their affection at the start of the marriage gave way to mutual resentment, then to finding each other repulsive. Why did things turn out this way?

She overhears him saying that, to marry the Jia family's daughter, he wishes she would become a concubine and give up her place.

With her heart dead, all she can think about is holding on to her position and not letting him get his way.

Her daughter, Qiaojie, is only two years old. She cannot let her grow up and marry as a concubine's daughter.

But then, little by little, she begins to notice something.

Her husband's subordinate looks at her with deep affection and unmistakable tenderness.

Hah. So he's resorting to this sort of trick to make me give up my place.

Much later, she never imagined she would still end up giving in.

Content note: A woman transmigrates into a man's body and marries a woman. One-to-one romance.

The woman is five years older than the man. Older woman, younger man.

Theme: If no one cherishes you, someone else will admire you