The Foolish Mute Wife of the Dragon-Aotian Hero

[Anti-theft setting enabled at 80%. Main story complete, with extras updated every other day. I’ll announce any hiatuses.] [Coming soon: My Husband Is a Workaholic, So I Faked My Death After Becoming His Guilty Wife. Please add it to your collection!] At seventeen, Yan Jianxiao suddenly discovered that he was a mute cannon-fodder character in a cultivation novel. His master was the story’s protagonist bottom, whose arranged-marriage partner was Ying Qingye, the only son of the Ying family, also known as the original story’s overpowered protagonist. But life was unpredictable. The Ying family suddenly fell from power, and the protagonist bottom looked down on him, so he sent his mute servant in his place to the wedding. Yan Jianxiao, sent to the wedding in his stead, was ready to accept his fate. Then the original story’s plot appeared before his eyes: as it turned out, the current overpowered protagonist was just pretending. One day, he would reclaim everything that was his! All Yan Jianxiao had to do was follow the plot alongside the protagonist and reach the ending, where they would divorce. Yan Jianxiao: “!” Great! Then he could cling to the protagonist’s coattails! * Ying Qingye had been reborn into the novel from the modern world, as an overpowered protagonist in a broken-engagement story. He grew up properly until he was eighteen, waiting for his future wife to agree to break off their engagement and deliver those famous cutting lines. That would activate his “broken-engagement protagonist” identity, letting him kick aside cannon fodder and rise to the top. Instead, on his wedding night, Ying Qingye found himself facing a little mute who had been sent in as a substitute, blinking up at him with beautiful eyes. Ying Qingye: “…” The little mute was so cute and beautiful, he didn’t look at all like someone who could mock him. Ying Qingye’s hopes were dashed, so he had no choice but to work hard again. But no matter! Loving your wife is the way to rise to the top! So he went all out to cure his wife’s voice, only to discover that his wife was a man. Ying Qingye: “?” … After his identity was discovered, Yan Jianxiao thought Ying Qingye would either kill him or divorce him. The opposite happened. Ying Qingye took good care of him, and even his cultivation improved day by day. Except at night… Ying Qingye would often coax him in a low voice: “Baby, one more time, okay?” Yan Jianxiao, completely bewildered: “…” W-Weren’t we supposed to get a divorce after doing it once? Why do you want to do it again? Blurb backed up on 2025.12.25 1. A loyal, wolfish overpowered protagonist top who’s a total scoundrel in bed × a well-behaved, naturally airheaded mute beauty bottom who’s a sweetheart to the overpowered protagonist gang. 1v1, both virgins, love-struck little couple. 2. A young married couple. Both top and bottom have their own career arcs: the bottom rises from cannon fodder, and the top levels up as an overpowered protagonist. Six parts romance, four parts plot. 3. [Content warning: a girlish bottom × a sunny-on-the-surface but devious dog-like top. These describe their personalities, not their genders. The bottom cross-dresses early on and doesn’t reveal his identity; many characters call him “little sister.” He cross-dresses for a while, but stops after his identity is revealed. The warning is already in the blurb. If you can’t accept this, please don’t read. Added 2026.5.29.] 4. The cover uses a template made by an artist, so it may look like someone else’s. I just picked the one with the vibe closest to Yan Yan’s. Yan Yan has this sort of vibe, but this isn’t the character model he’s based on. 5. The bottom will be able to speak later. The top falls for him at first sight because of his face, not because he thinks he’s a woman. 6. My take on cultivation. A quick plug for my next upcoming novel, My Husband Is a Workaholic, So I Faked My Death After Becoming the Guilty Wife of the True Young Master. Here’s the blurb 1. Yan Wanchao transmigrates into a period novel about a fake and true young master, becoming the fake young master. In the original story, the true young master takes the fake young master, whose body gives off a natural fragrance and is suited to serve as a human medicine, as his male wife, the most reviled role in that era, just to spite his parents. After the fake young master is carried into the household as a bride, he never goes outside again. Yan Wanchao knows from reading the original plot that the fake young master was killed by the true young master, Yan Yun, who would become a great villainous minister. Yan Wanchao just so happens to arrive on the very day the fake young master is carried off to become a male wife. Yan Wanchao is on the verge of tears, but luckily the System tells him that Yan Yun is ill. All he needs to do is be a good, easygoing male wife and use his medicinal constitution to treat him. Then, at the right time, he can fake his death and go live his own quiet life. Yan Wanchao asks, confused, “What’s wrong with him?” The System stammers, “It’s hard to explain, but the cure is XX.” Yan Wanchao, who’d really wanted to try out male models back in the modern world, lights up and puts on his prettiest clothes before happily going off to enjoy life with the workaholic. Oh, what a lovely thing! He gets to sleep with a handsome guy before faking his death! 2. Yan Yun is brilliant, and the emperor takes notice of him at a young age. But his political enemies expose his identity as a fake, and he is demoted and sent to the frontier. If it weren’t for Yan Wanchao, none of this would have happened. From that day on, Yan Yun wanted to kill Yan Wanchao. Even when he was demoted and sent to the frontier, he made sure to bring his male wife, Yan Wanchao, along. The frontier is desolate and bitterly cold. Yan Yun has already imagined a hundred ways to kill Yan Wanchao, but at night, that small figure climbs into his bed, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes. A gauzy veil covers his face, and a sweet fragrance drifts over… “Big brother… I-I’m here to fulfill my duties as your male wife and help cure you…” Yan Yun: “…” At first, Yan Yun tells himself he’s only giving it a try. But when that person dies in his arms, he goes mad. 3. After Yan Wanchao fakes his death, the plot reaches its most crucial point. The ailing crown prince ascends the throne, and Yan Yun becomes the powerful villainous minister controlling the puppet emperor. The System gives Yan Wanchao a new identity as a renowned wandering physician. The young doctor Yan is highly skilled. He plans to sneak into the palace, swindle the frail new emperor, and make a fortune. …But once he’s inside, the beaded curtain is drawn aside, revealing the new emperor’s familiar face and shadowy gaze. Yan Wanchao’s knees go weak with fright. Isn’t that his workaholic ex-husband? How did he go from workaholic minister to emperor? Yan Wanchao turns to flee, but someone grabs his ankle and drags him back “Chaochao, it’s time to fulfill your duties as my male wife. Take your clothes off.” Yan Wanchao is horrified. That damn System tricked me! Where’s the carefree life as a wandering physician it promised? How did I end up as the empress? Theme: Keep your original aspirations even in adversity