Ba Yunjiao

After returning from her maternal grandparents’ home, Yun Jiao lived cautiously. All she wanted was for herself and her birth mother, Concubine Qian, to survive in peace in this man-eating household. But someone refused to let her have her way and caused her mother to die along with her unborn child.

The murder of her mother cut to the bone. Blood must be paid for in blood, and she would never rest until the end!

The young man pushed open the door, his face alight with a warm smile and the carefree, upright spirit of youth, just as before.

He opened his arms and called softly, “Xiao Jiu.”

She had been drinking. With bleary eyes, she looked up and stumbled into his arms, pounding his chest as she choked back sobs. “You finally came back. I really thought you were dead...”

After they married.

Sitting at the table, she propped her chin on one hand and smiled at him. “Your sister-in-law was hinting at something just now.”

“What do you mean?” A hint of amusement flashed in his eyes. He knew perfectly well what she was getting at, but still played along and asked.

She pressed her lips together with a smile and pushed the wine cup from the other side toward him. Suppressing her laughter, she affected a coy tone: “If you have feelings for me, little brother-in-law, then drink this half cup of leftover wine.”

He paused, then smiled and reached to catch her. “You little rascal, Xiao Jiu. You really will say anything these days.”

She had already been ready for him. Laughing, she dodged away and ran to the doorway, turning back to look at him triumphantly.

He picked up her wine cup and drained it in one go, his eyes shining as he gazed at her. “I don’t drink from anyone else’s cup.”

He would save himself for finishing hers.

Note: This novel has no golden finger. The native-born heroine neither transmigrates nor is reborn. The early chapters aren’t a power fantasy, but the later ones are very sweet. If that’s not your thing, don’t click.

This book was first published on Qidian’s women’s channel.