My Wife Is Frail and Sickly

Shen Xiaolou is a madwoman. After escaping from an underground research facility, she devotes herself to revenge. Once she has slaughtered all her enemies, she returns to the base and blows up the facility.

When she opens her eyes again, she has become a pitiful young woman from a great family, exiled to a country estate. She bears a terrible reputation, and no one has paid her any attention for fifteen years. The wicked servants bully their mistress, and a bout of chills kills the original owner. When Shen Xiaolou wakes up, she grabs one of the wicked servants by the throat...

A scholar at the neighboring estate falls gravely ill. His servants refuse to call a doctor and tie him up in his room to torment him, waiting for him to die so they can hold his funeral.

For a while, Shen Xiaolou thinks the scholar is gentle, courteous, and an ideal romantic partner.

Until one day, she runs into him in an alley, driving a knife into someone's body, blood splattering across his face. It is a horrifying sight.

After staring in shock, she is so frightened that her eyes turn red, and she can't speak for a long time.

Jiang Feng, commander of the Imperial City Bureau, is cold-hearted and indifferent, and keeps his distance from women.

That year, he was badly wounded and hiding at a country estate when he met a particularly interesting young woman.

At their first meeting, she was a sickly, kindhearted innocent who could barely catch her breath between coughs, yet still helped him without hesitation.

The next time they met, her sisters had deliberately abandoned her. She was weak and pitiful, crying prettily as she begged him for help beside his carriage.

For the first time, the unfeeling Jiang Feng felt compassion.

Later, when he learned she was in danger, he rushed to save her, only to see the delicate, sickly girl deftly knock unconscious the man who had tried to assault her, then fire a hidden arrow at him.

Shen Xiaolou turned to face Jiang Feng, whose expression was complicated, and bit her lip, hesitating for a moment. “Sir, could you pretend you didn't see that?”

Jiang Feng: ...