The Maid Won’t Share the Bed After Their Wedding? The Ailing Young Master Sees Red

Reborn + Fates Linked + Older Woman/Younger Man Romance + She’s Three Years Older + She Runs, He Pursues + Farming and Food Lu Suihe was bought from the countryside as a ceremonial bride to bring good fortune when the legitimate eldest son of the General’s residence fell gravely ill. A wandering Daoist priest read their birth charts and declared, “These two children’s souls and fates are linked.” But no one understood what that meant. In her previous life, Lu Yanzhou passed the highest imperial examination and, for the sake of his future, married the daughter of the Grand Tutor’s residence. He soon forgot all about her. She endured a loveless marriage and worked as a servant, only to hear him say, “I think of you as an older sister.” In the end, she died of illness in a Buddhist shrine, with no one to claim her body, and the First Madam even called her a bad omen. Then Heaven gave her a chance to be reborn. She decided to run away, find a man, and never serve that ungrateful wretch again! But just as she fled, Lu Yanzhou’s illness worsened. His chest tightened, and he coughed up blood. Every step she took made him sicker. Could this be what it meant for their fates to be linked? Lu Yanzhou passed the provincial examinations at sixteen and was the capital’s most aloof and handsome scholar. With a face like fine jade and refined features, he ignored love poems from wealthy young ladies and walked around noblewomen who fainted before him. Everyone in the capital said he had a heart of stone. But in this life, he was captivated by the wife three years his senior. She smelled so sweet, and her waist was so soft. Whenever she so much as glanced at another man, he made sure the fellow disappeared. At night, he held her around the waist and wouldn’t let go, his voice low and hoarse: “Big Sister smells so sweet.” Suihe pushed him away. “You’re a heartless man. You’re going to marry the Grand Tutor’s daughter!” He wouldn’t. His eyes and heart held only her. He’d gladly give up his life in this lifetime, so why would he care about a career in court? A cold-faced demon king in public, a clingy puppy in private. He owed her from their past life, and in this one, he’d repay her with his life.