After Switching Brides to Marry an Abstinent Officer, the Silly Little Wife Is Always Kissed to Tears

(Period setting + switched marriage arrangements + animal speech + a touch of crime investigation + sweet heroine who can communicate with animals + sharp-minded, stoic military officer)

When Jiang Yuzhu was eight, she fell seriously ill.

Many, many voices began to ring in her ears.

Unable to adjust, she kept her mouth shut and stopped speaking.

From then on, everyone in Tianshui Town called her a stupid, mute little fool.

Her parents disliked her, and even her older sister casually switched their marriage arrangements.

Everyone thought the little fool, switched into marrying the old geezer at the forestry station, wouldn't survive three days.

But three days later, instead of news of her death, they heard that the little fool had helped solve a major case and was heading to the city to live among city folk!

That old geezer, the forest ranger, wasn't a forest ranger at all. He was a promising young leader of the criminal investigation squad who had just left the military.

And the little fool wasn't actually a fool, either. Her panda grandpa taught her medicine, a little squirrel and rabbit found gold for her, and little sparrows told her the latest gossip.

She's a delicate, sweet girl who tears up if someone kisses her.

As the tall, long-legged man before her closes in, her eyes grow dewy.

She presses both hands against his chest and looks pitiful. "Could you... kiss me... gently...?"

P.S. The heroine isn't really stupid. She just doesn't like making friends. She speaks a little slowly at first, but gets better later on.