The Coy, Alluring Maid Is Born to Tempt, and Her Rough-Hewn Man Spoils Her Rotten

[Handmaiden's Pregnancy] [Reborn] [Comeback] [Sweet Romance] [Rugged Hero] [Household Intrigue] [Groveling Chase]

In her previous life, she was a servant in Second Master Xiao's household. After waiting thirteen years without ever getting a title, she was eventually driven out and married off to a lame widower, who abused her to death.

Reborn, she was told that Madam Xiao wanted to send her to become First Master Xiao's bedchamber maid. She accepted without hesitation, bowing her head to receive the reward.

Everyone said Xiao Jichen was a cold-faced demon who ate his enemies' flesh raw on the battlefield. She was terrified of him, but still forced herself to approach him.

Though he rarely smiled, before going off to war, he took care of every problem for her.

One day, Tong Xuesheng learned he was going to marry a principal wife and looked down at the money she'd saved.

She'd saved enough. A great fire burned the side courtyard to the ground.

Everyone thought the general's bedchamber maid had died in the fire.

Three years later, the Prime Minister's residence held a banquet to welcome a newly recognized relative, with all the capital's nobles in attendance.

Xiao Jichen strode into the main hall, travel-worn, and looked up straight into a pair of familiar eyes.

She stood beside the Prime Minister's wife, her hair adorned with pearls and ornaments. She was no longer the servant who had spent half a year saving up twenty taels of silver.

He stood rooted to the spot, watching her for a long time.

Later, he kept wandering past her cosmetics shop every few days. Once, he deliberately injured his arm and collapsed at her door. She reluctantly opened up and took him in. Leaning on the bed, he spoke in a voice so low it sounded like a plea:

"You left so quickly. I've been chasing after you for three years in vain."

Tong Xuesheng's hand paused as she changed his dressing. She didn't look up, but the tips of her ears turned bright red.