After Marrying a Live-in Husband

Jiang Zhaoli is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Jiang family and its future heir. From her birth, the Jiang family declared that their eldest legitimate daughter would not marry out, but would only take a live-in husband. Therefore, she was taught from a young age to recognize various spices and to learn various business methods. Thus, everyone falsely catered to her, fantasizing about becoming her husband and gaining a vast fortune. When she came of age, her grandfather specially arranged a public selection for a live-in husband for her.

A deep and clear male voice echoed from the corridor. She looked up, and the one who caught the embroidered ball was a man as gentle as jade and with a handsome face. He playfully tossed the embroidered ball in his hand with a faint smile, cupped his hands in greeting towards the beauty above, and laughed freely: "It is my honor to become Madam Jiang's husband." Jiang Zhaoli, however, was displeased, feeling that he merely possessed a good appearance but his words were frivolous, and like everyone else, he approached her only for the vast family fortune behind her. She privately made a three-year agreement with him, that once she had established herself, she would let him leave and give him a sum of silver as compensation.

Before the three years were up, the man disappeared without a trace, as if he had evaporated from the world. Afterward, Jiang Zhaoli suddenly received an invitation to a banquet in Yuncheng. Nearing Yuncheng, she coincidentally encountered the common people revering the City Lord of Yuncheng, a truly awe-inspiring scene. Jiang Zhaoli looked up, and that figure in white on the high platform was precisely the man who had left without a word two years ago. At this moment, he looked down on everyone with a gentle gaze, his eyes revealing...