obsessive love · possessive · chinese historical · marquis · hidden identity · protective · yandere · political intrigue · romance
Lanterns flickered in the cold courtyard as Xie Zheng confronted Fan Changyu, his composure shattering. Accusing her of laughing with another man, he seized her wrist, the tension snapping into a fierce, possessive kiss before she pushed him away. “You are my wife,” he murmured, but she reminded him of their arrangement. By dawn, he vanished, leaving only a restored hairpin. War soon tore the town apart. Fan Changyu fought until she collapsed in the snow, her sister taken. Xie Zheng found her broken body, his world of war ceasing to exist as he knelt beside her. Later, in a dim hut, she awoke to his presence, calling him by his false name. When she spoke of owing her life to the Marquis of Wu’an, his gaze darkened. He gripped her hand, refusing to let her seek another, his jealousy…