The Honest Wife Seeks a Divorce

Synopsis:




Huai Zhi came from a poor household. Too honest and taciturn by nature, she remained unmarried even at eighteen.




Then she struck an instant rapport with a sickly young gentleman and decided to marry him to ward off his illness.




Cui Jingci had a gentle temperament and extraordinary looks. His only flaw was his poor health.




But for Huai Zhi, that was actually a good thing.




Until their wedding night, when she met her husband's robust waist muscles and locked eyes with his deep, unfathomable gaze—only then did she realize she'd been deceived.




His health was perfectly fine!




As time passed, Huai Zhi discovered her husband was rigid in nature, overbearing and proud. He disliked her having much contact with other men—even speaking to them was forbidden. He had boundless energy and always devised unimaginable ways to torment her.




Huai Zhi thought he was ill in the head, and gradually, she came to regret her choice.




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Cui Jingci had once been a gentleman praised by all the world. Everything others envied was within his easy reach—until circumstances forced him to feign frailty.




But nearing thirty, he needed a wife. He needed children.




Huai Zhi was the perfect choice.




He didn't understand what love was. Yet on those nights of pleasure, watching his wife's face flush red as she dared not make a sound, watching her swollen lips, watching her weep as she lay atop him, he thought—living like this for a lifetime wouldn't be so bad.




But later, for reasons unknown, Huai Zhi grew increasingly distant from him, even laughing and chatting with other men. When Cui Jingci argued with her over it, the usually timid Huai Zhi boldly declared: "Since you can't stand it, let's just divorce!"




Unclean entities outside were attempting to seduce his wife.




The wife had developed second thoughts about her husband.




The man deserved death. The wife deserved punishment.




Before marrying Huai Zhi, Cui Jingci had thought her timid, weak, poor, and lowly—never imagining that one day he would be stirred to desire, willing to bow his head and beg for her, unable to have her.