✔Be Gentle, Please! [Taennie Adaption]

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In 1908, Kim Taehyung, the only son of the Kim Family, a family of warlords in Songxi City, married Choi Jennie, the daughter of the rich silk family.

Taehyung had already made great military achievements at a young age, and he took the position of a Major General after a few years in the army.

With a smart mind, a tall and straight posture, and an extraordinary handsome appearance, the twenty-four-year-old Taehyung was the dream future husband and son-in-law of almost all the young ladies and women in Songxi city.

The masters of many large families and Taehyung's father, General Father Kim, had secretly arranged their daughters and Taehyung's marriage, but all of them always ended up in failure.

There was only one reason - Taehyung didn't want to marry.

Until two years ago, General Father Kim died in battle and Taehyung kept his filial piety for two years.

As soon as the period of filial piety was over, Taehyung's mother, Mother Kim, worked hard to settle marriage for her son, saying that Father Kim's greatest wish before his death, was to see his son get married and start a family.

In fact, during the two years of filial piety, Mother Kim already wanted his son to start a family and no longer observe filial piety because she knew the thoughts of her old man well. The deceased has passed away, and those who are still alive should not stick to these forms any more. The spirit of her old man in heaven would certainly not want to see his son delay his marriage for another two years.
(T/N: Here the male lead's mother use 'old man' as an intimate form of address for her husband)Although Taehyung promised to get married and start a family, he refused to end the period of filial piety early. Mother Kim had no choice but to let him drag on for another two years.

But in the past two years, Mother Kim has not been idle. She has learned about all the educated and well-known daughters in Songxi City, selected the most suitable ones, and showed their photos to Taehyung.

After Taehyung finished looking through all of it, he picked out the photo of Jennie, the daughter of the rich Choi family who did silk business.

There were two daughters in the Choi family. The eldest young lady was married a few years ago. The second young lady who has not left her boudoir was Jennie and she was eighteen years old this year.

Mother Kim was overjoyed, because she and Mrs. Choi have known each other for many years, and the silk and satin that she wore on weekdays were all from the Choi family. She liked Jennie who looked sweet and has a good personality. She had also planned to try persuading her son to choose Jennie if he had been careless when he was choosing.

Soon, the parents of the two families took their children at the Chamber of Commerce of Songxi City for a dinner. Taehyung invited Jennie to dance a few times. The two talented and beautiful people swayed on the dance floor. The picture of the two dancing together looked like from an exquisite oil painting.
Back at the Kim Mansion, Mother Kim asked his son how he felt about Jennie with great anticipation, and Taehyung said lightly, "It's her."

This Jennie was faultless in all aspects, her appearance was also appealing to him, and she seemed to be quiet and well-behaved and won't always bother him noisily.

Although, the days ahead may be a little dull and boring.

But, it was her.

Later, the two met several times by chance on different occasions, and it didn't take long for Taehyung to personally lead his subordinates and present a huge amount of betrothal gifts to the Choi family.

In this war-torn era, the only worry of the Choi family's master and his wife about Taehyung was that he would follow the former general's footsteps and make Jennie a widow at a young age.

Taehyung listened and told Master Choi and his wife, neither humbly nor arrogantly, that he had never thought of marriage. And that he got married and started a family because he was not sure when the things that the two old Choi's husband and wife were worried about would happen. He had always been devoted to the war, and did not consider getting married. Now that he has decided to start a family, he was sure to shoulder this responsibility, and would not easily let the enemy harm his life in future wars.Master Choi and his wife were very satisfied with the answer, and their daughter's impression of Taehyung was also good, so they agreed to the marriage.

It only took two months from the talking, the engagement banquet to the marriage.

The happy news of the wedding between the son of the Kim Family and the daughter of the Choi family spread all over Songxi City. All the young ladies of Songxi City who had dreamed of Taehyung as their future husband sighed, and their hearts shattered overnight.