Ji Chang’an married Chu Ci to protect him. She never expected that protection to last three years.
After he recovered, he said he loved her, and she believed him.
He said they would never leave each other, in life or death, and she believed him, too.
When a scout reported that he had died on the battlefield, she refused to believe it. I protected you for three years. Now I’ll protect the Chu family, too, and wait for you to come home. Later, she really did see him return, but he brought a radiant young woman with him.
He said, “Xiao’an, give up your place as my primary wife, and I’ll make you my secondary wife.”
“What if I refuse?”
“You know she can’t be a concubine.”
Ji Chang’an finally saw the truth.
“If that’s what you want, you can have it. I’ll return the Chu family along with it. Give me a divorce agreement in exchange.”
Later, someone asked Chu Ci, “Is there anything you regret in this life?”
“Yes.”
“What?”
“Losing her.”
“How did you lose her?”
“I lost her because I couldn’t let go of what I wanted.”
“Then go and win her back.”
“Ji Chang’an, in life you’re mine, and in death you’ll be my ghost. In this lifetime, let’s see who besides me would dare marry you, and who’d have the nerve to try.”
“I would.”
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