[Marriage first, love later + secret crush + regretful husband tries to win her back, but the heroine never turns back + both leads find new partners]
She was the neglected legitimate daughter of the Xu family, and Zhou Ziyi’s little shadow. She followed him everywhere from childhood. Then, when she was seventeen, her maternal grandfather was thrown in prison. She searched everywhere for Zhou Ziyi to ask how to help, and heard him say:
“She’s just the neglected legitimate daughter of a minister’s family. Families like ours need to marry within their own station.”
Xu Linxi disappeared after that. Zhou Ziyi searched everywhere for her, but he never found her again.
When they met again, he saw her in a bright red wedding dress, being carried out of the residence in a man’s arms, her clear laughter ringing in his ears.
Zhou Ziyi stood in their way. His eyes reddened as he asked, “Linxi, do you still want me…?”
The young woman beneath the red bridal veil said nothing. The man holding her narrowed his dark eyes, his Adam’s apple bobbing as he swallowed. “Master Zhou, the Emperor arranged this marriage, and we followed the proper betrothal rites. If you don’t want to defy the imperial decree, don’t delay my wedding with my wife.”
Years later, Xu Linxi gazed at the crabapple tree in the courtyard, a sweet smile on her face.
She remembered seeing a crabapple tree for the first time and saying, “Everyone says crabapples are beautiful, but few realize they’re poisonous.”
The man beside her smiled lazily. “Crabapples symbolize unrequited love. Even knowing they’re poisonous, you can still willingly embrace them.”
- - - -
The person who cherishes you may be late, but they will come eventually.
After all the flowers had fallen, she finally found the one-of-a-kind love she had been waiting for.
The encounter when they were young made Gu Yanchen miss Xu Linxi for thirteen years. The thing he regretted most during the past thirteen years was following his father in the war, which made him unable to protect and accompany his beloved girl. Let his girl follow someone else for ten years. It would be fine if she could be treated gently and kindly, but she was despised and hurt instead. He felt distressed and blamed himself. Fortunately, he had God's blessing, and his little girl came to him after all the detours. He could still protect his girl well and give her all his pampering and love. This book is really innocent. By the end of the story, neither of them had consummated their marriage, let alone the little ones. Wow, please add a few more extra chapters! Give Gu Yanchen and Xu Linxi real consummation.
It's not cruel, it's quite sweet, even though the male and female protagonists didn't consummate their marriage in the finale, and they didn't have any children 😂😂😂
It's great, but it feels like it's never finished. Let's do some more extras.
Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking, good-looking
The marriage was not consummated in the end 🤦