[One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first, groveling pursuit that goes nowhere, second male lead wins her heart, stand-in, leads speak their minds, everyone helps them along, no angst, lighthearted]
Su Wanyu is a country doctor who can’t resist meddling. One day, she finds a man at the foot of a mountain and takes him in.
She feeds and clothes him, pays for his education, and helps him pass the civil service exams.
He promises that once he earns top honors, he’ll make her the wife of the top scholar.
Later, she discovers that both his name and his identity are fake.
To the young master of a powerful clan, she’s nothing more than a toy to amuse himself with.
When the truth comes out, he uses every trick he can think of to force her to become his concubine. “I can give you everything except the title of principal wife. Without me, what kind of man do you think you could marry?”
Su Wanyu slaps him and walks away.
Gu Mingxiu was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Certain Su Wanyu would never leave him, he waits for her to come crawling back.
But instead of seeing her return, he hears that she’s going to marry someone else.
When they meet again, she is cherished by a powerful man who begs and coaxes her to marry him.
