A slightly-adored heroine + love at first sight + brothers in rivalry + willing to be the other woman for love + the men are virgins + happy ending
Ning Xuanyi rescues a man and takes care of him devotedly for several days, finally bringing him back from the brink of death.
During the month they spend together, Lu Yunche can’t help falling for this extraordinary girl. He secretly vows to tell his parents as soon as he returns to the capital and insist on marrying her.
But fate has other plans. His family insists he marry the woman he was betrothed to as a child. Unable to fight them, he eventually runs away from the wedding.
On the wedding day, Lu Yunxiao steps in for his younger brother and marries the bride in his place.
On their wedding night, Lu Yunxiao tells Ning Xuanyi, “I married you on my brother’s behalf, and I know this has been unfair to you, Miss Ning. We can pretend to be husband and wife, then divorce after a year.”
Lu Yunche returns to the small courtyard where Ning Xuanyi lived, only to find it long deserted. Distraught, he goes back to the general’s residence, where he discovers that the woman he has been pining for has somehow become his sister-in-law.
Lu Yunche: “Brother, thank you for marrying Xuanyi for me.”
Lu Yunxiao: “How dare you! She’s your sister-in-law.”
His younger brother wants to come back and steal his wife? That won’t do. Lu Yunxiao doesn’t want to wait anymore. He turns to Ning Xuanyi and says, “Since I was the one who married you, that makes us husband and wife, doesn’t it? Xuanyi, could you try to accept me?”
Ning Xuanyi: “What is going on? Weren’t we supposed to get divorced?”
Later, Lu Yunche looks at the woman before him with tears in his eyes and begs, “Now that he’s back, are you going to leave me? I know you’re his lawful wife. I don’t need a title. I’ll be careful not to let Brother find out!”
