Su Muyang (assassin) vs. Pei Changxi (heir to the marquis’s estate)
(A cold and aloof, emotionally scarred heroine vs. a devoted, warmhearted hero who heals her) [Historical romance + reborn + pure love + sweet romance + redemption]
In her previous life, Pei Changxi destroyed the assassins’ organization and lovingly cared for Su Muyang for three years, yet he never managed to earn even a single smile from her before he died.
Only after being reborn did she learn the truth:
That noble heir to the marquis’s estate had cursed himself to “a short life in every incarnation” in exchange for giving his beloved assassin another chance at life.
In this life, it is Su Muyang who kneels before the Buddha day after day.
She clears his political enemies and plots every move on his behalf, asking only that the gods grant him good fortune and a long life…
But when she stubbornly shuts herself away in the temple, Pei Changxi begs her with red-rimmed eyes:
“Su Muyang, I don’t want you to pray for my good fortune.”
“I only want you to love me properly, just once, in this life.”
[Bonus scene]
After three years apart, the regent, now the most powerful man in the realm, follows his wife to a Buddhist temple. “You’ve knelt before the Buddha for three years. What have you been praying for?”
Su Muyang lowers her head and says nothing.
But when he reads through the prayer slips she has filled out thousands of times, his voice catches in his throat.
There is only one wish written on them:
“May Pei Changxi… live to be a hundred.”
