(Childhood betrothal + wealthy woman breaks off engagement with poor scholar + heroine hides her identity to deliberately get close to him + unsuspecting hero gradually falls for her + heroine’s true identity is exposed and she faces a grueling pursuit of her husband + guilty underdog flees + powerful lover closes in at every turn + rekindled romance)
When Gu Qingshu was young, she turned away the impoverished scholar who came to claim their betrothal. After he achieved his ambitions, he returned with troops and destroyed her family.
Disguised as the man’s fiancée, she schemed at every turn and personally pulled him from his pedestal.
Later, she knelt beside the unconscious man’s bed, begging him not to die...
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Shen Zhiyan lost his parents when he was young. Thanks to a friend of his father’s, he was able to pass the civil service examinations and earn his degree.
After a misstep in the treacherous world of officialdom landed him in a deadly trap, he heard someone weeping beside him as he neared death, begging him not to leave her behind.
His fiancée was usually spoiled and headstrong, always insisting on getting her way, and completely hopeless at handling practical matters. How could he leave her all alone?
Only later did he discover that women were skilled liars, and his own wife was particularly good at it.
