The Marquis Is Ruthless When Driving Her Away, and Just as Tender When Winning Her Back

Yan Ruo, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Zhongyuan's household, is nearing eighteen and still unmarried. People mock her as an old maid who will never find a husband.

At a banquet, Yan Ruo meets Han Chenzhi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, a powerful official bold enough to overturn the table in front of the emperor himself.

Yan Ruo never imagined this would be the beginning of her story with Han Chenzhi.

She thinks he is fierce, yet she keeps daring to ask him for help. Little by little, she realizes she has fallen for him.

She is timid and easily frightened, but she is also bold enough to tell him outright that she likes him.

But Han Chenzhi urges her not to set her heart on him. He is older, has been married before, and has a daughter. He will never love her.

She refuses to back down, while he keeps his distance, yet time and again he quietly protects her.

She is angry and hurt, and decides to let him honor his late wife by remaining faithful to her memory. But his heart aches for Yan Ruo. He no longer wants them to go their separate ways. Without realizing it, he has already fallen in love with her.

A gentle reminder: There is an age gap. The male lead has loved someone before and has a biological daughter.