[All settings are fictional!!!]
[Both leads untouched + long-planned scheme + secret love + devoted romance]
Zhou Xingye spent all day shirking his duties, getting into fights, and refusing to be tamed. At just sixteen, Li Cuicui sent him off to serve in the army, figuring that if she couldn't teach him, the country could.
The villagers were glad to have one less good-for-nothing around, yet surprised that Zhou Xingye had actually gone without a fuss.
They didn't know that after hearing Aunt Zhu tell Second Aunt Liu, “If my daughter marries, it'll be a man with prospects. At the very least, he needs to be able to earn a living. A good-for-nothing won't do,” Zhou Xingye had left for the army without a word, carrying his bundle in the rain.
“What? She's married?” He clenched his fists, trembling as he glared with bloodshot eyes and ground out the words.
“How can you marry someone else? You can only be mine.” He pinned her hands down and stared at her with sharp, shadowed eyes like a wolf, while she trembled beneath his gaze.
“I finally married you. You can only be mine. No one else can have you.” Once he set his sights on someone, it was for life.
Wang Jiaying had thought she would marry her childhood sweetheart, Lu Aiguo, but they eventually drifted apart. She never expected Wu Shulin to step in. Just as she was flustered and still trying to collect herself, the village's most famous untamable, cold, arrogant good-for-nothing cornered her against a wall.
There is always someone who loves you to the bone and cherishes you with all their heart, even from a place you cannot see.
