During the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, the four great clans are locked in endless conflict.
She is the jewel of the Ren family in Jiangnan, spirited and free-spirited. He is the young master of the Yuan family on the frontier, stern and burdened with responsibility.
At the Lantern Festival, one glance is enough to take his breath away. He buys her a lotus lantern, and she smiles at him sweetly.
“They say a knowing smile is even rarer. Don't let the chance pass you by.”
Little do they know, he is the son of her family's sworn enemy, and she is the love destined to cost him his life.
A blood feud between their families tears the lovers apart, and one scheme after another unfolds.
Forced to marry another man, she sees him burst into the wedding hall, covered in blood, on her wedding day. “Ren Buqu, how dare you betray me!”
But she turns and takes the fatal blow for him, smiling through her tears. “Yuan Buhui... In this life, I have no regrets. In the next... let us never meet.”
Only when the truth tears their world apart and love and hate come to nothing does he understand:
The greatest pain in this world is not loving someone, but loving them and being unable to stay together.
“If meeting you was a mistake, I would rather never have met you...”
“But if I had never met you, what joy would there be in my life?”
A fated union, miswritten across three lifetimes; amid the mortal world's endless tides, you alone are the one I never regret.
(Follow the latest chapters: His eyes red, he kneels in the snow. “Buqu, I'm taking you home...”)
