Moonlight Shakes the Red Boughs

Dai Wan never imagined that a man’s teasing, spiteful words would stay with her for ten years. Ten years ago, after Shen Guanlan said, “I like you,” she rebelled for the first time, waiting for him all day in the pouring rain. He never came. Ten years later, one sentence from him was all it took for her to agree to a whirlwind marriage. No wedding, no surprises: just like that, she became his wife. Her friends called her lovesick and warned her that a heroine who doesn’t love herself is like a rotten cabbage. Dai Wan only smiled and said nothing. No one knew what Shen Guanlan’s saving her had meant to her. Others called her a delicate flower, but only she knew she was like a withered branch, living a puppet’s life. Shen Guanlan was her moon, the first love who had dazzled her throughout her youth. To Shen Guanlan, Dai Wan was the most sought-after eligible young woman among the wealthy families of Shangjing. She was well-read, sensible, gentle, and considerate: the perfect daughter-in-law in her parents’ eyes. The first time, he teased the young woman by saying he liked her. She said yes. The second time, he teased her by asking her to marry him. She said yes again. Yes, yes. It was all those tender moments, one after another, that stole his heart. Marriage first, love later from the male lead’s perspective; a secret crush coming true from the female lead’s perspective…