【1V2 + all male rivals + no female rivalry + mutual healing + sweet romance + reunion after a long separation + the second male lead rises to the top + happy ending】
Lin Xumian knew her online boyfriend was a scammer, but she went anyway.
With only three months left to live, she planned one last crazy adventure for herself. Who could have guessed that meeting him in person would nearly send her straight to the grave, only for her to be rescued by the man she was supposed to “meet” all along?
Pei Jinche, the all-powerful ruler of the South, took her home and gave her unprecedented protection. She was on edge, unable to understand why someone as unremarkable as her had caught the eye of such a powerful man.
She had no idea that the gilded cage had been made for her eighteen years ago. When Pei Jinche looked at her, it was as if he could see through time and glimpse the little sparrow that had flown away.
That was, until Cheng Lin, Pei Jinche’s sharpest “blade,” returned.
This man went from loathing her with every fiber of his being to guarding her with near-obsessive devotion. She thought he was only following orders. Only he knew it wasn’t an order, but his own selfish desire.
On one side was a powerful ruler who had planned every step and was determined to win her. On the other was a blade who held back and kept his feelings in check, yet shattered his own composure for her.
The moon they had lost in childhood shone on them both once again.
Pei Jinche’s long-laid plans faced off against Cheng Lin’s willingness to risk everything.
Faced with a choice far beyond the syllabus, Lin Xumian thought: perhaps… the answer didn’t have to be one of the options?
