[Aloof, heaven-blessed prodigy × gentle, patient sweetheart|Mutual secret love × three fateful trials × devotion to one person alone]
Jiang Yao has lived his life as a cold, noble man who looks down on the world, yet he has fallen for Bai Yue three times.
The first time they met, she was a new student at the academy, careless and quick-witted, always ready to trade barbs with him.
The second time they crossed paths, she was a stranger who protected him from the shadows, willing to take a blade for him without hesitation.
The third time, she was the obsession engraved in his bones, the woman he searched the world over to find.
He thought he had loved countless people, only to lose them each time and suffer heartbreak again and again. Only at the end did he understand that every flutter of his heart had been for the same person: her.
Bai Yue has always been gentle and considerate, accustomed to putting others first, but for Jiang Yao she broke every one of her own rules.
She was willing to step aside and watch Jiang Yao be with someone else. Even if it meant personally giving the man she loved most to another, she only wanted him to be safe.
She was willing to die for him, bearing every trial in his place so that he could be spared.
Only when he held her in his arms with red-rimmed eyes and said, “From beginning to end, you’re the only one I’ve ever loved,” did she realize that her quiet devotion had always been returned.
A mutual secret love kept hidden in their hearts, three trials endured for your sake. This time, we won’t miss each other. We’ll hold hands and grow old together.
