The thing Fan Changyu regretted most in this life was dragging the man collapsed outside her door into her home on that snowy night. (It definitely wasn’t because he was handsome!)
What she regretted even more was what he said when he woke up: “Miss, I owe you my life. How about... we get married for show?”
She figured she had a family business to protect anyway, so taking on a husband at a bargain price couldn’t hurt. But three years later, after returning to the capital in triumph, she discovered that her “fake husband” had another woman tucked away in a gilded cage, was exchanging flirtatious glances with the Empress Dowager’s niece, and had a study full of secret letters she couldn’t understand.
Fan Changyu sneered. “Divorce. Right now. Immediately!”
That night, Xie Zheng coughed up blood as the poison flared, gripping her hand and refusing to let go. “A-Yu, that woman is the Empress Dowager’s blade... Only she can reveal the truth about my mother’s death...”
It turned out he had planned all along to collapse in the snow.
It turned out their sham marriage had been part of his careful scheme.
It turned out what he hid in his study wasn’t a lover, but blood-stained letters, a tiger tally, and the last descendants of a family of loyal martyrs.
“Xie Zheng, you used me?”
“Yes.” His eyes were bloodshot. “But I really do love you.”
Reading Guide
1. The heroine is a martial arts powerhouse; the hero is a sickly beauty with a hidden dark side. They’re both strong and utterly devoted to each other.
2. At first, she chases while he runs. Later, he chases and pampers her. Expect a mix of sweetness and angst.
3. The hero isn’t a scumbag. He has his reasons, will explain himself, and will get on his knees to soothe her. Please don’t abandon him.
