At sixteen, Shen Yuan married Gu Yanzhi, the young general everyone admired, giving him all her sincere devotion.
She thought she was embarking on a love that would bring them peace and happiness for years to come, never realizing she was nothing but a tragic stand-in. Because her features resembled those of his deceased moonlight, their wedding night brought her no tenderness, only bone-deep hatred and indifference.
Seven years confined to the inner residence brought endless neglect and humiliation. He took concubines, callously trampled her sincere love, and when she lost their child and lay bleeding through a freezing night, he was drunk in his study on the anniversary of his old love's death, coolly warning her not to disturb the dead.
Worn down day after day, her love finally withered away. Shen Yuan let go of every lingering attachment, her heart as still as water.
War erupted along the border, and Gu Yanzhi was trapped in a desperate situation, his supplies cut off and no way forward or back. At his moment of greatest need, Shen Yuan arrived through the dust with the Shen family's provisions and private troops, dazzling everyone as a military strategist.
Over three years fighting side by side, their strategies complemented each other and they worked in perfect harmony. He finally came to his senses, shed his coldness, and begged her to reconcile, hoping to make amends for the past. But Shen Yuan remained distant and indifferent, refusing to look back.
In the final battle, a stray arrow cut through the air, and she threw herself in front of him without hesitation.
As she lay dying, she put an end to their past with a quiet whisper: This arrow repays seven years of entanglement. In the next life, don't mistake one person for another again.
Fortunately, Shen Yuan survived. A miracle doctor rescued her, and she lost her memories of the past.
The once-proud general laid aside all his glory and became an ordinary apothecary's apprentice, staying by her side day and night, washing clothes, brewing medicine, and waiting on her humbly.
When they met again, her eyes were full of confusion. She didn't recognize him.
Burdened by all his sins and regrets, he would spend the long years of his remaining life making amends alone.
