[No transmigration, no rebirth] [Fall in love with your enemy] [Misunderstandings galore] [Reunited after a long separation]
Deng Yi: Born into a prominent family in Xinye, he was a clan younger brother of Deng Yu. He later fought alongside Liu Xiu and became one of Liu Xiu's most capable generals.
When they first met, he thought Liu Qingjun was stunningly beautiful, but it was a shame she was a social climber. Later, he discovered that it had all been a misunderstanding. But later still, it turned out that the woman really had been hiding malicious intentions and had even caused his younger sister to be violated, while his elder brother Deng Zhong defended her at every turn. He hated her so much that, amid the chaos of war, he drove her out of Xinye. Years later, they met again in Luoyang. She held no grudge and repeatedly saved his soldiers, and even saved him. Without realizing it, his heart began to sink into love. He fell for the culprit who had harmed his sister, knowing he shouldn't but unable to let go. Yet she said she didn't like him. When the misunderstanding was cleared up, he discovered that Liu Qingjun had never harmed his sister. Deng Yi acted despicably for once and forced Liu Qingjun to marry him. In the end, would his beloved turn back to him?
Liu Qingjun: The daughter of a refugee during the chaos at the end of the Xin Dynasty. Fortunately, she was raised by her adoptive mother and her master, Chu Nan, and learned a great deal of medicine. By chance, she saved some Mohists and, influenced by what she saw and heard, began practicing the principle of "universal love, loving others as oneself" without even realizing it. Later, while helping Deng Yi's elder brother, Deng Zhong, expose a Greenwood gang traitor, she got into trouble and was falsely accused of being the culprit who had harmed Deng Yi's younger sister. Amid the chaos of war, Deng Yi drove her out of Xinye, and she wandered from place to place. Years later, they met again. True to her nature of helping those in danger, Liu Qingjun repeatedly aided Deng Yi without holding a grudge. She never expected that one day Deng Yi would tell her he loved her...
[One of a series of romantic stories set in the gaps between historical records] [Set in the early Eastern Han Dynasty]