The two things Tan Yuzhi fears most in this life are drawing attention and Gu Yun.
Gu Yun is a prince of a different surname, the most chaste man in the entire capital. His face warns everyone to keep their distance, and the officials tremble whenever they see him. He should have been indifferent to women and free of worldly desires, like a god on a temple dais beyond anyone's reach.
But somehow, he fell for another man's wife.
And so this powerful prince began his shameless campaign to steal her away. One day he sent her a prized Ferghana horse; the next, he blocked her path in an alley. She avoided him, rejected him, and begged him to leave her alone. He never even furrowed his brow, just kept showing up in front of her every day.
The whole capital was stunned: Whatever happened to Gu Yun, the man who wanted nothing to do with women?
Tan Yuzhi blushed and hid from him for three months. He pursued her for all three.
At last, he cornered her against a wall and rasped, “Either you come with me, or I move in with you.”
“Stealing a beauty and making her your wife is only right and proper.”
