[Historical romance + slow-burn love + mutual respect and affection + imperial examinations]
Clearheaded, tenacious top scholar of the jinshi examination × Steady, decisive Great General Who Guards the Nation
“I don’t mind.”
“What? He says he doesn’t mind? What does ‘doesn’t mind’ even mean?”
“What do you think, Miss Xu?”
“What? What do I think? What is he even asking?” Xu Juelu blurted out before she could think, “I don’t mind either. It’s not me who’ll lose out.”
“If you don’t mind, then would you please stop avoiding me from now on, Miss Xu?”
“All right.”
“I mean, I fell for you at first sight. Would you give me a chance?”
“General Cui, we’ve only met a few times. How can you say you’ve fallen for me?”
“Some people know each other for ten years and remain strangers. Others need only one glance to know they’re meant to spend the rest of their lives together.”
Meeting you has made me happier
