A sickly, possessive nobleman with an old, lingering ailment × a fallen heiress whose family has been ruined
[Chaste and restrained + An old connection + An older man who keeps his feelings hidden + He falls for her on his own + Awakening and changing her fate + Two strong leads saving each other]
A short-term contract binds two people reunited after years apart.
He hides the regrets of the love they missed when they were young, and the feelings that never faded over the years. She hides a shocking secret...
She awakens.
Some fates are written in advance. But there are always people who refuse to surrender.
And in this life...
She smiled. “Are you planning to come from behind?”
His inner thoughts: This is entirely my own fault. She was perfectly fine when I put her on the bed. I only turned around to pour a glass of water, and she managed to get herself into this state.
The next day, Lou Yueling woke up in the hospital. All she remembered was a pair of fathomless eyes and the business card in her purse.
Situ Xiadi.
She thought she had gotten herself into the biggest mess of her life.
What she didn't know was...
This man was the husband fate had chosen for her.
And also the dead husband fate had chosen for her.
On the night of her proposal, Lou Yueling discovered that she was living in a tragic-ending novel:
Her husband, Situ Xiadi, died of illness. Her older brother, Lou Yexiao, died protecting her. She spent thirty lonely years in an empty house, clutching their memorial portraits.
Everyone's death was part of a forewritten ending.
He said, “Stay away from me. This illness of mine will only drag you down.”
She smiled. “If you die, I'll remarry.”
He tightened his grip on her hand. “You wouldn't dare.”
Lou Yueling closed her fingers around the ring and smiled.
This time, she would choose where she landed.
