[Sweet, Radiant Beauty × Stern Commander with a Soft Heart Beneath His Tough Exterior]
[Reborn and Taking Her Sister's Place as the Bride] [Eight-Year Age Gap] [Love at First Sight] [Sweet Romance with an Older Man]
Her older sister thinks the remote island is too far away and cries, refusing to marry.
Xu Mingzhu, reborn, says, "Brother, I'll marry Lu Chengyue in my sister's place."
In her previous life, he pampered her like a princess, but died from his injuries just three years into their marriage.
This time, she just wants to marry him early and spend her whole life with him.
But after traveling thousands of miles to the island, all she gets is, "The engagement is off. I only think of you as a younger sister."
Xu Mingzhu refuses to believe him and gives herself a month to win him over.
But when she gets close, he backs away. When she shows him affection, he avoids her.
Xu Mingzhu gives up. "Brother Lu, I won't cling to you anymore. From now on, we'll only be siblings."
A delicate beauty arrives on the island.
Her almond-shaped eyes are bright with moisture, her waist slender and her skin soft. When she smiles, two shallow dimples appear, making the young soldiers blush to their ears.
No one knows that the fearsome man who keeps his distance from women fell for her at first sight.
He only stubbornly insists she is like a younger sister because his injuries may have left him unable to have children, and he doesn't dare hold her back.
But when she really prepares to leave, Lu Chengyue is the first to break.
"Mingzhu, I don't want to be your brother."
"I want to marry you."
Later...
Commander Lu crouches before her, carefully holding her leg as he applies medicine. When she softly cries out in pain, his heart aches.
He takes care of all the washing, cooking, water-carrying, and gardening, and hands over his entire salary and savings to her.
His fellow soldiers stare in disbelief. "Didn't you say you only thought of her as a younger sister?"
Lu Chengyue: "She's my sweetheart, and she'll soon be my wife."