Attracted by a Straight Shooter

After weighing the pros and cons, Feng Yunling decided to pursue Yu Changzheng, the emperor's favorite. The first time she spoke to him, she bluntly asked him to consider her as a marriage prospect.

He turned her down.

Fortunately, the road was full of twists and turns, and the outcome was not too bad.

After the wedding, they were half-familiar strangers. He was even colder and more taciturn than before they married.

Feng Yunling thought, why make each other miserable? So she picked up her brush and wrote a divorce agreement.

But Yu Changzheng was injured because of her, and Feng Yunling dutifully cared for him.

After that, their relationship improved, and she never gave him the divorce agreement.

One day, Yu Changzheng returned with the honeyed fruit she loved. Feng Yunling politely thanked him, but his reaction seemed a little strange.

His gaze grew more and more brazen, impossible for Feng Yunling to ignore.

"My wife."

Feng Yunling looked back at him. He hardly ever called her that.

"Is it sweet?"

Feng Yunling chewed without answering, and simply held out a piece of honeyed fruit to him.

He took it but didn't put it in his mouth.

Feng Yunling swallowed and said, "It is."

Yu Changzheng's expression didn't change. "I don't like sweet things."

Feng Yunling: "...Then should I buy you some bitter candy next time?"

Yu Changzheng: "..."

Feng Yunling tried not to laugh, but when her eyes accidentally landed on his face, she immediately stopped.

She needed to get out of here.

...No such luck.

Feng Yunling couldn't stand the silence, or the cloying atmosphere that seemed to cling to it.

She spoke first. "Why do you keep looking at me?"

She thought Yu Changzheng would deny it, but he only gave a low laugh.

Feng Yunling was a little annoyed. She punctured the faint illusion of flirtation between them.

"Do you want to kiss me?"

Yu Changzheng froze. Feng Yunling was just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he smiled even more openly, as though he'd torn off his mask and no longer needed to pretend.

Feng Yunling stood there, stunned. For some reason, she let him approach. Just as their lips met,

she instinctively closed her eyes.

"May I kiss you?" he suddenly asked.

Feng Yunling opened her eyes, her gaze hostile.

The kiss landed without warning. In her confusion, she heard him murmur with a smile,

"Close your eyes."

And, "I burned the divorce agreement."

A frank, unflappable noblewoman and a cold, restrained powerful official

Reader's Guide:

1. Both leads have only ever been with each other. Romance is the focus.

2. Set in an imaginary dynasty.

Theme: Sincerity can move even the hardest heart