The eldest Chen brother had barely breathed his last when the second brother, Chen Jingquan, started celebrating his wedding with drums and gongs.
And the bride was none other than his sister-in-law.
People from all over town came to watch, saying Chen Jingquan had never seemed like a decent fellow, but they hadn't realized he could be this shameless.
His brother's bones weren't even cold, and he was already dragging his sister-in-law into his room.
Chen Jingquan didn't care what they said.
The first time he saw Xue Baozhen, he was fourteen, at the entrance to an alley on West Street.
She was crouching by the doorway in a blue cotton dress, watering flowers. A silk flower at her temple gleamed in the sunlight. He stood there, transfixed. When he got home, he pestered his father, saying he wanted to marry her.
Who could have expected that she would later marry his older brother?
That sickly man who would gasp for half a day after drinking a mouthful of soup.
In front of the whole household, he had yelled that his brother was practically dying, so why was he taking a wife?
His father slapped him, and he deserved it.
Then his older brother died, and she became a widow.
He thought, Could the Chen family really let her remarry outside the family? Even if she does, why should it be some outsider? What makes me worse than one?
Chen Jingquan knew it was despicable to think this way.
But he'd been thinking about it for eight years, hoping for it for eight years. It had long since become an obsession.
Chen Jingquan didn't care about what was right or wrong.
He only knew that when he was fourteen, the first time he saw Baozhen, he wanted to marry her.
This year marked the eighth year he'd felt that way.
This blurb was registered on March 1, 2026. Plagiarism will be pursued.
About the creation of this book:
This book ultimately follows the story mainly from the male lead Chen Jingquan's point of view. The reason is simple: I want to show how a man gradually falls in love and loses himself in it. Only through the male lead's perspective can I show just how fiercely he loves her.
Theme: In the hidden depths of human nature, true love shines precious.
