In her previous life, Ji Yao was a poor judge of character. Urged on by her half-sister, she gave up the childhood betrothal arranged by her birth mother and instead married the heir of the Yong'an Earl's household.
Only after the wedding did she discover that the heir, Ling Yue, was a notorious womanizer. He had not only taken a mistress early on, but was also constantly involved with the young maids in the household.
She had been pampered by her family since childhood and naturally refused to endure such humiliation. All she could think about was divorcing Ling Yue.
But when she returned to her family in tears to ask for help, her usually doting stepmother turned against her.
Everyone thought she was narrow-minded, selfish, and willful. Not a single person was willing to speak up for her.
She failed to get a divorce, yet a rift grew between the couple. Even when she fell gravely ill, Ling Yue never came to visit her.
Eventually, she died of illness all alone in a back courtyard, becoming a lonely ghost no one cared about.
As she drew her last breath, she was consumed with regret. If only she could live her life over, she would never again let her half-sister deceive her.
Perhaps the gods heard her plea, because she truly was reborn, back on the very day her half-sister had persuaded her to break off her betrothal.
She pretended to agree, but that very night, she knocked on the Lu family's door.
As the eldest son in his family, Lu Yun had no choice but to leave the academy and take over the family business after his father passed away.
He was exceptionally bright, and after weathering the initial hardships, he soon made the Lu family's porcelain business thrive.
But just then, Miss Ji, to whom he had been betrothed as a child, suddenly broke off the engagement.
A delicate young woman had been dazzled by wealth and splendor and did not want to marry a merchant like him. Though resentful, he could understand her choice.
Yet less than a year later, news of her death came from that wealthy, powerful household.
And he, too, died on the road to the capital after being framed by his cousin.
Reborn, he found himself on the very day she was to break off their engagement.
Looking at the young woman standing outside his door, he couldn't help frowning.
But this time, she didn't utter those cruel words. Instead, she tugged at his sleeve and asked when he would come to marry her.
Looking at the girl before him, her cheeks flushed, Lu Yun fell silent for a long while. In the end, he couldn't bring himself to push her hand away.
Theme: Make the most of your youth.
