A Little Peace at the Turn of the Year

1. When Jiang Shi'an was twenty, she happily married her childhood sweetheart, Xiao Sui'an, just as she'd always wanted. The newlyweds were deeply in love. But fate had other plans: just after they married, turmoil broke out in Nanjiang, and Xiao Sui'an went off to quell the rebellion for the sake of his country.

Xiao Sui'an never imagined that the throne he had personally given up would become the blade that killed his wife.

Wounded and at death's door on the battlefield, he could only watch as his younger brother forcibly claimed his wife. Taking advantage of Xiao Sui'an's absence, his brother plotted to kill him and steal his wife, driving her to set herself on fire and take her own life.

Parted in their youth, they lost the one they loved forever. It was a pain they would carry for all eternity.

"I thought countless times about how we might be parted from each other, but I never imagined I wouldn't even be able to leave your bones behind."

2. When Jiang Shi'an opened her eyes, she had returned to the age of fifteen.

At this time, Xiao Sui'an had yet to give up his position as heir to the throne.

To avoid suffering the same fate as in her previous life, and to spend her life happily by the side of the person she loved, she told him she wanted to be empress and urged him to fight for the throne.

"I said I want to be empress, but only your empress. I won't be anyone else's."

From the time they were children, he had remembered every word she said and done everything in his power to fulfill every request she made.

If she wanted to be empress, then he would fight for her.

3. Memories of pain from their past and present lives slithered through her mind like a venomous snake.

Jiang Shi'an always felt she had forgotten so many things. She couldn't tell whether they were dreams or reality. In her dreams, Xiao Sui'an was a bloodthirsty tyrant who had gone mad because of her.

Had she really had a child with Xiao Sui'an? Had he really died for love for her...

Once, twice...

One life, two lives...

---Short Scene---

What happens when you dote on your husband too much? She wants to be the empress of his heart alone, but he wants to be her pampered little husband.

"No, no, no, Huahua, you can't put it like that. You have to say that Xiao Sui'an wants to be Jiang Shi'an's pampered little husband. I won't be anyone else's pampered little husband."

Reading Notes:

1. A little melodramatic, but mostly sweet.

2. The dynasty is fictional, and everything was created for the story, so please don't overanalyze the historical details.

3. The male lead is an extreme hopeless romantic. Don't read if that bothers you.

4. This isn't really a revenge fantasy. The focus is on the romance between the leads.

1. Wen Qingmian takes her students to Paris for a competition. After turning down a confession, she unexpectedly runs into Ji Chaofei, her childhood friend, whom she parted ways with in high school.

She never expects that in the quiet of the night, Ji Chaofei will pretend to be drunk and turn into a pathetic little puppy, begging her to give him a relationship and hoping to end his ten-year crush on her.

"I've liked you for a long time. I can't wait any longer. Could you please give me a chance?"

But his sudden confession seems to have... scared her...

"Ji Chaofei, have you lost your mind?"

2. Wen Qingmian thinks things between them will end there, but Ji Chaofei is as persistent as a cockroach that won't die. The more setbacks he faces, the harder he tries. Rejection doesn't discourage him at all; instead, he works even harder to win her over.

But then an unexpected accident onstage aggravates Wen Qingmian's back injury, forcing her to put her career on hold and return to her hometown for the New Year to recuperate.

She plans to find a quiet place to spend some time before the holiday and avoid Ji Chaofei. But he suddenly takes all his remaining annual leave and sweet-talks her parents, just so he can go home and take care of her while she's sick.

He even follows her when she goes out to clear her head, keeping an eye on everyone else while shamelessly showing off like a peacock.

He'll even throw away his dignity to win his girl.

Ji Chaofei: "Wen Qingmian, I haven't lost my mind. If you can't stand watching, you can hit me. But can I volunteer to get hit in your arms?"

Ji Chaofei: "Only brave people get the chance to be loved. Wen Qingmian, I'm going to be a cockroach that can't be killed and protect our love."

Wen Qingmian: ???

3. People say that stubborn, conflicted people need a lover who won't leave, no matter how hard they try to drive them away. As Ji Chaofei pursues her day after day, Wen Qingmian gradually becomes less conflicted about love. She even becomes willing to give him half of her beating heart, and from then on, she'll never be a coward in love again.

On another rainy night, Wen Qingmian gets drunk, tackles Ji Chaofei, and cries in his arms for a long time. She even kisses him until he gets aroused.

"Ji Chaofei, didn't you say I'd get candy if I called you big brother?"

"If I date you, can you promise never to betray me?"

"Who says you can't see the sun at night? Ji Chaofei is proof."

"Even in daylight, I can find the moon that belongs to me. Wen Qingmian is my moon."

Reading Notes:

1. The male lead is straight. This is very important.

2. Both are virgins, and they both have a very pure view of love.

Theme: Love the one you love.