Mistaken Affection

Fragile, honest, blind wife × cynical, scheming aristocrat //His true identity is out//

1.

Liu Xu was unlucky enough to develop an eye condition. To cure her, her husband, Qi Yun, traveled all the way to the capital.

But two years passed, and she heard nothing from him.

After much hesitation, Liu Xu finally decided to go find her husband.

While passing through Suzhou, she unexpectedly learned that her husband had become an official there.

In the misty spring rain, Liu Xu wiped away her tears, gripped her bamboo cane, and asked her way to the government office.

A yamen runner accidentally shoved her to the ground.

Her paper umbrella fell. Liu Xu lay awkwardly in the muddy water until a warm hand suddenly clasped her arm and gently helped her up.

“Are you all right?”

The man’s voice was calm and unhurried, remarkably like her husband’s.

Then the yamen runners’ trembling calls of “My lord!” rang through the rain.

Liu Xu held her breath. Feeling around, she tugged lightly at the man’s sleeve and asked in a quiet voice, “A-Yun, is that you?”

He fell silent. Only after a long while did he murmur, “Mm.”

Her husband told her he had lost his memory. Liu Xu had grown up in the countryside and knew little of the world; softhearted as she was, she hesitated, then chose to believe him.

As time passed, he gradually became more considerate toward her. Neither of their ailments was cured, but they were loving enough, and Liu Xu thought she could be content if things stayed this way.

Until one night, as they lay close together, she suddenly regained her sight.

Overjoyed, Liu Xu looked at his face, then felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck her.

In the pale moonlight, the man’s features were handsome, his bearing elegant and distinguished. His dark eyes reflected her flushed, mortified face.

The man who had shared hundreds of days of tenderness and passion with her was a stranger.

2.

As the emperor’s own nephew, Qi Yun had been favored by His Majesty since childhood, growing into a proud and willful man. Yet no one knew how cold and aloof he was, how little he cared for anything beyond power.

Until one day, a wretched, pitiful blind woman mistook him for her husband.

Looking at her misty, lifeless eyes, Qi Yun felt a rare spark of interest.

He pretended to be her husband.

To him, it was nothing more than an amusing game.

So even after the truth came out, Qi Yun merely took his time using threats and tempting offers to keep her in line. The timid, meek woman was just as pliant as he expected, letting him do as he pleased.

But just when he thought he had everything under control, she ran away.

From incandescent rage to restless anguish, Qi Yun finally came to a painful realization.

This meek, timid, honest and foolish country woman, so easy to dismiss, had unknowingly planted a seed of love in his barren heart.

At last, it broke through the soil and bloomed, growing wild and unchecked.

※ Note:

The heroine is not a virgin, but the hero is. When she meets the hero, she is no longer married to the second male lead.

The historical dynasty is entirely fictional and may blend elements from different eras.

A tale of underhanded seduction, bullying an honest woman, a man chasing his wife to the crematorium, and romantic rivals competing for her.

The heroine is softhearted and will gradually change as the story progresses, becoming like a reed that bends but does not break.

The hero’s name is Qi Yun, while the heroine’s former husband is Qi Yun.

Theme: A wildfire cannot be extinguished.