Runaway Bride

(The main story is complete!)

Yun Shu was a timid little flower of a girl who hated men with fierce-looking faces.

Unfortunately, her father had promised her to Pei Xingzhi, a man who did nothing but fight wars and looked thoroughly dangerous.

Worse, gossip had it that Pei Xingzhi was in love with his sister-in-law, which had driven his elder brother and sister-in-law to leave the capital for Jiangnan.

Yun Shu: "..." No way!

Yun Shu cried, threw tantrums, and threatened to hang herself, but her father had a heart of stone.

So she climbed over the wall and ran away from home.

At the corner of the Yun residence, she nearly collided with someone on horseback.

The black horse whinnied, and Yun Shu squeezed her eyes shut in fright.

When she opened them again, the rider had fallen off his horse and landed in a warm embrace with the ground.

Yun Shu was about to check on the poor, unlucky fellow, but then... she took a closer look.

Oh, what a coincidence. It was her fiance, Pei Xingzhi.

Yun Shu froze. Then she took off running.

The man wore black robes. His dark eyes fixed on Yun Shu, and he clicked his tongue in annoyance before grabbing her.

"Why are you running? Do we know each other?"

Yun Shu looked guilty. "No."

Bad news: She'd run into the man she was fleeing her marriage to.

Good news: Her fiance didn't recognize her.

Her fiance demanded that she take responsibility for him. Yun Shu quietly straightened her clothes.

She couldn't. She wouldn't. She couldn't take responsibility for him.

Pei Xingzhi took her back to the Pei residence and thoughtfully prepared a maid's outfit for her.

Yun Shu understood. Oh, so he was that kind of responsible.

Young Master Pei was a troublesome man who enjoyed scaring her.

"A Juan, go raise some wolves."

"A Juan, go wash the horse."

Yun Shu was furious but didn't dare say a word. She quietly kept score against Pei Xingzhi. One day, she'd turn the tables and sing a song of freedom!

Theme: Life is made up of one uncompromising struggle after another. For freedom, for ourselves, hooray!