A Letter Home (Second Chance at Love)

The heroine’s identity is out!!! Originally titled *Never Forget*. 【Serious synopsis】: Letters sent with plum blossoms, messages carried by fish, building up this sorrow beyond measure. Everyone knows that Prince Qi Wei of Yu has been plagued by illness for years. Frail and delicate, he was blessed with an exceptionally handsome face. Yet he is arrogant and overbearing, infamous throughout the capital as a mad, sickly beauty. In his heart, no one matters except his childhood sweetheart, who died young. They say his childhood sweetheart was as quick as a hare and brilliant beyond compare, once a renowned young woman of talent in the capital. Sadly, her family plotted treason, and she died young in exile. - A young female official newly arrived at Kunning Palace rose to the position of Fourth-Rank Director of the Inner Palace in just three years, thanks to her iron-fisted methods. On her very first day as Director, Wen Quhan was sent by the emperor and empress to attend to Qi Wei. Her close friends felt sorry for her. Just when it seemed her good days were about to begin, who could have guessed they were already over? On her very first day at his residence, Wen Quhan nearly got strangled to death by Qi Wei. All because she had a face remarkably similar to his childhood sweetheart’s. Qi Wei thought she was a beauty sent by his enemies to entrap him. Once he had calmed down, he decided to play along and see what kind of trouble this female official could stir up. He never expected that while she stirred up no trouble, she would stir his heart instead. Later, the once-defiant Prince of Yu reined in his temper and followed Wen Quhan wherever she went. When Wen Quhan read, he ground her ink. When she wrote, he laid out her paper. When she ate, he served her dishes. When she went for a walk, he cleared the way… Everyone in the capital sighed. The “mad dog” who used to bite everyone had become a clingy “house dog.” - The vicious hound sheathed its claws, took its leash in its mouth, and laid it at her feet. 【Unhinged synopsis】: Good news! My wife, who died ten years ago, is back!!! Bad news! My wife doesn’t seem to want to acknowledge me!! Qi Wei (a frantic mix of insecurity, sensitivity, and skulking in the shadows): It’s fine, it’s fine. It doesn’t matter if my wife won’t acknowledge me. I just need to do what a husband ought to do, and eventually she’ll be willing to recognize me. So after Wen Quhan’s true identity was revealed to him alone, this man kept quiet and secretly courted his wife, winning her back little by little until she loved him all over again! 【A resilient, clever woman determined to serve the world and save its people × a sensitive, insecure man who’s hopelessly in love and will do anything for her】 Reader’s guide: 1. The heroine is the childhood sweetheart herself. 2. Before the heroine’s identity is revealed, the hero is mostly suspicious and tests her. After he figures it out on his own, he’s a rabid dog to everyone else and a lovesick puppy with her. 3. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads’ first relationship, emotionally and physically faithful. 4. Update schedule: every other day. Reliable updates and plenty of chapters written in advance, so feel free to dive in. I’ll give advance notice if anything comes up. 5. One last thing: the court politics are mostly for show, and everything serves the plot. The political structure is semi-fictional, so please be gentle if you’re a stickler for historical accuracy. If something isn’t written well, please criticize me kindly. 6. The title is taken from Qin Guan’s *Treading on Grass*, written at the Chenzhou Travel Lodge. “Messages carried by fish” alludes to the heroine’s childhood name, Youyu. After ten years apart in life, they finally return to each other. The title means “A Letter Returns.” Theme: Live earnestly and cherish the present.