[Sober, arrogant and down-to-earth noble girl × gentle, paranoid and powerful minister from a poor family]
Loss of memory about old love | Pretending to be husband and wife | Cloud and mud reversed | Taking by force | Chasing his wife without changing his sincerity
When Shen Youning was sixteen years old, her family collapsed and her relatives were separated. The whereabouts of Xiao Ce, the young general with whom she was in love, were also missing.
Months later, she found him on the run.
Xiao Ce was seriously injured and had not recovered. He had forgotten the past, the unfinished engagement between the two families, and who she was.
Shen Youning didn't tell him that they hadn't had time to get married yet.
She held his hand and told the greediest lie in her life.
"I am your wife."
For the next two years, they remained anonymous and addressed themselves as husband and wife.
Shen Youning cheated her on her status, but her life was real.
Xiao Ce didn't remember that he had taught her to ride a horse and draw a bow, but he would still wait until dawn when she had nightmares. He didn't remember that he had promised to come back and marry her, but he would put what he had earned in one day into her hands and ask if it was enough. They survived injuries, poverty, and pursuits together, and truly stayed together like an ordinary couple.
When he was eighteen years old, Shen Youning almost thought that two stolen years could be considered a lifetime.
Until Gu Changyuan came to the door.
When he was young, he was a poor scholar who Shen Youning never looked down upon. She had unintentionally pointed out his poverty, and she had used the things he didn't have to silence him. She turned around and forgot about it, but he remembered those embarrassments for many years.
When we met again, the noble girl of the past had fallen into the dust, but the young man from a poor family had won the gold medal and stood in front of her wearing official uniform for the first time.
Xiao Ce didn't remember Gu Changyuan, but still subconsciously stood in front of Shen Youning and asked him who he was.
Gu Changyuan glanced at him and said to Shen Youning:
"Miss Shen, when did you and Xiao Ce get married?"
The secret she had hidden for two years was revealed by his words.
Gu Changyuan once thought that as long as he stood high enough, there would be nothing he could not achieve.
Later, he really rose to prominence, and finally had the power to keep Shen Youning by his side.
By shelter, by calculation, and by the marriage she had to accept when she was desperate.
But it wasn't until he had been married to her for many years that he had to admit -
He could rebuild her family, give her honor and stability, and make everyone in the world call her Mrs. Gu.
The only thing that couldn't be erased was that she was Xiao Ce's wife for two years between the ages of sixteen and eighteen.
"Reading Tips"
1. The heroine finds the second male protagonist who has lost his memory and lives with him for two years;
2. Shen Youning and the second male lead have not yet completed their official wedding, so the identity of "wife" comes from her lie; but the two did not just pretend to be husband and wife in front of outsiders, but actually lived together for two full years.
3. The male protagonist Gu Changyuan and the second male lead Xiao Ce. Xiao Ce is not a tool, the heroine truly loves him and has truly been his wife.
4. The male protagonist's growth is to learn to admit that Shen Youning's will is not under his control, and not to rely on repentance in exchange for her love.
5. Non-traditional emotional consummation: Staying together does not mean coming back, and marriage does not automatically mean love.
Intention: Love is not a reward after possession. True respect is the recognition that another person's heart is not controlled by one's own.