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One is the ninth daughter of the Grand Tutor's family, planning to fake an illness and escape to the frontier to find her "beloved." The other is the only son of the Marquis Who Guards the Nation, planning to fake an illness and escape to the frontier to fight the enemy.
After all their careful calculations, neither had counted on getting married.
"You're faking an illness?"
"You are too?"
They hit it off at once. Better to make their escape first.
[The heir to the marquis's estate, starting out as a common soldier x the Grand Tutor's sheltered daughter]
Qi Jue wasn't good with words, so he asked Song Zhiyun to write their divorce papers. He would sign them. But then the fighting broke out without warning. Before the divorce papers could reach Qi Jue, he had already gone to war.
The battlefield was perilous. Qi Jue, a raw recruit fighting for the first time, barely made it back alive. He grabbed the divorce papers and hurried home.
Who could have guessed that when he got there, he would see Song Zhiyun enjoying a romantic moment with another man, looking not the least bit worried about him? In a fit of anger, he tore up the divorce papers and vowed to make Song Zhiyun see that man's true colors.
"He's a despicable little man!"
Qi Jue came home carrying a huge pot of flowers. "Jiu'er, look closely. If that man really liked women, he wouldn't bring you only one flower."
"He doesn't even know what you like. Why are you paying him any attention?"
"Qi Jue, will you stop being so annoying!"
Gradually realizing he was no longer fighting just to get even, Qi Jue brought out the authority of a husband. "Lord Yin, why do you keep seeking out my wife?"
Worried that Qi Jue's old wounds might have reopened or that he had gotten new ones, Song Zhiyun rushed out to find him. Instead, she saw him full of fighting spirit, picking a fight with someone else. She knew he had tricked her.
Song Zhiyun turned and ran. Qi Jue hobbled after her. "That Yin Zhiyuan is no good, Jiu'er. You have terrible taste."
Song Zhiyun replied unhappily, "Qi Jue, why do you always have to oppose me?"
Qi Jue: You never made room for me in your plans.
"Song Zhiyun, you're my wife."
"Qi Jue, could you please be quiet?"
The fighting began again, and the man who had spent every day chattering beside her fell silent for a whole month. No letters from home, no return, no news of him at all.
"Qi Jue, please come back soon."
"I will."
[The talkative, clumsy-mouthed male lead, always competing and fighting for her x the gentle, slow-to-catch-on female lead, who often gets riled up by him]
[Romantic bickering | Both leads are inexperienced | Growing together | A touch of political intrigue | Alternate history | Happy ending]
Qi Jue: Fate may be written in the stars, but it's up to us to make it happen. Not fighting for what I want isn't in this heir's nature.
Song Zhiyun: A person can stand firm like a mountain or rush along like a river. I am like a babbling stream, flowing toward the road ahead.
➤ Slow to catch on, but not foolish
➤ A growth story. Neither lead is strong at first. In the middle, they each put their strengths to use, and by the end, they are blissfully in love.
➤ The point of view may be biased; things will be explained as the story goes on.
➤ They encourage and support each other.
➤ A young married couple join hands and grow old together.
➤ Happy ending
Theme: Every obstacle on the way up is a stepping stone.
