[Clearheaded and Rational Woman x Blunt and Obsessive Man]
[The male lead falls in love at first sight and pursues her relentlessly, while the female lead hesitates between her growing feelings and the story's predetermined script.]
Ji Xiangying ran away on the eve of her wedding to claim the right to choose for herself. Later, she happened to discover that the world she lived in was actually a romance story!
At first, she didn't think it mattered. But then she really fell for Lan An, and remembered the story's ending:
[The hero and heroine will live happily ever after.]
So were her feelings for Lan An truly her own, or did they come from the story, or perhaps the dictates of fate?
If the ending is already decided, do her choices mean anything? She thought she had found true love, only to discover it might be a destiny she had no say in?
[Bonus Scenes]
1
"That Fan Mingtang!" Lan An swirled his wine cup, eyes fixed on the hand wrapped around Ji Xiangying's waist. Then his gaze followed that hand, slowly moving to the girl with her hair tied into two looped buns.
The two braids hanging down her back swayed back and forth, making him feel irritated. Every so often, she leaned close to Ji Xiangying's ear to chatter away, which annoyed him even more!
Yet Ji Xiangying always answered her with a patient smile.
Come to think of it, Ji Xiangying had never smiled at him so brightly. Was it just because he was a man?
Because of that so-called rule that men and women shouldn't be intimate?!
2
"If she can hold your hand, hug you, and stay so close to you..."
Lan An turned around and slowly approached her, his voice almost pleading. "Then why can't I? Why do you always push me away? Do you hate me now...?"
"No, of course not. A-Tang and I are both women, so naturally we're more intimate."
"Then just think of me as a woman! Like you did back at the music house. Please? I'm begging you..."
"It's not the same. Why can't you understand...?"
Reader Advisory
1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners, happy ending.
2. Supporting characters have their own romantic storylines, but the focus remains on the leads.
3. Ensemble cast, with multiple points of view.
4. Anything in parentheses is a thought the heroine can hear.
Theme: What I choose is what I choose, even if it means going along with fate.
