The Warm-Water Wife

She was born into a family of martial artists, but because he liked women in pretty dresses, she gave up her armor and waited for him to marry her.

On their wedding night, she waited for him with a smile, only to hear that he was out carousing.

She held back her tears and pain, telling herself that perhaps he had simply lost his way for a moment.

Again and again, she made excuses for him, hoping to win back his love.

For him alone, she set aside her dignity, only to be met with his contempt.

She endured and gave in, time after time.

Yet for another woman, he still left her gravely wounded.

She thought, If there is a next life, I won't love so pathetically. If there is a next life, I won't cry for him again. If there is a next life, I won't love him anymore.

She was born into a wealthy family and built a career through her own hard work, but then she met him.

For him, she hid her brilliance and was willing to become a simple, devoted woman.

For him, she gave up her career and was willing to live an ordinary life.

She trusted him so completely that she was willing to leave her parents and the place she had always known.

She once thought he loved her as much as she loved him.

Then she discovered it had all been a joke: in the end, he had only done it for someone else.

She never imagined it could hurt so much, or that she loved him more than she had thought.

She had guessed the beginning, but never the ending.

Fate brought everything back to the beginning. The woman from ancient times meets the man from the modern world, so similar and yet so different.

Can she let it all go?