Spring Comes Late

The shocking news that the Chancellor's daughter had been betrothed to the Grand Academician's only son spread throughout the city in a single day. The Chancellor and the Grand Academician had never gotten along. They were always at each other's throats and never gave each other an inch.

The whole city sat back to watch the show as the two families became in-laws.

Since the Emperor had arranged the marriage, Ruan Yuan obediently went through with it. But someone started causing trouble.

What was this? He wanted to sign a divorce agreement with her on their wedding night? And what was with him disappearing every day, impossible to find?

"You are not the woman I desire, and I am not the man for you. I don't wish to wrong you," Pei Heng said solemnly.

Ruan Yuan understood perfectly well: he disliked her so much that he was certain he would never like her. He wouldn't even give them a chance to grow closer and fall in love over time.

"Is there someone you like?" Ruan Yuan set her round fan aside. She had held her hand up for a while, then gave up and tapped the table instead.

"Since there isn't, let's make do for now." Ruan Yuan smiled sweetly. "It wouldn't look good for us to split up right after getting married. You and I are both people of standing, after all. Don't you agree?"

Ruan Yuan had already made her plans. They would make do for now, and if either of them found someone they liked, they could part ways and live happily apart.

Who could have guessed...

"No," Ruan Yuan said, giving in first. "We don't have some deep-seated grudge against each other. I've let go of what happened before. Can we just leave each other alone?"

"We've been at each other's throats for years. Are you planning to keep this up for the rest of our lives?"

"I plan to spend the rest of my life with you."

Good grief! Who said Pei Heng was elegant, upright, and incorruptible, a man who couldn't tolerate the slightest flaw? He's actually a clingy man who latches on and sticks with you for life.