My next story. Not updating for now.
[Blurb]
Chu Dai was the daughter of Xu An's richest family. She should have lived a life of comfort and security, free of worries.
But when she was five, her birth mother died. Then her stepmother arrived with a daughter just a year younger than her, and Chu Dai's life became a living hell. She was treated worse than a servant.
Everyone wanted her dead. She was a stain on the Chu family's picture of harmony and happiness, but she refused to accept her fate.
At last, when she was sixteen, an opportunity came her way.
Chu Dai planned everything carefully, even including herself in the scheme. On the day she was ready to destroy herself completely, a gentle, jade-like gentleman suddenly came to ask for her hand in marriage.
No one knew she had admired Xie Qingshan for years. Only Heaven knew how happy she was.
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Xie Qingshan had once been Heaven's favored child, but an accident left him frustrated and disheartened, and he spent many years in obscurity.
Then, on a snowy day, he accompanied Chu Dai up the mountain. The little girl looked at him with bright eyes, warmth always shining in her gaze.
In the snow and wind, she grieved over his misfortune and urged him to pull himself together and fight for what he wanted.
Xie Qingshan couldn't make sense of what he felt. He simply took out his old poems and sat there in silence all night.
Later, Chu Dai became his wife. She pulled him forward every step of the way, dragging him out of the mire of confusion. She stayed by his side as he passed the imperial examinations and became the top scholar, and as he rose to the highest ranks of the court.
Whenever he met her gaze, Xie Qingshan felt he could brave even a mountain of blades or a sea of fire.
Theme: Knowledge changes one's fate. Together, we can build a better future.
