Blurb:
Song Ying had been frail and sickly since childhood. Sent to the Pei family as a child bride, she was ostensibly the young madam of the household, but everyone knew she was just a pawn in a marriage alliance. Even the family's maids could bully her at will.
Terrified of the man she was to marry, Pei Zhili, Song Ying spent her days crying and resisting his advances. In private, all she ever called him was Young Master.
“Little bird, are you crying?”
“But why are you crying?”
“Look at me and tell me why you’re crying.”
He spoke to her gently, but she always resisted, hiding in the wardrobe and sobbing.
When he was young, someone had set him up, leaving a long, hideous scar across his right cheek. It was ugly and sinister, and Song Ying was afraid of him because of it.
In this world, no one loved him. Even the little bird he loved most pushed him away. In the end, Pei Zhili turned dark, and Song Ying could only watch him take the path of no return.
Only later did Song Ying learn just how much he loved her. His restrained, long-suppressed love had met with her resistance and tears time and time again. By the time she learned the truth, it was already too late. Given another life, Song Ying would do everything in her power to embrace and cherish him.
-You seem a little lonely, but that's okay.
-Even if the world is murky and people are cold-hearted, I'll love you.
-Don't move. Let me hold you.
One-on-one, happy ending.
Theme: True love never comes easy.
