The Forsaken Wife Awakens (Both Reborn)

CP: A shrewd, aloof, gentle minister of state x a rational, cool beauty (regret and redemption + secret love becomes mutual) In her previous life, Lan Yin was praised by everyone as a virtuous wife, yet in the end she was falsely accused of adultery and cast out. Xiao Ye drove her from his home, and her own family treated her like trash. At last, she could only watch Xiao Ye and her younger sister live happily together, while she died alone and tragically in a fire. Reborn in the third year of her marriage to Xiao Ye, Gu Qing had just become a widow when Xiao Ye brought her home. The frail woman wept pitifully, while her usually cold and taciturn husband was frantic with worry. Looking at the pair before her, Lan Yin suddenly found it all rather laughable. Every tragedy in her life had stemmed from this unfair marriage. If that was the case, then she didn’t want it anymore. After her divorce, Lan Yin bought houses and shops and made a thriving life for herself. Xiao Ye, on the other hand, gradually found himself unable to adjust. But when he finally worked up the courage to seek her out, he saw her walking and laughing with Qi Yubai, the rising star of the imperial court. That was the first time he realized Lan Yin could smile so radiantly. Lan Yin had always followed the rules and never wronged anyone. If there was one person she had wronged, it was Qi Yubai, who had been falsely accused of having an affair with her in her previous life. He could have risen much higher, but she had dragged him down. Unexpectedly, after her divorce, the two of them gradually grew close. Qi Yubai was aloof and lonely, but Lan Yin, who had once walked alone through the dark, felt a long-forgotten warmth and tenderness from him. He told her, “It’s not that you don’t deserve love. You just hadn’t met the right person before.” * Qi Yubai, Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, was reserved and self-disciplined, like a pine on a snowy mountain or bamboo beneath the moon. He was the ideal man in every young woman’s heart, yet someone they admired from afar, afraid to approach. Everyone thought that a man like him, lofty as a flower on a high peak, would never bend for a woman in his life. But then One snowy day, a group of people went out to admire plum blossoms. Passing by a certain place, they saw him standing with Gu Lan Yin, who had divorced not long ago, before they even caught sight of the flowers. Snow swirled all around them. Most of the umbrella in his hand was tilted over her, while snow gathered on his shoulders. Yet his usually cool, indifferent eyes held a smile. Qi Yubai had lived two lifetimes, and secretly loved Gu Lan Yin in both. Now that he had taken her hand, he would never let go again. [Cover art from Jiuxiangcun-Wuzhen] Theme: Even if you’ve been abandoned, that’s all right. Always believe in and love yourself. Somewhere in this world, there is someone who will cherish you in a way that belongs only to you.