The Marquis's Young Sweetheart

A wooden-hearted girl x a peacock of a man

In her previous life, the empire fell. Enemy forces invaded the capital, and the palace gates were on the verge of being breached.

As Empress Dowager Xia Huiyu held the young emperor, ready to die for her country, a strange general arrived to save her.

Amid the bloody chaos, she could not make out her rescuer's face. She only heard him say, "Your servant He Guang is late in coming to your rescue."

In the long years that followed, the only thing that gave Xia Huiyu hope in the inner palace was the memorials He Guang sent from thousands of miles away.

Seven long years passed. After reclaiming all the lost territory, He Guang wrote in a memorial that he was returning to the capital.

Sadly, Xia Huiyu never saw him. He died on the road back to the capital.

Overcome with grief, she suffered a sudden attack of illness and soon followed him in death.

When Xia Huiyu opened her eyes again, she had been reborn at the age of thirteen.

She was on a carriage headed for Xizhou, where she was to fulfill her betrothal to the heir of the Marquis of Jingbei.

This time, unlike in her previous life, Xia Huiyu did not accept the broken engagement. Instead, she stayed in Xizhou and secretly searched for He Guang.

But she never expected her savior, He Guang, to be so hard to find, or her fiancé, Qi Yan, to be so persistent.

Everyone knew that Qi Yan, heir to the Marquis of Jingbei, was a born military genius. Famous from a young age, he had never known defeat. His enemies quaked at the mention of his name and called him "Demon Qi."

What they did not know was that whenever Qi Yan heard anything about his fiancée, Xia Huiyu, a priceless smile appeared on the handsome face that had captivated countless young ladies.

Although his fiancée had forgotten the childhood bond they once shared and had no room for him in her heart,

Qi Yan, a victorious general, refused to lose heart. He remained full of confidence: My childhood sweetheart is still young. We have plenty of time. Just watch me win her over, bit by bit!

As for the person Xia Huiyu kept searching for...

In public, Qi Yan acted magnanimous and even helped her look.

In private, the jealous Qi Yan snorted. Even if they dug up every inch of Xizhou, they would never find that person in this lifetime or the next!

The story opens with her rebirth~

At first, the heir has a one-sided crush on his childhood sweetheart. He puts on a peacock display every day, but she just doesn't get it, so he can only flirt in vain with a wooden girl. Later on, there'll be a tiny bit of a chase, with him running away and her pursuing him ^ ^

Half plot, half romance.

The whole novel is already written...

Theme: Pursue love and career with both hands, and excel at both.