Liu Yuling, the daughter of a merchant, obeys her parents and marries Cui Huaixin, the son of an official to whom she was betrothed as a child.
A wedding procession with ten miles of dowry leaves everyone green with envy.
She thinks she's found a good match, but on their wedding night, her husband tells her he intends to remain chaste for the woman he loves.
Liu Yuling thinks that's just fine. She has her dowry money and shops of her own to rely on. Wouldn't life be carefree if she lived by herself?
Then one day, her husband wakes up after a head injury, his personality completely changed.
Liu Yuling: Husband, why do you keep looking at me?
Cui Hao: Because I've noticed something odd about you.
Liu Yuling: ???
Cui Hao: You're oddly beautiful.
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Rich second-generation heir Cui Hao transmigrates and becomes a young scholar in ancient times.
The scholar has a married woman he loves in his heart, a moonlight in his life, and pays no attention to the wife his parents chose for him, leaving her alone in their bridal chamber day after day.
Cui Hao takes the divorce letter the scholar had already written. If he doesn't love her, he should let her go. Why drag her down with him?
But when his beautiful wife looks up at him, he freezes.
Liu Yuling: Husband, what do you need me for?
Cui Hao tears up the divorce letter and asks, Why are you doing this to me?
Liu Yuling: Doing what to you?
Cui Hao: Making me fall so hard for you!
[A story about a man who falls in love at first sight and tries to win over a woman who's lost faith in marriage. Sweet and satisfying, no angst, one-on-one romance.]
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Theme: Love can be quiet, but it must be sincere.