After Xin Ruoyue took a bad fall and lay unconscious for three days and nights, her whole family noticed she seemed different when she woke up.
She no longer wept and demanded an audience with the emperor so she could break off her engagement to the sickly young heir, Zhao Xifeng. Nor did she compete with her younger sister for the attention of her handsome, jade-like cousin. And she no longer spent her days throwing money around and shopping nonstop...
At the Shangsi Festival, Xin Ruoyue gave the sickly young heir a red peony and stayed by his side every moment.
Whenever Xin Ruoyue came near, Zhao Xifeng would feel refreshed and breathe easily, though his handsome, pale face would always flush.
Still, he insisted on pretending to be annoyed. "The wedding is still a long way off. Could you stop clinging to me all the time?"
A smile can make you ten years younger. A happy life is a long life.
Xin Ruoyue simply turned around and went to ask the cheerful Li Sanlang for help with her poetry.
The young heir glared after her and grumbled inwardly, "Does she have no sense of propriety at all?!"
Reborn, Xin Ruoyue no longer kept her eyes fixed on her younger sister and cousin, and couldn't be bothered with the sickly young heir's complaints and teasing.
She devoted herself to the moral and artistic examinations at the women's academy, working hard enough to leave all the noble young ladies in the dust.
Her efforts paid off. Xin Ruoyue graduated at the top of her class and became the talk of the capital.
Everyone in the capital knew that the sickly young heir of the Western Prince's residence disliked Xin Ruoyue.
The great families and nobles eagerly awaited her broken engagement, while her cousin began visiting her every day.
Zhao Xifeng's pretty face turned red with anger. "Xin Ruoyue and I are betrothed by imperial decree. Who dares covet her?!"
At the Qixi Festival the following year, Zhao Xifeng grabbed Xin Ruoyue as she turned away upon seeing him. "Why don't you follow me around anymore?"
"I don't want to annoy you, Young Heir!"
"I like it when you annoy me!"
"..." Wait, why is the young heir blushing again?
The aloof cousin, her younger sister, and the others: ???
The noble young men: Are you two ever going to break off this engagement or not??
Sorry! I changed the premise but kept the character names.
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Theme: Strive for independence
