He Cried After Mistaking His White Moonlight for a Substitute

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Zhao Changling, the marquis's real daughter, takes the place of her sister Zhao Yuexian, who ran away from her wedding, and marries the Sixth Prince, Min Tianche. He's cruel and ruthless, his life hangs by a thread, and he is devoted to her sister.

When Min Tianche is beaten until his bones are shattered and abandoned in the wilderness, Zhao Changling travels alone over mountains and rivers to find him. She holds his blood-soaked body and cries until her eyes are red and swollen.

When Min Tianche is betrayed by his trusted men and surrounded by a hail of arrows, not one member of the royal family is willing to trade their troops for his life. Not his birth mother, the Consort Dowager, nor Zhao Yuexian, who has become empress.

Only Zhao Changling, so delicate and prone to tears, drives a cart piled high with all her riches to the enemy camp, then throws it all at them as she sobs.

With her eyes red from crying, she says, "They won't make the trade, so I will!"

Min Tianche used to hate the vulgar, money-loving Zhao Changling. He hated her weakness and her tears.

"Zhao Changling, I hate you. If only you had even a little of Yuexian's resolve and restraint, I might have been able to try to love you."

"Don't think your resemblance to Yuexian means I show you special mercy just because you're her replacement. You're not her. You're just a country bumpkin who cries all the time!"

But Zhao Changling always smiles at his heartless words, as if they don't matter at all.

Min Tianche sits in his wheelchair and can't help covering Zhao Changling with a blanket as she sleeps with her head on his lap. In his sleeve, he clutches a charm he made to bind them together for all eternity. He once nearly fell off a cliff trying to find a seven-colored flower for it.

The charm bears both his name and Zhao Changling's, side by side.

But one day, Zhao Changling murmurs another name in her sleep: Min Tianluo.

The twin brother who, according to the story, died as a child!

Zhao Changling, who narrowly escaped death a few years ago, has a secret.

With her eyes red from crying, she says, "My Tianluo gege told me that when his life was over, he had no regrets at all. There was only one thing he wished for: that his twin brother could be happy. So... I came."

Min Tianche is in so much pain he's nearly gone mad. He claws at his chest as if he wants to rip out his heart, his eyes bloodshot. "Zhao Changling! I've never hated you this much before! Can you tell me what I have to do to beat a dead man?"

Only later does Min Tianche learn that the woman he thought was his moonlight was actually her... Zhao Changling. What a painful revelation.

#After all that, she turned out to be the moonlight, not the substitute, while he himself was the substitute without even knowing it. How ridiculous. #

PS: Happy ending, both leads are virgins, and the male lead is the unhinged Sixth Prince, Min Tianche.

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Upcoming story 1: The Ancestor of My Ex-Fiancé

After Zhao Zhi learns she's supposed to marry Zhou Feizhi, the evil gatekeeper feared by every corrupt official in the court,

she cries herself to sleep and is so anxious she can't eat or rest, terrified every moment of the day.

But her father says she'll never live to see sixteen if she doesn't marry him.

As it turns out, Zhou Feizhi, the mysterious man of the Zhou family, doesn't like her either.

Before the wedding, he tears up their marriage contract in front of everyone in the capital,

and declares that the Zhou family's young miss, still wet behind the ears, isn't worthy of him.

Zhao Zhi becomes a laughingstock in the capital and falls back into danger.

But she's actually relieved she doesn't have to marry him.

Later, the old master of the Zhou family, furious, personally marries Zhao Zhi as his second wife.

After Zhou Feizhi is injured in an accident, a girl so frail she can't even lift a bucket takes care of him.

The girl is perfect for Zhou Feizhi from head to toe.

She sweeps him off his feet, leaving him lovesick and unable to eat or sleep.

When he finally returns to the Zhou residence, intending to pay his respects at the old master's funeral and meet the new great-grandmother,

he brings over some tea and reluctantly calls out, "Great-grandma."

The instant he looks up, Zhou Feizhi falls apart.

"Be a good boy, Feizhi." Zhao Zhi, who still looks like a little girl, gives him a candied hawthorn as a red envelope.

Later, Zhou Feizhi willingly takes on everything for Zhao Zhi, even giving his life for her.

Whenever he comes to pay his respects to his little "great-grandma," he kneels at her feet, his long lashes lowered to conceal the turbulent, complicated feelings in his eyes.

"Zhao Zhi, once everything is over, will you go back to where you belonged?"

After being the evil gatekeeper's ancestor for several years, Zhao Zhi is no longer afraid of him.

She says haughtily, "No. Everyone in the capital already thinks I'm a joke."

"Then this time, let me be the joke."

But Zhao Zhi raises an eyebrow, unmoved. "I still think being the ancestor is better."

Upcoming story 2: I Lost My Memory After Ditching the Snake-Obsessed Emperor

When the Zhou dynasty falls, Crown Prince Murong Che becomes the slave of the enchantress Shao Rongrong, serving as her stirrup and stepping stool.

The enchantress is not only flighty and flirtatious, she's also obsessed with good looks.

At first, Murong Che hates her to the bone. Then he marches his army to the city, crushes the rebels, and demands they hand the enchantress over.

Shao Rongrong turns around and gives him a carefree smile before leaping off a cliff without hesitation.

That day, her flamboyant red robes fluttered like a butterfly burning in a fire.

She turns the gloomy, ruthless, beautiful Crown Prince into a complete snake-obsessed lunatic.

Murong Che takes power, and someone with ulterior motives sends Shao Rongrong, who survived that calamity, back to him.

The heavens have a way of making things come full circle! Murong Che rubs his hands together with blood-red eyes, thinking of how to torment this faithless, heartless woman twice as badly!

But the flirtatious enchantress who used to freeze in place whenever she saw a handsome man now hides in a trunk as soon as she sees him.

She cries so pitifully, tears and snot streaming down her face. "S-so scary... A-a-a man... So scary!"

Who would have thought the once flirtatious enchantress would not only lose her memory, but also become afraid of men?

A little scene:

The imperial physician frowns and tells him the truth:

"Your Majesty, Miss Shao can't be allowed to see men anymore. Otherwise, one day she'll be so terrified that she'll die of sheer fright."

So the emperor, whose every glance at court keeps his ministers guessing for half a day, changes into a woman in a dress whenever the palace doors are shut. His expression is icy, his eyes dark enough to kill. But when he approaches the wardrobe, he has to soften his gaze and coax her gently.

Shao Rongrong settles into a life of luxury and comfort in the Great Zhou palace. Then one day, her memories suddenly return, and she's no longer afraid of men. As soon as she sees a handsome face, she can't help herself again.

Murong Che smiles bloodily, his hairpins loose and his black hair cascading like a waterfall. He grabs her in one massive hand as if she were a chick and locks her in his arms.

A chill runs down Shao Rongrong's spine as a sinister voice sounds beside her ear. "You're bored again and want to run away?"

Theme: Have the courage to love, and cherish the one by your side