★ When Yan Lang was sixteen, she sneaked out of the palace on the night of the Qiqiao Festival to see the lantern fair, but was caught by kidnappers.
Just as they were about to sell her for a high price, someone saved her. He carried her, disheveled and distraught, out of the kidnappers' carriage and gently asked who she was. Then he gave her a rabbit lantern and told her, "Don't be afraid. I'll take you home."
At that moment, in the eerie, silent wilderness, Yan Lang thought she was looking at an immortal.
★ His name was Pei Yingsheng.
From then on, Yan Lang fell in love with Pei Yingsheng at first sight. She ignored his repeated refusals and the fact that he already loved someone else, and forced him to become her consort.
After they married, Pei Yingsheng changed completely from the gentle man she'd first met. For the rest of their lives, he treated her with icy courtesy.
Yan Lang hated him and resented him, yet loved him so deeply.
Her sorrow festered in her heart, and before she was even thirty-five, Yan Lang died.
After her death, her spirit wandered unwillingly through the princess's residence, unable to leave. By chance, she overheard Pei Yingsheng talking with his confidant.
Only then did she learn that Pei Yingsheng was a descendant of the former imperial family. From the moment she was caught by the kidnappers to the moment he rescued her and returned her to the capital, everything had been part of Pei Yingsheng's scheme.
In that instant, Yan Lang wanted nothing more than to tear Pei Yingsheng apart and die with him, to avenge the absurd, confused, and short life she'd lived.
But then she saw Pei Yingsheng, left alone in the mourning hall, leaning against her coffin. He softly called her childhood name, tears falling in lonely grief.
★ Yan Lang let go.
Once her obsession faded, her soul departed. When she awoke again, Yan Lang was back at sixteen, the most carefree age of her life.
Awakening from a long dream, Yan Lang only wants to sample every delicacy in the world and admire every handsome man. Love, romance, all of it can stay far, far away from her!
But she doesn't know that after her spirit faded and she had put everything in order, Pei Yingsheng took his own life at her grave.
In this life, Yan Lang only wants to stay away from Pei Yingsheng. Farther, and farther still.
Pei Yingsheng only wants to get closer to his princess. Closer, and closer still.
★ The heroine is a spoiled little darling. In his previous life, the hero was an award-winning actor. In this life, he'll do anything to win her back, acting both crazy and puppy-like.
[Bonus Scene]
After being reborn, the little princess keeps running into Pei Yingsheng wherever she goes. She can't stand him. Whenever a man spends time with her, he'll make that man pay. After a while, no one dares accept Yan Lang's invitations anymore.
Her late ex-husband even has the nerve to block her in an alley, putting on a pitiful face. "I simply admire the princess."
Yan Lang is so furious that she forgets her manners and raises a foot to kick him.
But her late ex-husband catches her foot, and Yan Lang nearly falls. She curses, "You bastard!"
The bastard holds her foot in one hand, his thumb pressed to the sole, while his other arm circles her waist and pins her helplessly into the corner.
Yan Lang's face turns bright red.
The bastard smiles faintly, bends close, and has the nerve to say, "You call that being a bastard? There's a lot worse I could do. Would the princess care to find out?"
1. Both leads are reborn. At heart, this is a sweet romance.
2. The hero has no love interest. There's a reason for everything, and this story is 1v1 from beginning to end.
3. The author's intelligence is limited. The main focus is romance.
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Theme: There is always something wonderful in this world that's meant for you.