After My Ex, Whom I Dumped, Stole My Wedding

Shi Wan Yin was supposed to have a happy marriage, but fate had other plans: her childhood sweetheart died on the battlefield.

Far from the capital, Shi Wan Yin mourned alone in a lonely city for seven years, until she met a young man who looked remarkably like her childhood sweetheart.

The boy was a peerless swordsman, yet knew nothing of love. Shi Wan Yin taught him to write, gave him warmth, and showed him what love meant.

Though Xie Yuan Ke did not understand love, he wanted only to give her everything good in the world and protect her with his life.

Shi Wan Yin thought she would spend the rest of her life with the boy, until she discovered that her childhood sweetheart was still alive.

That night, rain poured from the sky.

Three years of standing by each other through life and death could not outweigh the words, "He's still alive."

Shi Wan Yin confessed everything and left with unwavering resolve.

She had taught him what love meant, only to break his heart.

From then on, the boy shut away his heart and locked love out.

Years later, they met again in the Xie family ancestral hall.

Shi Wan Yin was to become a bride of the Xie family, while he was the second son, newly returned to claim his place in the family.

She clutched her husband's hand, instantly thrown into a panic.

By then, the boy had risen to the highest ranks of the court. His gaze flicked over their joined hands, and, heedless of everyone's astonishment, he smiled coldly:

"Sister-in-law, long time no see."

The Xie family's twin brothers were getting married on the same day. Shi Wan Yin thought the past had faded away and everything was finally settled.

In the bridal chamber, a pair of black boots with gold embroidery came into view beneath the red veil.

The bride wore red, her eyes lowered and a faint smile on her lips, her heart full of joy.

But when she saw who had come, she felt as if she had fallen into hell. Before her stood the face that had haunted her countless nights.

Ignoring her terror and stiffness, he bent down and slowly wiped every trace of rouge from her red lips, his dark eyes growing deeper.

"Sister-in-law, why are you still so naive?"

Doppelganger trope, ruthless male lead, terrible female lead.

A revenge born of resentment, a melodramatic story of taking what one wants by force. Ducking under a pot lid here~

The male lead is an aloof, unruly boy in the early chapters, then a cold, obsessive minister later on.

A doppelganger story. It's still the original story, I just tweaked the blurb a bit.

Theme: Pursue truth, goodness, and beauty