Downcast [Reconciliation Arc]

[Blurb]

The legitimate daughter of the Duke Who Guards the Nation, Jiang Yueshu, has delicate brows and bright eyes, and is wise and kind. She is the most celebrated noblewoman in the capital.

Then, in a sudden turn of events, the Duke Who Guards the Nation is imprisoned over a corruption case, and his entire family falls into ruin. All those who once sought her hand now avoid her like the plague. Only the newly appointed top graduate in the palace examination, now a grand academician, sends someone to propose, and he only wants her as a concubine.

The beleaguered ducal household clings to this chance like a vine. Naturally, they agree without hesitation to preserve their wealth and status.

Rumor has it the top graduate is gentle as jade and proper and self-disciplined. His first wife is too ill to come to the capital, so he is seeking another beauty to take as a concubine.

Only when the red wedding veil is lifted does Yueshu see his cold, handsome, sinister face. Her heart trembles as his icy fingers slowly grip her chin.

"Jiang Yueshu, long time no see."

He smiles at her as though she were prey trapped in a cage.

*

After Fu Lin placed first in the palace examination, the first thing he did was bring down the Duke Who Guards the Nation.

It was all for Jiang Yueshu.

When he sees Jiang Yueshu's face again, a face so captivating and pitiful, every memory of her contemptuous glares and cruel words from his previous life floods his mind.

When he hears her trembling voice call him "husband," Fu Lin's eyes darken, and his heart fills with boundless satisfaction.

Jiang Yueshu, at last I've seen you lower your eyes to me.

But later, he still fell for her like a madman...

"Jiang Yueshu." Fu Lin tightly grips her slender wrist and kneels before her, his eyes blood-red. "Am I pathetic enough for you?"

It turns out that even in a second life, he is still the one who bows his head.

*A beast in fine clothes and a complete bastard x a delicate, soft little crybaby

Please note:

1. Forced love and a groveling chase. The male lead is not a good person!

2. Both are reborn. There was a colossal misunderstanding in their previous lives. The female lead has amnesia after being reborn. One-on-one romance, both are each other's first.

3. The bastard has no first wife. He made her up, haha.

4. This story has that particular flavor. It's intense and melodramatic [doge].

[Blurb written on 2021.12.28, screenshot saved. May be lightly revised~]

Theme: Learn to love.