Wait Here Obediently for Your Husband to Come Home

Everyone knew that An Bai had taken in a fool who couldn't answer a single question. The fool followed him around every day, calling him "big brother," so An Bai named him A Zhi. When An Bai went to town to work as a writing tutor, A Zhi would sit at the door with his chin in his hands, waiting for him to come home. People passing by would ask why he was sitting there. A Zhi always answered, "I'm waiting for my big brother to come home." Then one day, A Zhi disappeared from the doorway. An Bai searched every street and alley, but couldn't find a trace of him. Three years passed. An Bai went to Chang'an to take the imperial examinations, and while passing a brothel, he saw someone who looked exactly like A Zhi. But that person brushed past him as if he were a stranger. An Bai put the encounter behind him and focused on his exams. In the end, he came first and was assigned to serve under the Crown Prince. To his astonishment, the Crown Prince was the person he'd seen at the brothel. An Bai was stunned. He worked diligently under him every day, stealing a few glances whenever the prince wasn't looking. One day, he was caught. The Crown Prince asked, "Have you had your fill?" An Bai lowered his head, his ears turning red. The days passed like this. An Bai became the Crown Prince's trusted aide, and the Crown Prince was the mentor who recognized An Bai's talent. Neither of them ever married. One day, An Bai and the Crown Prince were drinking and admiring the moon in a pavilion. The drunken prince secretly whispered in An Bai's ear, "Big brother, would you let me give up the throne and marry you?" * A gentle, jade-like top scholar X a free-spirited Crown Prince (reunion after a long separation, with an amnesia trope) Theme: Be concerned for the world before all others.