Seeing You

Long-planned schemes / Mutual attraction / Marriage first, love later "He's gentle and modest with everyone else, but with her, he acts like a childish sulker." Gentle prince x Demure princess . Jiang Wanqiong was the legitimate eldest daughter of the Minister of Rites' household. Well-read, graceful, and beautiful, she was the kind of gentle young lady who made people warm to her at first sight and let down their guard. As she grew more and more captivating, her coming-of-age ceremony approached, and the men seeking her hand in marriage nearly wore down her family's doorstep. Her parents couldn't bear to let her marry into the imperial palace. After carefully considering the sons of prominent families, they finally chose a promising young man from the Chen family for her. At her parents' behest, with the match arranged by a matchmaker, the marriage was settled. A gentle, talented young woman and a promising young man: they seemed well suited. But fate had other plans. The day after Young Master Chen had invited her to the opera and a boat ride on the lake, he came to her home to break off the engagement. Before long, rumors from all over the capital were swirling around her. As noblewomen who had always envied her smeared her reputation, tears welled in her eyes. Her delicate fingers pointed at a tall figure riding toward them, and, her voice catching with indignation, she said: "If I'm going to marry, I'll marry someone as dashing and gallant as him." The man she pointed to was none other than the Second Prince, the most talked-about man in the capital. Everyone hurriedly bowed, thinking Jiang Wanqiong was doomed this time. Not only had her engagement just been broken, but now she'd offended the Second Prince too. But just as Jiang Wanqiong's heart was about to leap out of her chest, the man on horseback gave a low chuckle. Then he called out, "In that case, Miss Jiang, would you dare marry me?" The coveted position of princess consort fell into her hands. After their wedding, Gu Yuncheng treated her wonderfully. It was just that... This mild-mannered, humble man turned out to be fierce and unreasonable when jealous. # When the woman he loved was betrothed to someone else before he could act, Gu Yuncheng endured it. He only regretted not securing a marriage arrangement before being sent away on assignment. He hoped she would marry a good man, and that thought alone might ease the ache in his heart. But when that man got another young lady pregnant before marriage, Gu Yuncheng knew his chance had come. Such a vile man wasn't worthy of her, gentle as flowing water. He might seem easygoing, but he was a prince, and his ambitions were considerable. Dealing with the Chen family would be no trouble at all. The Chen family broke off the engagement, and countless gifts of apology were sent to the Minister's residence. But no one outside knew how badly they had mistreated her, and all sorts of rumors somehow began circulating about her. When he heard that she had been crying her heart out, he stood outside the Minister's residence for two nights. His heart ached for her, but he had neither the reason nor the standing to comfort her. Until... that day at the hunting grounds. He heard she had come out to clear her head. His heart leapt, and he rode over, spotting her in the crowd at a glance. And there she was, with her back to him, pointing at him as she told the noblewomen that if she married, she would marry someone as dashing and gallant as him. At that moment, his heart thundered. No one knew how ecstatic he was as he reined in his horse in a hurry, a faint smile on his lips. #A fluffy little romance with no complicated plot #Very short, around 100,000 characters #Not a wish-fulfillment story #Weibo: @Zhi Shao zs Coming soon: Scent of Plum Blossoms The teary, pampered younger sister of a woman constable x A frail young man, emotionally desolate and unable to love himself Childhood friends and healing, provisionally planned # When they were young, the older sister came home from a case with a frail young man and brought him to their alleyway home for a meal. Held in her sister's arms, the little girl blinked and thought this older brother was impossibly handsome. So the little girl shook her head, hopped down, and brought out her precious wooden rocking horse, offering it to him with eager eyes. The frail young man glanced at her. His rarely used voice was faintly hoarse. "It's too small. If I sit on it, it'll break." The little girl tilted her head and gave a little "Oh." After that, the young man was always followed by a clingy little shadow. Before long, a handsome, frail young man had moved in next door. # Little Sang Wan really liked the young man next door. Because he was so, so... Handsome! The young man seemed gentle and good-natured, and treated everyone well. But it seemed he didn't know how to love himself. He was in poor health and sick all year round, but whenever he felt unwell, he silently endured it. When he cut his arm and it started bleeding, she sobbed and hiccupped beside him, while he calmly pressed a handkerchief to the wound without saying a word. Only when she lost her temper and dragged him to the clinic did he obediently let them treat it. # He had endured so much since childhood. Seeing how difficult things were for his parents, he willingly gave up his identity. He left the high city walls, hoping to find some rural place where he could live under an assumed name. But standing in the market, he felt completely lost. His body was weak, and the wind made him cough. A kind woman constable passed by, mistook him for a child who had lost his parents, and took him home, arranging for him to live next door. After giving up his identity, he had no desires or plans, so he didn't mind staying there. He just hadn't expected the woman constable's little sister to cling to him so much, or to cry whenever he wouldn't let her follow him. He kept his emotions to himself and had been raised to act like a proper gentleman. He had no idea what to do with a child who burst into tears at the slightest thing. After flailing around trying to soothe her, he ended up doing so for years. The little crybaby grew up, but instead of becoming dashing and spirited like her sister, she turned into a pampered little crybaby. # # The woman constable never imagined that after she kindly found the frail young man a place to live next door, her precious little sister would be whisked away by him in the blink of an eye! The moment she heard the news, the woman constable grabbed her sword and kicked open the door next door. "You little brat, get out here!" Theme: Face adversity with courage