Blurb One
Four years after her divorce, Jiang Xia returned to the capital. On her first night back at the family estate, the servants crawled to her feet, weeping.
"Miss, you've finally come back to visit us from beyond the grave!"
When she reunited with her best friend, the other woman silently closed her eyes for her.
"Xia, rest in peace. I'll avenge you."
Her former enemy fell to his knees the moment he saw her.
"I didn't kill you. Don't come after me for revenge."
Jiang Xia exploded. "Who told you I was dead?!"
Everyone replied, "Zhuang Ziyu."
Zhuang Ziyu, the wretched ex-husband she'd kill if she could. He used to be the apple of Jiang Xia's eye; now he was a thorn in her side. She'd magnanimously spared him any revenge, and he repaid her by spreading rumors about her?
At a banquet, Jiang Xia made a grand entrance. In full view of everyone, she walked up to Zhuang Ziyu and smiled sweetly. "I hear you've been telling everyone I'm dead?"
Zhuang Ziyu's eyes turned red. He clung to her leg and burst into tears, his face full of devotion. "My lady, you've come back from the dead!"
Blurb Two
Jiang Xia and Zhuang Ziyu were sworn enemies, not a happy couple. She abused her power to force him to marry her, while he swallowed his pride and took her as his wife.
She was domineering and jealous; he was spiteful and unforgiving.
Later, when the new emperor ascended the throne, the Jiang family was implicated in the deposed crown prince's case and slaughtered to the last. Zhuang Ziyu led the massacre.
When Jiang Xia arrived, no one in the estate was left alive. Zhuang Ziyu, covered in blood, held her captive in his arms.
"Jiangjiang, don't be afraid. You're my wife. You won't be implicated."
Jiang Xia had no interest in being his wife. She handed him a divorce letter, severing all ties between them. From then on, she was a nun practicing at home, and he was a great hero at the new emperor's side.
Only when he met Jiang Xia again did Zhuang Ziyu realize that he still felt intense love and hatred for the woman who had abandoned him.
He had already let her go once. Since she had returned of her own accord, he would use the same trick again and bind her to his side once more.
Theme: Loving yourself is the beginning of a lifelong romance