*A coming-of-age romance. The male and female leads are not blood-related.
In her previous life, Yun Wei was the daughter of the Guangping Yun family's patriarch and his concubine. She had devoted herself wholeheartedly and walked on eggshells for decades to make her husband's family, the Earl of Zhongning's household, prosper.
As their lives grew better and better, her husband got involved with an orphan girl she had adopted. The two were deeply in love, and Yun Wei became an obstacle in their way, despised by everyone.
After she died of illness, the pair not only usurped her place but also bullied the two children she left behind.
On the day of her funeral, her fourth uncle, Yun Zhan, the current chief minister, who had never had anything to do with Yun Wei, suddenly appeared. He stood up for her and even asked her son, "Zhao Yan, would you like to come with me?"
Yun Wei was bewildered. Yun Zhan was cold-hearted and ruthless. How could he truly be helping her?
After being reborn, Yun Wei returned to the year she lost her mother at the age of seven. After many twists and turns, she was finally acknowledged by her birth family.
Gazing at that aloof face that filled her with dread, Yun Wei could only face the challenge head-on.
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Yun Zhan was born into humble circumstances. His birth mother was a maid to Old Madam Yun, and life in the household was difficult for him.
He was indifferent and cold, not even warm toward his own mother.
The only person who caught his eye was the seven-year-old girl who had recently been acknowledged by her birth family.
He taught her to read and write, brought her meals and escorted her every day, and cherished her like a treasure.
When the little girl grew into a graceful young woman, suitors came to her door one after another.
Everyone said, "If you want to marry the Yun family's Fifth Miss, you have to get past her fourth uncle first. That's going to be tough!"
At first, Yun Zhan thought the flower he had raised deserved to be matched with the most dazzling moon in the world.
But when he saw the young woman chatting and laughing happily with the one she loved, he decided that he was the only one who could be that moon.
Reading guide:
1. The male lead is eleven years older than the female lead. Both are each other's first and only. Before their blood relationship is severed, their relationship is purely familial.
2. A cool, ruthless powerbroker × a resilient, delicate young woman. A bittersweet romance, with a 7:3 balance of relationship and plot.
3. The male lead only loves the female lead, and later on he competes and fights to win her over.
4. The male lead had a reason for helping the female lead in her previous life. It will be revealed in the story.
5. Set in an imaginary world, with a mixture of settings and no historical research.
Theme: Warm each other and find a way out of the darkness.