The Forgotten One

[Rich heiress x poor boy] [Complete. Short tragic ending, with a newly added reunion epilogue with a happy ending.] After an unexpected car accident, Shu Li wakes from a coma with no memories. Her parents and friends chatter around her bedside. She listens in confusion, then looks up and sees a man standing some distance away. He says they're married. In their wedding photo, she leans slightly toward him, smiling brightly. Shu Li thinks: I must have loved him a lot. But her mother chokes back tears as she says, "Lili, don't make the same mistake again. He's a liar. He doesn't deserve your love." Shu Li finds it strange, so she starts looking for answers. Then she discovers that Jiang Yu really does seem to be a liar. Their first meeting was planned in advance, he carefully engineered their growing affection, and he married her to get his hands on her money... Jiang Yu says nothing and offers no explanation. He treats her dismissively, just as everyone said he would. As her disappointment piles up, Shu Li eventually chooses to divorce him. . After they part, Shu Li's life gets back on track. During the New Year, Jiang Yu receives a call from Shu Li's mother. "She's doing very well now, happier than before. Thank you for playing along." He hears Shu Li laughing on the other end of the line. Jiang Yu says, "That's good." Shu Li's memories never return. She will forever forget that on a summer night several years ago, she cried as she burrowed into Jiang Yu's arms. "I'm sorry, A Yu. I shouldn't have flirted with you on purpose just to spite my parents. I made you suffer so much." Jiang Yu strokes her hair and says softly, "Lili, I could never be angry with you." → Content warnings: 1. The whole story is angsty and melodramatic, with the middle chapters told in flashbacks; 3. Both leads are hopeless romantics who love each other to death; 4. This is the author's self-indulgent passion project. If it's not your thing, please don't read or leave nasty comments. Thank you, orz. . Coming next: Jing Que (Traitor and Princess) In a chaotic age, a devious male lead rises from the very bottom. He survives a mountain of corpses and gradually becomes the leader of a rebel army. After fighting his way into the palace, he forcibly marries a former dynasty's princess who is already promised to someone else. The princess doesn't love him, but he turns out to be devoted. From that day on, there is no one else in his household but the princess. The princess never gives him the time of day, and he isn't the sort to lose himself in romance. He spends every day dealing with government affairs and fighting wars. When he finds a moment to return to the rear palace, he simply sits beside her bed, waits for her to fall asleep, then climbs in to hold her as he sleeps. Before every campaign, he goes to the princess's room and says sarcastically, "You'd be happy if I died, wouldn't you?" The princess ignores him and applies her makeup. He says coldly, "Don't worry. Even if I die and turn into a vengeful spirit, I won't let you go." He is skilled at commanding an army, and the princess is gifted at governing the people. Though they do not love each other, they live peacefully together for a time in the cities he conquers. He thinks the princess will slowly come to love him. Later, the former dynasty's army rises again. He leads his troops into battle, but the princess joins forces with the old dynasty's supporters and betrays him, leaving him trapped in a perilous valley. As he lies dying, the princess comes to him. He says, "Never mind. I'll let you go. I won't bother you in the next life." He closes his eyes. The princess's expression remains impassive. The old ministers want to crown the princess. She removes her gold hairpin and shakes her head. Then she walks alone into the valley, goes to the man's corpse, and lies down, curling into his arms. She uses the hairpin to take her own life for love. As she dies, she murmurs, "I can't sleep unless you're holding me." Reborn, the man opens his eyes. When he hears the princess is about to marry, he rushes to the capital without regard for anything else, only to run into her at the palace gates as she flees her wedding. "Your Majesty," she blurts out. "Take me with you." . Theme: Treasure happiness and keep moving forward