Only by living can you have hope. In a second life, every choice is just a means to an end.
The heroine is independent and strong; the hero is self-respecting and self-loving.
Wen Qiqi was born into a martial arts family and was its only heir for three generations. Sadly, a sudden tragedy took her father's life.
Wen Jiujiu, raised as a delicate darling, suddenly became a tempting morsel surrounded by wolves.
The family's collateral branches and other schools were all waiting to devour her inheritance. The heroic chivalry of the stories was nowhere to be found.
Driven to the end of her rope, Jiujiu could only obey her mother's wishes, take the Wen family's wealth, and marry a concubine-born son of the prefect's family.
Only after the wedding did she realize she'd escaped one wolf's den only to enter another.
The promise that her second son would take the Wen surname and inherit the family business came to nothing.
After the wedding, her husband looked down on her for being from a martial arts family rather than an official household, and took several noble concubines.
In the end, she lost her life and couldn't even protect her child.
In her second life, Wen Qiqi tried to save her father, but once again she was too late. Staying alive became her most urgent concern.
After thinking it over, she finally steeled herself, packed her dowry, went down the mountain, and sought a husband.
This time, Wen Qiqi was smarter. She chose carefully and settled on a newly arrived company commander at the Jiangzhou military camp.
He had a broad back, a narrow waist, and an upright figure, though he looked fierce. He always wore a stern expression, and no one had ever seen him smile.
They said he came from the capital, where all his family had died, and had left to find work.
At twenty-five, he was still unmarried. Apparently, he also had some kind of ailment and might not live long.
After thinking it over, Wen Qiqi decided that someone with such a tough fate, no family, and no wife was the perfect match for her. So she brought a matchmaker and blocked his door, demanding to marry him.
Jiang Yun Zhao was the son of a noble house. His maternal uncle, Prince Duan, had sent him out of the capital to gain experience, promising him a bright future when he returned three years later.
But before that future came into view, Wen Qiqi showed up at his door.
Jiang Yun Zhao: Who said I had no father or mother?
Who said I was sick and wouldn't live long?
Who said nobody wanted me?
What? Wen Qiqi will only marry me if I say all that? Then I suppose I'll have to forgive my son for being unfilial.
Theme: Take your fate into your own hands