[Sweet, adorable childhood sweetheart x spirited young general]
Jiang Yuan, the County Princess of Rou'an, was born into nobility. Her mother was a Grand Princess, and her uncle was the emperor. She had been doted on since childhood and was as lovely as a jade doll. But one thing troubled her: since the Grand Princess's residence stood next to the Duke of Wei's manor, she had grown up alongside Fu Chengye, her childhood sweetheart, from the day she was born.
Fu Chengye was handsome enough, but he was the sort who would climb onto the roof if left unpunished for three days. He loved calling Jiang Yuan, who had been a little round as a child, “Little Chubby Yuan.”
At a flower-viewing banquet, a companion whispered, “Yuan Yuan, what kind of man do you like?”
Jiang Yuan thought of an obnoxious face, then recalled the elegant, handsome third-place graduate she had seen at the Qionglin Banquet not long ago. Blushing, she replied, “Of course I want a refined, gentle scholar like my father. He absolutely can't be a hot-tempered, boorish military man who does nothing but practice with weapons all day!”
Her companion suspected she was hinting at someone. Hidden behind a rockery, Fu Chengye, the military man who had silently recognized himself in her description, left for the border the very next day to enlist, without saying a word.
They were apart for three years.
Later, the court fell into chaos, and Jiang Yuan died on the road while being sent to a neighboring kingdom for a political marriage. Just before she closed her eyes, she saw a young man riding toward her at full gallop. He was so frantic that he fell from his horse and tumbled down beside her.
As a lonely ghost, she watched him gather her remains, watched his personality change as he avenged her, and finally watched him choose to take poison and die before ascending the throne.
Reborn and returned to her youth, Jiang Yuan climbed the bamboo ladder in the rear courtyard of the Grand Princess's residence. When she saw the young man doing horse stance as punishment from his father, her eyes instantly reddened.
Fu Chengye was only eight then. He turned to see her red eyes, immediately shook off his exhaustion with spirited confidence, and teased, “Little Chubby Yuan, did your mother scold you again?”
If a childhood sweetheart can't beat the newcomer, then the newcomer can't beat a childhood sweetheart who returns from the future.
The childhood sweetheart who returns from the future is the best!
Notes:
1. Both leads are reborn. The heroine is reborn first, and the hero gradually remembers later.
2. A sweet little romance. The hero is two years older than the heroine, and the story begins in their childhood.
November 6, 2022
Theme: Seeing one's true heart
