*When Yu Qingzhi opened her eyes again, she never expected to find herself on her wedding night. She had become the wife chosen by the young master of the Xia family in Nan Town, Jiangnan, when he shot an arrow!
Yu Qingzhi was stunned. Was this a matriarchal world?
With no other choice, she pretended to have amnesia.
After all, she was currently a person with "nothing": no memories, no money, and no identity. Besides, she'd heard that the young master's arrow hadn't been aimed at her.
All she wanted was a peaceful life. She tried to smooth things over between them, planning to stick it out for a while before getting a divorce.
By chance, she discovered that he liked romance stories, so she told him everything from The Tyrannical Young Lady's Passionate Love to The Legend of the White Snake, and from Dream of the Red Chamber to The World's Most Beloved: The Arrogant Young Master.
Amnesia tropes, stand-in tropes, walls of misunderstanding... A wild mix of every melodramatic plot imaginable.
The young master listened with rapt attention, and his attitude toward her slowly began to change.
He began to remember what she liked,
secretly prepare birthday presents for her,
use walks as an excuse to wait for her to come home,
and softly call her "Sister A Zhi."
Looking into his bright, shining eyes, Yu Qingzhi felt her heart skip a beat.
She didn't want a divorce anymore.
*He had planned to choose his wife according to the stories he'd read, but his arrow hit the wrong person, and Xia Linyao found everything about Yu Qingzhi irritating.
But as he spent more time with her, he realized Yu Qingzhi wasn't a wastrel. She was talented and could tell all sorts of stories. Even his mother praised her remarkable abilities.
Most importantly, Yu Qingzhi treated him well, and only him.
He liked this wife of his.
*In the great hall.
A handsome young man cried out through his tears, "Your Highness, have you forgotten our past?"
His voice was plaintive, filled with affection.
"Even when you were unconscious, you called me Yao Yao..."
"Sorry to interrupt," Xia Linyao suddenly said, looking at the other man with a strange expression.
"But I'm pretty sure she was calling me."
Hey! Don't try to shove a stand-in plot on him!
"Nothing" means no memories, no money, and no identity.
A sweet story with little scheming, mutual devotion, and a happy ending.
Blurb last edited on June 27, 2024.
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