When the Grass Grows and the Orioles Fly

"I am Xie Xi, courtesy name Fangfei."

"I am Pei Huanying, courtesy name Qingchang."

People of the day said that Second Young Master Pei was a gentleman of impeccable bearing, warm as jade, and the darling of countless young ladies in the capital.

But Xie Xi remembered just how vindictive and petty Second Young Master Pei had been as a boy, the least gentlemanly man in the entire capital!

One day, Xie Xi was enjoying wine beneath the moon with a few close friends.

Someone suggested a wager: whoever managed to steal a kiss from Pei Er within three months would receive one treasured possession from each of the others.

Xie Xi's brow twitched. It wasn't that she coveted her friends' belongings. It was because...

She'd been sick of Pei Er for ages!

She would seize this chance to tear away his refined facade and break the spirit of the capital's most aloof beauty, that lofty flower on the peak.

She would crush him mercilessly!

And then, and then... make him kneel at her feet, so she could watch his handsome face crumble after she'd thoroughly humiliated him!

An ancient-style romance that starts with marriage and ends in love, with just a touch of enemies-to-lovers.

Pei Huanying x Xie Xi

Theme: Respect is the foundation of getting along.