First Meeting, Beloved

The legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household is beautiful as a celestial maiden, with a cool and indifferent temperament. Yet on her way back to the capital, she picks up Lu Huaizhi, a handsome, down-and-out young man.

Dressed in white, Lu Huaizhi is as elegant as an orchid tree. His slender, almond-shaped eyes and graceful bearing are captivating, but his health is poor. He coughs every three steps and pants every five, a living picture of a sickly invalid.

Word of Yun Wanyi bringing Lu Huaizhi back to her home quickly gets around, and rumors soon run wild.

Yun Wanyi doesn't pay them much mind. She orders her servants to take good care of Lu Huaizhi, and the sickly young man grows more and more striking, drawing the women of the capital to him in droves.

But one day, that ailing young man turns around and throws himself at the woman Yun Wanyi despises most: the daughter of the current prime minister. Seeing him grovel before another woman, Yun Wanyi bluntly says he would have been better off dying in that desolate wilderness.

They meet again on the long street. A fine rain falls, and a noble young gentleman, perfectly suited to Yun Wanyi, stands at her side. Lu Huaizhi knows him: Shi Yanli, the most renowned heir in the capital.

The young lord comes from a distinguished family. He is someone Lu Huaizhi can admire but never hope to equal. How could he possibly compete?

He is as lowly as a withered weed, trampled carelessly into the mud and left all alone. If he didn't bear a blood feud, how could he endure living like an ant, barely clinging to life?

He stumbles through the rain in a near-mad frenzy. His white clothes drag through the mud, and he collides miserably with the two people approaching him, embarrassment flashing in his eyes.

The perfectly matched couple before him makes everyone envious. He pounds on the mottled wall, his eyes filled with madness and obsession.

"Will you choose him or me?"

At that moment, Lu Huaizhi's reason breaks free like a wild horse. He wants nothing more than to pull the person before him fiercely into his arms and never let go again.

His eyes are bloodshot as he lets the rain wash over him.

"I asked you the same thing before: her or me. Do you remember what you said then?"

The man suddenly freezes. Countless scenes flash through his mind, ending with the moment he coldly abandoned the woman and walked away without looking back.

"Once you had two hearts, my lord. Today I have come to end things with you..."

Yun Wanyi's merciless words pierce Lu Huaizhi's chest like a sharp blade. His throat fills with the taste of blood, and the drops spilling from the corner of his mouth fall one by one onto the snowy ground, like red spider lilies in bloom.

He regretted it. He truly regretted it...

Theme: Faith is a light in the darkness.