After Marrying the Beautiful, Ill-Tempered One

Also known as Night Rain Sends a Letter North

[Truly Gentle and Softhearted Rising Star x Fake Frail and Beautifully Unhinged Woman]

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Nan Yan marrying Ji Bei was a case of marrying above her station.

Even though the Ji family was in dire straits at the time, Ji Bei, once the most dazzling young master of the Ji family in the capital, could only lie on a sickbed, barely clinging to life.

Nan Yan was the discarded child of her family, sent out to take the fall, a nobody struggling to get by in the entertainment industry.

Rushed off to the Ji family, she nevertheless carried a shameful sliver of joy in her heart:

Nan Yan liked Ji Bei.

She had liked her for many years.

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Time has worn away the memories, leaving only an impossibly beautiful illusion.

In the quiet of the night, Nan Yan always thinks of that rainy evening, beneath the bus shelter.

The first time she saw Ji Bei.

The young woman had affectionate eyes, her thick, long lashes lowered as she looked down at Nan Yan, bedraggled and miserable.

At the time, Nan Yan was wearing only a thin set of pajamas, drenched through.

Her hair clung to her cheeks, like a pitiful little stray dog with nowhere to go.

Raindrops smacked against the ground with a sharp patter.

The slender hand holding an umbrella quietly tilted it toward her.

"Ji Bei!" someone beside her called. "The car's here. Aren't you coming?"

The young woman didn't move. Her voice was calm and gentle as she replied, "I'm waiting for the rain to stop."

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At eighteen, Ji Bei was reserved, but not cold.

At twenty-six, Ji Bei had a pale, sickly face and long black hair that reached her waist. Her delicate features were just as they had been before.

Only her tea-colored eyes were now shrouded in thick fog, with a touch of despondency seeping through for no apparent reason.

She sat in a wheelchair, surrounded by deep darkness.

Until one day, someone opened the door and came to her, accompanied by a sliver of sunlight.

Like salvation.

Or like an even deeper abyss.

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Everyone says that ever since Young Master Ji narrowly escaped death, she has become increasingly ruthless, carrying out her vengeance with a cold face.

Nan Yan thinks it's all rumor. Ji Bei is still the bright, pure young woman she knew beneath that umbrella.

Years later, on another rainy night,

Nan Yan, now a celebrated actress, calmly takes out a signed divorce agreement.

"Ji Bei," she says softly, smiling as if relieved. "From now on, may we both be free."

But the woman stares at her, then gives a faint, stunned laugh. As Nan Yan watches in shock, she takes her time tearing the agreement to shreds.

Her gentle mask stripped away, she holds Nan Yan captive in her arms, the obsessive light in her pale eyes no longer concealed.

"Yanyan, are you going to abandon me?"

Tips:

Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting.

Nan Yan has had a crush on Ji Bei for years and sees her through a ten-story-high filter!

Ji Bei falls in love after marriage and only acts pitiful in front of her wife!

Theme: Love means more when it goes both ways