"I prayed day and night, all for this moment when I would meet you."
★Marriage first, love later from the heroine's perspective; a rekindled romance from the hero's perspective★
1
Jiang Yuzhao transmigrated into a book, becoming the most miserable cannon-fodder fake heiress in a sweet, satisfying romance.
After her adoptive parents had squeezed all the value out of her, they decided to package her off to Song Yanli, the book's big villain.
Jiang Yuzhao: "..."
What had she ever done to deserve this?
The original owner's fate:
√ Get mercilessly face-slapped by the reborn real heiress heroine.
√ Become a laughingstock by jealously fighting over the male lead.
√ Be manipulated by the leads and win a one-way ticket to a lifetime in a little black room.
Jiang Yuzhao: "…"
Her brow twitched again and again as she swallowed the auspicious words almost bursting from her lips.
To stay alive, Jiang Yuzhao immediately clung to her villain husband's leg.
Competing for affection? Face-slapping? Let whoever wants to act do it. She was going to win by lying back and doing nothing!
2
At a birthday party for a close friend, Jiang Yuzhao caught sight of someone beneath the dazzling lights.
He was tall and striking, with a light-skinned, slender arm casually draped with a gray suit jacket.
When the man turned around, she saw a sharply defined face, as if carved by a blade and chisel. But most captivating of all were his deep blue eyes.
He was breathtakingly beautiful.
A hundred times more handsome than the Western celebrities she'd followed in her previous life.
That fleeting glance hit the bull's-eye of her taste, dead on.
Jiang Yuzhao's heart stirred. Lifting her skirt, she walked over with a bright smile and raised her glass of red wine. "Hey, handsome, would you mind telling me your name?"
Looking at the radiant woman before him, Song Yanli leisurely clinked glasses with her and replied, "Song Yanli."
Jiang Yuzhao muttered under her breath: ...
Why is his name exactly the same as my wealthy husband, whom I've never met?
"Is it possible that I'm him?" The man raised an eyebrow, smiling faintly.
"How could that be?"
Jiang Yuzhao smiled awkwardly as she backed away.
Unexpectedly, he pulled her into a room and held her captive in his arms. He brushed aside her misty hair and whispered in her ear, "My Zhaozhao, are you coming home tonight?"
They were so close the air felt stifling. Jiang Yuzhao could hear her own breathing and her heartbeat growing faster and faster.
Jiang Yuzhao: ...Oh, wow. Help.
When she didn't answer,
Song Yanli pushed her down onto the sofa, bracing an elbow on either side of her as he looked down at her. "Hmm?"
Jiang Yuzhao swallowed unconsciously. "...I'm coming home."
Could she possibly refuse?
3
No one knew that memories would often surface in Song Yanli's mind for no apparent reason.
In those memories, a radiant, dazzling girl appeared and stayed with him through the grief of losing his family and his struggle to rise again... Later, she even told him to learn to let go, keep hope in his heart, and embrace the world.
After waking from the dream, Song Yanli managed to embrace the world, but never learned to let go.
Deep in Qing Shan Temple, he kept a lamp burning and knelt in devout prayer day and night. First, he prayed that the girl would be safe and happy. Second, he prayed to trade his life for the chance to meet her again.
In the quiet hours of the night, her image had already been etched into his mind thousands upon thousands of times.
But Heaven showed mercy, and fate favored him.
His devout prayers received an answer.
Looking at her radiant figure in the distance, he trembled, holding himself back. "Welcome to my world."
★★★
[Reading Guide]
1. Both are each other's one and only, and they dote on each other; transmigration into a book + reborn.
2. It looks like marriage first, love later, but it was carefully planned all along.
3. Fictional setting, melodramatic plot, please don't read too much into it.
Theme: Crossing mountains and seas to meet the one you love.