Blurb:
[Marriage alliance between wealthy families | The lover in a limited-time romance turns out to be the arranged match.]
(Elopement and a chance encounter + forbidden-love feelings between pseudo-siblings + an impossible choice + marriage before love)
[Innocent-seeming heiress vs. pure-hearted young gentleman]
You were born to be my husband.
This time, I choose you, but you must never let me down.
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Ji Jingshen was born a few hours before Tang Wan. Because of her mother's dying words, his parents raised him under strict rules, determined to make him a suitable future husband for Tang Wan.
When they were twenty-six, the Tang and Ji families arranged their marriage.
The two strangers both ran away to escape their families' plans.
On a vacation to an island, Tang Wan meets Ji Jingshen.
He lands on the wrong shore and wanders into her courtyard, introducing himself as Feng Wumian.
When Tang Wan first sees him, the sunlight is dazzling. For a moment, he looks like her older brother, Tang Sili. Overcome by her feelings, she cannot help saying, "You look a lot like my brother."
Far from home, the two live side by side and gradually grow closer. Tang Wan also gives herself the name Xing Buxing.
Since they are strangers brought together by fate, Tang Wan speaks freely about her worries. She is in love with her older brother. She does not want to get married, not before she has even experienced love.
Feng Wumian falls for her. He knows her heart belongs to someone else, but still insists on confessing. "I don't want to marry someone I don't love. I like you. Before we accept the fate laid out for us, let's fall in love, shall we?"
Their brief but passionate romance soon ends, and Tang Wan returns to follow her parents' arrangements.
Before the wedding, she tests Tang Sili once more. "Brother, I'm getting married."
Tang Sili responds coldly, "This is where it ends."
Tang Wan gives up hope.
At the wedding, when the groom is brought in under guard, Tang Wan is horrified. That man... isn't he Feng Wumian?!
The groom is Ji Jingshen. He knows her secret, and he has seen the man she loves.
But he tells her, "Xing Buxing, I'm your savior. I'll rescue you from this mistaken love."
Tang Wan says, "As long as you love me, I'll choose you without hesitation."
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Theme: Go after the love you want.
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Happy New Year to Tang Wan and Ji Jingshen, all family and friends 💪 💪 [cat head]
It's miserable, but I'm done writing it in one go, and I can start a new story. . . 😳