Xu Zhiwei and Chi Yan have known each other since childhood. They grew up together as close friends, but after the Chi family rose in status and moved to the capital, the two families lost touch.
When they meet again, it is because he has come to ask for her hand in marriage, honoring his grandfather's last wish.
Though their families' social standing is now worlds apart, she still wholeheartedly chooses to marry the man she has always held dear.
In the three years since they came of age, she has known her husband as a stuffy, unromantic man. Apart from being astonishingly vigorous in bed, he is, in her view, a respectful and considerate husband, and they get along quite well.
Until he brings a young woman home.
Only then does she realize her husband is not stuffy or unromantic at all. He plays and laughs with that young woman, and does things he once thought unbearably childish.
Only now does Xu Zhiwei understand that her husband's courtesy toward her is simply because he doesn't love her.
No matter whom he married, his nature would have made him a considerate husband.
Even marrying her was only to honor his grandfather's last wish, not because he truly wanted her as his wife.
Xu Zhiwei knows that once he falls in love with that young woman, he would never treat her unfairly. She also knows that, given his character, he would never divorce her without reason.
In that case, she might as well be the villain herself.
But when she asks for a divorce, the usually composed and self-possessed man, who can handle anything with ease, loses his composure.
The teacup in his hand cracks apart, and his eyes turn bloodshot. "The Chi family has never had a divorce or dismissed a wife. The only thing we have is widowhood!"
My love has gone out, but he has caught fire.
The year Chi Yan moved to Jinling with his grandfather, what he remembers most is the little girl living next door, with rosy lips and bright teeth, who looked just like a doll from a New Year painting.
Unlike his younger siblings, she wasn't afraid of him. She was also remarkably bold. Strangely, he didn't mind her getting overly familiar with him. The only person he disliked was her childhood sweetheart.
But when his grandfather was transferred back to the capital, they gradually lost touch.
There was never any so-called last wish from his grandfather. It was just an excuse I made to marry her.
I've never claimed to be a noble gentleman, either. Otherwise, I wouldn't have schemed to send the childhood sweetheart who was eyeing her off to the border for three whole years.
Theme: Women should be self-reliant
The Young Widow
The Substitute Bride
Long Spring Mornings
The Young Lady's Childhood Betrothed Husbands
The Madam Is Hopelessly Money-Hungry
The Good Daughter-in-Law
Marrying Up
Sister-in-Law
The Heir's Wife's Broken Engagement Plan
The Unfavored Crown Princess
The Game Begins with Building a Tiny, Run-Down Sect
I Regret It
How stupid does this male protagonist have to be to think that the female protagonist left for another man when everyone at home is organizing a wedding for him to marry an equal wife? There must be the Pacific Ocean in this mind!
A bunch of stereotypical supporting characters and a stupid male protagonist...
They are all talkative. If you want to reconcile, you should clearly explain what the male protagonist did. I don't like to watch the deliberate misunderstanding.
? What an anticlimactic ending. The male protagonist was not tortured at all from the beginning to the end, and he was sure that the female protagonist was alive in a matter of minutes while she faked her death, and even the cruelty towards the male protagonist was not detectable. On the contrary, the heroine was abused from the beginning to the end. Her parents and brothers, who were somewhat sincere to her, changed their attitudes without warmth and were almost utilitarian under the calculation of the hero, which made the heroine painfully understand that she had no family. The personal maid who was completely sincere to the heroine fell in love with the servant of the hero's family, but her attitude changed in favor of the hero, which made the heroine feel cold many times. She is soft-hearted and has always been looked down upon by people from all walks of life. When the male protagonist's relatives are unlucky, they will not beg for mercy when they see the heroine again, but will continue to viciously attack the heroine. Her brain is as ignorant as being eaten by zombies. The most annoying thing is that even when the heroine ran away and was tricked by the hero into returning home, the author must write a few more sentences about how much her son's wet nurse despised her for not being a good mother?????
More updates???
No, I'm really going to vomit. Good ex man. Good ex family. Heroine, run away.
Did I have bad eyesight and missed something? Why didn't the author write about how the male protagonist refused to marry and slapped the princess in the face? He just ran away from marriage? Didn't it mess up the wedding?
What is it? A big hole
Ahhhhhh, don't even look at it! One look at it makes me feel frustrated! It's just relying on the defense!
After reading it all, I can only say that I feel aggrieved, very aggrieved!!! It ended so suddenly. I thought it hadn't been updated. When I saw the comments, a lot of content was not explained clearly. Inexplicably, the male and female protagonists didn't even open their mouths, especially the female protagonist. She didn't explain things that were clearly stated in one sentence. She also knew that the male protagonist was so bad and always cheated on her, but he was still soft-hearted. I was so angry. It made me very angry. And their children were very pitiful, but I still felt that he was very annoying and very scheming. I don't know whether he abused women or men. But I know that it tortured me. The author's literary talent is okay, otherwise I wouldn't have read it all. Maybe I thought the plot was about the heroine resolving the misunderstanding between the two of them, or the heroine didn't want the hero to be beautiful alone, so I didn't like the ending of the plot (I don't have any malice, it's just a personal evaluation. It's not a complete evaluation. I am the first time to comment, and the words may be inappropriate. Finally, I will say this only represents my personal thoughts!!!) I can't say much about the plot, because it hurts to think about it. I don't want to repeat the heartache again