The Lu family had few descendants and only one daughter, whom they doted on endlessly. Though generation after generation of the family served in the military, they kept her tucked away at home.
But too much free time can lead to trouble. Lu Tingwan's trouble wasn't serious: she simply became friends with a young illegitimate son from the neighboring Mo family.
He was unlike anyone else. He never fawned over her; instead, he was very quiet and only dared to watch her with his beautiful eyes.
She was emboldened by his looks, and the two really did become friends.
As their feelings grew, just when they were about to become a couple, she unexpectedly lost her memory and forgot everyone except her parents.
An imperial decree arrived from the capital, summoning her to serve as a study companion to a princess. She was gone for five years.
At a palace banquet, a young man with a tall, straight figure and a face as lovely as jade looked more and more familiar to her.
At a corner of the garden, someone stopped her. His eyes red, he asked, "I've finally found you again after all these years."
Lu Tingwan was startled and couldn't help trembling.
She had heard a little about this man.
A powerful minister who ruled the court, sinister and ruthless, capable of killing without a trace...
He seemed to see that she was bewildered. His face darkened, as though he might snap her neck the next moment. "You don't remember?"
She steeled herself. Staying alive came first. "I remember!"
"Since you remember, explain why you left without a word all those years ago."
She hadn't expected that menacing presence to draw even closer.
After that, Mo Jinzhi followed her wherever she went, wearing his usual unsmiling expression and scaring off countless people who tried to approach her.
Lu Tingwan thought he had simply mistaken her for someone else and would forget about it after a while, so she patiently humored him. She kept humoring him until their wedding night.
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Mo Jinzhi saw Lu Tingwan as a ray of light in his life, believing he could survive as long as she was there.
He knew he was born to a low station, with a lowborn mother and an older sister who humiliated him. He had thought he could endure anything, but never imagined how much it would hurt when the girl forgot him one day.
She smiled and laughed, but not at him.
She spoke in a soft, coquettish voice, but not to him.
It made him so angry! If that was how things were, he would be selfish for once and drag the moon down from the heavens into the mud!
Theme: If you are meant to be together, you must not miss your chance
