Heavy South

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Xu Qingnan initially thought this was a marriage with nothing to do with love.

The man she was to marry was unruly and cruel, with no regard for etiquette or his elders. Everyone in Tianqi City avoided him like the plague.

Mu Fangnan also thought the marriage he had arranged himself was purely for his own benefit.

His bride-to-be was unpredictable and kept her face covered with a veiled hat all day. She was a lone orphan from a once-noble family in the northern frontier.

She had no choice. His motives were impure.

Their families were enemies, yet time and again they rescued each other from danger and despair.

Step by step, they supported each other as they pressed on. They wanted only one thing: to survive.

Xu Qingnan was determined to uncover the truth about the injustice done to her parents years ago. But everything pointed toward a cruel truth she dared not face. Fortunately, someone was willing to stay by her side through it all.

Mu Fangnan longed for his mother's love and wanted to escape the shackles of politics. But he was a product of shame, a crystallization of resentment, a pawn in a three-way balance of power.

He thought he was destined never to be loved.

Until one day, the woman from the painting he had yearned for in his dreams took his hand.

"You're A Nan, and I'm A Nan too. From now on, there will be two A Nans in the world. A Nan will always be with A Nan."

"We must never part, not for the rest of our lives."

Their love began with pity for each other.

When Xu Qingnan heard that the heir apparent wanted to marry her, she kept thinking of ways to make the wedding fall through.

So she put on a show, picking on another young lady in front of him.

"This humble woman has behaved so disgracefully that she is unworthy of the heir apparent. Please withdraw your decree!"

Mu Fangnan laughed heartily. "Your conduct is disgraceful, and my own is no better. Aren't we made for each other? How could we be unworthy?"

Xu Qingnan racked her brains. "As you can see, I'm affected and pretentious, I love gossiping, and... and I'm jealous too. If we really got married, you'd surely come to dislike me. Why put yourself through that?"

Mu Fangnan didn't care in the least. "That's fine. I can handle it."

Later, after seeing her true face, Mu Fangnan liked her even more and clung to his wife every day. "Doesn't the heir apparent's wife get jealous? Doesn't she like to act coy and play the coquette? Come on, show your husband."

Xu Qingnan smacked him with a brick. "Get lost."

When the heir apparent's childhood friend saw Xu Qingnan's real face, he was dumbstruck. "Did this guy actually get the real deal?"

She looked exactly like the woman in the painting!

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[Contest Entry Reason]: Xu Qingnan's family has fallen into ruin, while Mu Fangnan bears the weight of vengeance. Both are trapped and swept up in political conspiracies. The protagonists go from distrust to understanding, join hands to take revenge, and ultimately deal their enemies a fatal blow. They grow stronger through adversity and seek hope even in the direst circumstances.

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1. Their names end with the same character, and I like that, so I don't want to change them. The title is Double Nan.

2. The political schemes are not very clever. I just want the two kids to be happy.

3. Disclaimer (not really): The male lead is a lunatic, and so am I, hehe.

4. The heroine's portrait was circulated by a painter, who has been dead for ages.

Theme: Do as you please and live freely. That's what really matters.