[Both Reborn] [Pursuing His Wife to the Crematorium] [Loving Without Knowing, Wanting but Never Getting]
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An Ruan was born into a merchant family and would normally have had little chance of marrying into a powerful household. But just as her family fell on hard times, an old marriage pact made by their ancestors brought her to the magistrate, Yuan Zhen.
Everyone in Hanyang City said An Ruan was blessed by her ancestors: a daughter of a ruined merchant family had married the magistrate, and her marriage had brought the entire An family back from the brink, letting them climb to a higher branch.
Others lamented that Yuan Zhen had entered officialdom at a young age and had a bright future ahead of him, only for An Ruan to ruin his marriage prospects and make it difficult for him to build ties with the powerful.
But only An Ruan knew how lonely and cold life was within the inner quarters. Her husband was like the moon in the heavens, an immortal reflected in water, and a man of noble character in the people's eyes. He was simply not a good husband to her. During their five years of marriage, she had done her best to win him over and tried every way to please him, but all she got in return was his indifference and the rare glance over his shoulder. Through long nights alone, listening to the rain and wind, An Ruan's heart had long since turned cold.
Her parents' family was beset by troubles and looked to her for help, while her husband's family treated her like a wolf or a tiger, with loathing and disregard. Life was difficult and hopeless. So when an accidental fire broke out, An Ruan no longer wanted to fight. She accepted it as an end. But when the agony of the flames consuming her body faded, she awoke on a rainy night and saw her husband Yuan Zhen dressing with his back to her beside the bed. He said he would sleep in his study that night. Everything was just as it had been before.
In the steady rain, An Ruan did not try to stop him. Instead, she said to herself,
