Longing Across the Distant Horizon

This novel follows Goddess and the Azure Lion. The next one will be Don't Think of Returning. If you're interested, give it a look!

Happy reading!

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[Heroine falls in love after marriage + hero's secret crush comes true + second male lead gets his comeuppance but fails to win her back]

Xi Ruo had been in love with a young master of the Feng family for years, but the Xi family never agreed to a marriage between them. She had believed their feelings were mutual, and held on for years. In the end, she saw with her own eyes as he went off drinking with a group of young nobles.

Enough is enough.

She immediately made an important decision: "There isn't a decent man in the world. I'm never getting married."

Her eldest brother, Xi Ting, smiled and vetoed her outright.

The emperor was wary of the Xi family's power. He summoned his cousin, the Marquis of Qingdu, Huo Xun, back to the capital, intending to use him against Xi Ting.

As soon as Xi Ting heard that his archenemy was returning to the capital, he didn't hesitate for a moment before pushing Xi Ruo forward.

"Fourth Sister, use your beauty to win him over. Get it?"

Xi Ruo was sent straight to a teahouse. Across from her sat the young marquis, rumored to be in decline and frail. With his elegant bearing and noble air, he calmly went through the matchmaking meeting with her. "Fourth Lady, you don't know me well. There's no need to rush into rejecting me."

Xi Ruo: Hah, you really think we can be the best of friends in the whole world?

Determined to make him back off, Xi Ruo dropped heavy hints. "My brother holds a third-rank official post now. If I'm unhappy, you won't enjoy the consequences."

Huo Xun laughed, clear and bright. The sound sent a chill down her spine.

He said, "We have no quarrel. Why would I make you unhappy?"

The young marquis made a subtle signal, and his men dragged away the young Feng lord who had just arrived downstairs in a fury.

He looked at the lively young woman before him with great satisfaction and thought: If I hadn't taken that box of pastries you gave your brother back then, Xi Ting wouldn't still hate me so much.

That little girl who used to look like a ball of dough had grown up after all.

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The next novel will be Don't Think of Returning. Here's the blurb:

The heir to the Marquis of Xuanping died in battle. The old marquis cared for the younger generation and sympathized with his daughter-in-law, who had been married for only ten years and was still young and alone. After discussing it with her family, he sent her back to her natal home in the capital.

On the day Cui Lidu returned to the capital, a group of young dandies rode out of the city. The one in front flicked his whip, sweeping aside the front curtain of her carriage and revealing the young widow in mourning clothes to everyone.

None of the onlookers dared to stand up for Cui Lidu, because this was He Duchen, the young tyrant of the He family. Ten years earlier, he and Cui Lidu had been childhood sweethearts, only for her to cruelly break off their engagement.

Cui Lidu looked up at him.

Her former fiancé was still radiant and flamboyant. He looked down at her, his eyes plainly full of mockery and scorn, as if he were watching a joke.

She did not bring shame upon the Cui family or argue with him. She simply ordered her servant to clear the way and continued on.

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News of He Duchen publicly humiliating Cui Lidu spread through the capital in a single day. The Cui family discussed sending her to a country estate for a while to avoid the scandal.

That night, He Duchen climbed over Cui Lidu's wall as if he knew the place by heart. From the other side of a lattice window, he asked her:

"Cui Lidu, would you still be willing to marry me?"

Theme: May you find the one whose heart is yours, and stay together until your hair turns white.