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1.
At the age of twenty-two, Ye Shuang registered her marriage to Ying Shen.
That same summer, they held their wedding at the cathedral in Beicheng.
The wedding was packed with guests, including countless members of prominent families.
With all eyes on them, the priest asked Ye Shuang if she was willing to bind herself to him for life.
He asked three times, and Ye Shuang didn't answer once.
The guests whispered among themselves, and both families' elders looked deeply displeased.
As Ye Shuang gazed into Ying Shen's inscrutable eyes, she suddenly remembered when she was sixteen.
That year, the Ying family abruptly withdrew from public life. Ying's father left the capital for an assigned post, and plenty of people kicked them while they were down. By the time Ye Shuang found out, the Ying family home was already empty. A friend learned Ying Shen's flight details. Ye Shuang ran out into the night, despite how late it was, but her father caught her, broke her leg, and sent her to England.
Amid the commotion, the wedding continued.
With a cold expression, Ying Shen kissed her fiercely. Ye Shuang tilted her head back and closed her eyes, enduring it helplessly.
Heaven above.
The hatred she felt for Ying Shen now was as great as the love she'd felt for him back then.
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2
During the years when life grew peaceful, someone once asked Ying Shen what Ye Shuang really was to him.
True love, or revenge born of resentment?
He didn't answer.
Then, on a stormy day, Ying Shen pushed open the door and saw her curled up asleep on the sofa.
The warm light made her look serene and sweet.
Ying Shen stood at the doorway for a long time, then suddenly remembered the question.
He slowly walked over and crouched in front of Ye Shuang, kissing her forehead with reverence and care.
True love or revenge? In a way, it was both.
And neither.
She was simply a rose accidentally dampened by the full force of Ying Shen's love and hatred.
*Male lead is sweet on the outside, scheming within | Love and hate entwined | Pretend coercion, genuine melodrama
Ye Shuang / Ying Shen
Alluring heiress vs. Capital City's princely heir
Theme: Keep living
