After My Childhood Friend Became a Eunuch

Shen Ying (scheming for love, a little lovestruck) + Yan Chu (has feelings but can't express them, a little insincere)

When Shen Ying was young, she stopped at nothing to win one person's heart.

He was famous throughout Chang'an, upright and proper, a gentleman known to the world as Young Master Chu.

Only she knew that beneath his respectable demeanor lay a bold, untamed spirit.

Shen Ying played the obedient girl for over a decade, all so she could marry into the Marquis of Wu'an's household. Fortunately, everything went as she wished.

Later, the Prince Huai incident took place, and the Yan family was implicated. The entire family was sentenced to death, but Yan Chu escaped before his execution.

The favored son of heaven became a prisoner, with everyone wanting him dead. Shen Ying had not yet married Yan Chu, so she escaped that fate, but she also became the laughingstock of Chang'an.

Everyone said the Shen family could never marry into a great household like the Yan family. But only she knew that this person was all she had ever wanted. As long as he was alive, nothing else mattered.

At long last, she got word of Yan Chu. Shen Ying was willing to give up everything and go with him, but he rejected her without hesitation.

The new emperor ascended the throne and spared Yan Chu's life. The famous Young Master Chu became the ruthless head of the Eastern Depot.

Thinking things could still go back to how they were, Shen Ying lost all hope when she saw another woman at his side, a woman who had returned from the battlefield with him.

Four years passed without a meeting. Shen Ying was trapped in a predicament, caught between two princes and unable to manage everything at once.

At that moment, Yan Chu came to ask for her hand, carrying the marriage contract they had made years ago. Shen Ying gave a cold laugh. "Marry me? What right does a eunuch like you have?"

*

Yan Chu had never cared to be Young Master Chu. He only wanted to live freely and do as he pleased, all because he had once heard a young woman say she liked gentle, refined men.

Only he knew that this young woman seemed docile on the surface, but was full of mischief inside.

He had begged his family for ages before they finally granted him this marriage.

Later, his family was devastated, and his father and brothers died horribly. Even so, he was glad the young woman had not yet married into his family. Her being alive mattered more than anything.

So when she asked to flee with him and live as fugitives, he could only refuse. How could he bear to let her do that?

He had never imagined that one day they might meet again, only for their positions to have been turned upside down.

*

Later, Shen Ying weighed the pros and cons and married Yan Chu, hoping they could treat each other with respect and live peacefully from then on.

One day, Shen Ying entered Yan Chu's study and accidentally opened something of his. That was when she found the diary he wrote every day and the letters he had written to her. She realized that she wasn't the only one who had gone to such lengths.

1. This is a completely fictional setting. Place names and titles are chosen as I please and have no connection to any real dynasty.

2. The leads are not perfect people. The female lead has a sharp tongue, and there are misunderstandings between her and the male lead.

3. This is not a typical story. The female lead is a native of this world, the supporting female character has transmigrated, and the female lead gets a System by a twist of fate.

Theme: Only sincerity can win sincerity in return