[Picking a good day to start posting. I don't want to finish the whole novel before publishing anymore... That's way too hard.]
[Not-Related-by-Blood Step-Siblings + Faked Death and Escape + Powerful Man Bows His Head + Six-Year Age Gap]
The once-declining Marquis of Zhenwei's household regained its former prestige under Wei Shao, thanks to his illustrious military achievements.
Wei Shao also became the man Western Territory's women most wanted to marry. Yet everyone knew he didn't even have a maid by his side. Approaching thirty, he still hadn't married.
People all assumed he wasn't interested in women, and was probably more into men.
But his closest friends knew the truth. He wasn't uninterested in women; he had given his whole heart to one person: his former stepsister, Meng Qing.
But Meng Qing had fallen off a cliff and died.
Then one day, someone saw Wei Shao carrying a woman back to his residence. The story spread, and everyone assumed Wei Shao had finally gotten over Meng Qing.
But no one could have guessed that the woman he carried home that night was none other than Meng Qing, who had