The Husband Who Died in Battle After Our Substitute Marriage Has Returned

|Married Couple Pursuit|Groveling|Cold and Unfeeling -> Madly in Love|

Blurb:

Song Jintang knew that if not for an accident, there was no way she could have taken her older sister's place and married Pei Jiyun, the eldest son of the Pei family, Kyoto's foremost aristocratic clan.

He was born noble, as elegant as an orchid and a jade tree, and astonishingly talented, hailed as the finest of all the young gentlemen of the great families. Then, in the blink of an eye, this heaven-blessed favorite fell from grace, his fate unknown. People lamented his tragic end, but the matter of what came after still had to be settled.

In the second year after she married his memorial tablet, Pei Jiyun returned.

He had returned victorious, having earned distinction in battle, and the frontier campaign had ended in a great victory. Suddenly, all of the capital's attention was on Madam Pei, a woman of humble origins.

This minor official's daughter, who had married in her sister's place, was really going to rise above her station and become a phoenix!

Under countless gazes, each hiding its own thoughts, Song Jintang lowered her eyes, picked up her brush, and quietly wrote a divorce agreement.

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Pei Jiyun had faked his death and returned, only to learn that his family had found him a wife.

At first, he was satisfied with how steady and gentle his wife was. They agreed on a few rules and treated each other with mutual respect.

As time passed, he came to appreciate her. Other than her lowly family background, there was nothing to criticize about her temperament or looks. She was sensible and knew how to behave, and sometimes even revealed a sweet, charming side.

He thought that if it were her, spending their lives together might not be so bad.

Until the day he discovered the divorce agreement she had written long ago.

So marrying him had never been what she wanted.

And she had never had him in her heart... Her poise and grace, her lack of jealousy, were simply because she didn't love him.

Pei Jiyun had been indifferent by nature and rarely lost his composure, but that night he drank himself into a stupor. For the first time, he learned what it meant to be heartbroken and long for something he could never have.

May 20, 2024

Theme: Love yourself before loving others, and live well.