Next book: The Cold and Aloof Lord of the Miao Borderlands Is Getting His Own Crematorium. Please add it to your reading list. The blurb is at the very bottom.
Blurb: Song Yun was born a noble daughter of an aristocratic family, but after her father was convicted of a crime, she was exiled to the countryside overnight.
But that was all right. She could gather shellfish, grow sweet potatoes, and forage along the shore,
earning money to support herself. She could even enter the village's Li brocade competition. Little by little, everything was getting better.
Except before she could even enter the competition, she was met with scorn: What could an outsider like her possibly know about Li brocade?
The one they looked down on most turned out to be the one who proved herself best.
At the competition, Song Yun took first place and became the Li brocade founder's personal apprentice. She expanded the Li brocade trade and successfully wove a dragon-patterned Li brocade quilt that became famous far and wide.
At last, she earned the chance to return to the capital and meet the emperor.
Her journey to meet the emperor went smoothly, but a few little interruptions kept cropping up.
The childhood sweetheart who had vanished without a trace the moment she was exiled suddenly reappeared like bamboo shoots after the spring rain.
Whenever Song Yun and Chen Zhuang had a moment alone, he would thoughtlessly interrupt them.
Song Yun was pushed to her limit.
That day, she couldn't take it anymore! Right in front of him, she pulled Chen Zhuang into her arms, wrapped her own around his muscular waist, and warned that shameless man across from her without the slightest mercy!
Chen Zhuang accompanied Song Yun to the capital, protecting her and staying by her side all the way.
She showed him the bustling streets stretching for miles through the capital, taught him the etiquette for meeting dignitaries, and even had an official's son who was her childhood sweetheart fussing over her every day.
On top of that, she and her childhood sweetheart were betrothed?!
Inferiority seeped in from the depths of his heart, quietly gnawing at his bones. Chen Zhuang no longer had the courage to approach Song Yun, and began deliberately keeping his distance.
He never imagined that one day the girl in his heart would embrace him without hesitation in front of a crowd, loudly declaring that she had long been in love with him.
If that was the case, then he would never let her go again!
He returned her embrace even more tightly, his gaze like a blade as he looked at the man behind her with utter defiance.
Reading Guide:
Love grows over time, one-on-one, sc, the second male lead pursues his love and gets face-slapped. The intangible cultural heritage and other content in the story includes fictional elements, so please don't nitpick. The hunting of wild animals in the story is fictional; please be kind to animals.
Theme: Rise above adversity and create a better life
Using chopsticks that I have never eaten before to pick up vegetables is quite a detail.