This novel is also known as "After Becoming the Female Lead's Close Friend" and "Her Close Friend Wears Sorrow Between Her Brows."
[The heroine's story]
Su Wanrou was born into a declining family of scholars. Sensitive and prone to worry, she was sickly.
On the day her grandmother, her only family, died, Su Wanrou became the eight-year-old only daughter of Su Shizhong, a minor character in a book whose fate was never made clear.
She knew that the heroine, Feng Muwan, was a renowned beauty and talented scholar in the capital. Refined and elegant, she had been betrothed to her childhood sweetheart at a young age, and the two were often the talk of the town.
Feng Muwan had few friends and kept everyone at arm's length, but she and Miss Su were at least on nodding terms.
Su Wanrou thought she had to seize this opportunity.
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One day, Su Wanrou went to visit the Feng residence. As she leaned out of the carriage to get down, her hand still in her maid's, she looked up and saw a refined young gentleman.
He was elegant and handsome, with an extraordinary appearance. He nodded at her from a distance, his expression calm.
Su Wanrou thought she had seen plenty of young noblemen in the capital, but this one alone left her flustered. She didn't even notice her ears turning red.
After she had visited the Feng residence a few times, rumors began to spread that Miss Su had set her sights on Feng Hanyu, the Feng family's eldest legitimate son.
But Su Wanrou knew she had fallen for the young master from the Feng family's second branch.
[The hero's story]
Cui Ziru came to the capital to lie low, taking up the role of a young master related to the Feng family.
One day, returning home from a social engagement, he saw a beautiful young woman in a pale blue silk dress standing before the Feng residence, gazing at its plaque, lost in thought.
He had seen this young woman before.
He had also been invited to the lotus-viewing banquet at the Earl Chengbo's residence that day.
He vaguely remembered the young women gathered in groups, chatting and laughing at the banquet. This one was different. She sat quietly in a pavilion by the pond, gazing at the lotuses.
Her delicate brows were slightly furrowed, her face tinged with a faint sorrow that would not fade. Even her light-colored dress could not hide her exquisite beauty.
That day, Cui Ziru had watched her from a corner for a long time without realizing it.
Cui Ziru knew he was not a kindhearted man. Once he set his sights on something, no one could take it from him.
Note: A refined, scheming, and capable young master x a gentle, quiet, and persevering Miss Su.
Both are each other's first love. A slow-burn romance, with a sensitive heroine.
(First set on March 4, 2023; finalized on July 15, 2025. Screenshots of both dates are available.)
Theme: Even ordinary days are full of love.
