Wen Youyuan got married.
She married the man she'd had a crush on for ten years. The man she loved was gentle and sunny, always smiling at everyone. But after they got married, Wen Youyuan discovered that he had changed.
He had grown irritable and quick-tempered.
That familiar face no longer smiled.
She was anxious and uneasy. She carefully took his hand and asked, “Pei Yunian, do you not like me?”
Why else would he have become a different person after marrying her...?
Pei Yunian answered Wen Youyuan with a passionate kiss and a night of reckless abandon.
Wen Youyuan didn't know why someone's temperament could change so drastically. Then, on Jingzhe, she returned to the Pei family home and saw a face exactly like Pei Yunian's, along with the gentle smile she remembered.
She had married the wrong person...
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After Pei Yunian married Wen Youyuan, he discovered a secret: his wife loved him because she had mistaken him for his older brother, Pei Shuyu.
Once he found out, Pei Yunian began to distance himself from Wen Youyuan. But no matter how late he came home, he always found her curled up on the sofa, waiting for him.
So small, like a little rabbit.
He wanted to keep this mistake going, to let Wen Youyuan believe the man she'd always loved was him. He could even learn to act like Pei Shuyu, so their relationship would last a little longer.
But everything changed when Wen Youyuan met Pei Shuyu...
She recognized that the person she'd loved all along wasn't him.
At that moment, Pei Yunian wondered: if Wen Youyuan didn't want him anymore, what would he do?
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After they returned from the Pei family home, Pei Yunian confessed first.
He said, “The person you love really is my brother.”
Wen Youyuan didn't answer. She just looked at him seriously and said, “I want some time to think.”
For the next few days, they both avoided each other, intentionally or otherwise. Wen Youyuan noticed that the marriage certificate in the drawer had disappeared. There was only one person who could have hidden it.
She cursed him for being childish.
That night, Wen Youyuan went to the spare bedroom and climbed into bed beside Pei Yunian. Annoyed, she snatched the cigarette from his hand and scolded him. “Who said you could smoke in the house? Do you not want this marriage to work?”
Pei Yunian stared at her in a daze for a moment, then rasped, “I do.”
It was only two words, but they seemed to take all his strength. Still, he knew what they meant: he hadn't lost his wife. She was still his.
A ten-year-long unrequited love ended in a different way than expected.
She loved the sun, but plucked the moon from the sky.
Bonus Scene:
Rain poured down.
After they had been intimate,
Pei Yunian leaned close to her ear. “What's my name?”
Wen Youyuan rolled over, turning her back to him. “Pei Yunian.”
Pei Yunian refused to give up. “What's my name?”
Annoyed by his pestering, Wen Youyuan gave in. “Hubby.”
| Flirtatious female lead x sharp-tongued, fiercely protective male lead
| One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced
| Original title: She Plucked the Moon
Theme: When you love someone, you have to say it right away