Lou Xian accidentally fell off a cliff. When he woke up, he saw a woman.
There was a scar on her face, and her appearance was frightening. Her expression was full of concern and anxiety, and her eyes even brimmed with tears. “You're finally awake! I was worried sick!”
Her name was Xie Yu. She lived in a nearby town. Lou Xian had injured his leg and couldn't walk, so he had no choice but to go home with her for the time being.
While he recovered, she was gentle, agreeable, considerate, and attentive.
Everyone in town thought he was her husband. He didn't correct them, but he would never marry her. A country woman from the mountains, ugly and a disgrace to the Lou family's dignity.
Once his injury had healed, it was time to go home. Before leaving, he casually tossed out a promise: “Don't worry. I will never forget you.”
The Chancellor's residence was preparing to arrange a marriage for Lou Xian.
In private, he kept suspecting that Xie Yu might take his words seriously and try to come to the residence to curry favor with the powerful and become the Chancellor's young mistress.
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Xie Yu spotted a corpse at the foot of the mountain. He was dressed in fine clothes, so he had to be a young master from a wealthy family. First, she checked whether he had anything valuable on him.
Oh, sure enough, he had a fine piece of jade!
...Wait, why are the corpse's eyelashes trembling? He isn't dead!
She hurriedly put on a gentle, kind expression.
She wore that gentle mask for two whole months, nearly suffocating herself in the process!
At last, he was going to leave.
Before he left, he declared, “I will never forget you.”
Xie Yu: Could he have found out I swiped his jade pendant?
This man seemed to have some connections. Afraid they'd come after her to reclaim the jade and get revenge, she removed her scar, changed her appearance, and fled to the capital overnight with her belongings.
The capital was great! It was full of rich merchants, and she was planning to find some hapless fool to swindle.
Heh heh, let's see who gets lucky today...
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Lou Xian's marriage negotiations fell through, but his elder brother found a woman he liked before he did.
He heard that the woman came from a humble family, but was kind and gentle, and so beautiful she took everyone's breath away.
Since his elder brother was half paralyzed, they weren't particular about the woman's family background. The Old Madam was very understanding and planned to invite the woman to meet them at the Chancellor's residence.
That day, a beautiful woman gracefully entered the flower hall.
Lou Xian's gaze grew sharper and sharper.
Xie Yu's eyes grew more and more unfocused...
She decided to pretend to be blind on the spot, feeling her way toward a chair as she silently prayed to the heavens. Hopefully, he had forgotten!
Lou Xian silently sneered, too: Hopefully, she had forgotten...
Theme: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
