Longing for One Far Away

In his previous life, Nan Mi fell in love with Zhuang Chao at first sight and pursued him relentlessly. Everyone in the capital knew how deeply Nan Mi loved Zhuang Chao, and how wholeheartedly he devoted himself to him. Nan Mi didn't care what anyone thought. He even obtained an imperial decree and willingly married Zhuang Chao as his male wife.

But Zhuang Chao wanted nothing to do with his relentless pursuit and felt nothing but disgust for him. After being forced to marry him, Zhuang Chao's revulsion only reached new heights.

They spent three cold, miserable years together. When Nan Mi learned that Zhuang Chao intended to take a secondary consort, he finally understood what it meant to have his heart broken and die inside. He grew progressively bedridden, never recovered from his illness, and ultimately ended his mistaken life filled with regret and pain.

Reborn, he reflected on everything he'd done in his past life and realized it had all been wrong. A melon forced off the vine won't be sweet. Zhuang Chao would never love him, no matter how desperately he clung to him. He might as well let Zhuang Chao go, and free himself, too.

He wanted nothing more to do with Zhuang Chao. He wanted to try building a new life without him.

What he couldn't understand was why, after being reborn, Zhuang Chao was the one who actively pursued him, saying he wouldn't miss his chance this time and wanted to spend the rest of his life with him.

But Nan Mi was so tired. Loving Zhuang Chao was exhausting. He didn't want to get tangled up with him all over again.

"I cannot forget the one who is far away; my heart aches with longing."

A deeply poignant love story. It's an angsty, melodramatic romance, but both leads are each other's first and only love. There is no secondary consort, and he will neither marry one nor wish to. The leads are devoted to each other in body and soul. In their previous life, they became bitter enemies because they went through different experiences and their aims didn't align. The tone is roughly angst, bittersweetness, then sweetness.

Theme: Treasure what you have while you have it.