[Love Triangle] [Male Rivals] [Chasing His Wife]
After her family falls on hard times, Jiang Ying is taken in by the Wen family.
She and Wen Yaoyu were betrothed long ago. Childhood sweethearts, they grew up together and were already in love, though they were too young to marry and only referred to each other as siblings in public.
Wen Yaoyu is bold and arrogant, the most dazzling young man in her heart.
But on the eve of their wedding, the Wen family is implicated in a factional struggle. The imperial family shows no mercy, and in a single day, the entire Wen household is slaughtered.
As the Wen estate is confiscated, Wen Yaoyu entrusts Jiang Ying to a close friend, asking him to pull strings and escort her south to escape the disaster.
Before leaving the capital, she sees Wen Yaoyu with her own eyes, wrapped in a straw mat and tossed into a mass grave.
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Pei Shijin accepts the dying request of an old friend and escorts his friend's little sister south.
To evade their pursuers, they pretend to be newlyweds traveling south to visit relatives, and share a room. Unable to sleep on the cold, hard floor, Pei Shijin spends night after night listening to her muffled sobs.
The young woman is delicate and timid, and her tears never stop. She cries when she's sad, when she's hurt, and when she misses home. He has never met anyone so difficult to deal with.
At first, he is impatient with her. But pitying her tragic circumstances and honoring his late friend's trust, he does his best to accommodate and care for her.
He knows sharing meals and lodging is improper, but it's only a temporary arrangement, and he believes he has a clear conscience.
Until the day their pursuers catch up with them. The frail young woman throws herself in front of him, blocking a lethal strike. Her warm blood runs over his hands, and the taut string in his mind snaps in an instant.
At that moment, he thinks that if she doesn't survive this, he probably won't either.
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Jiang Ying never imagined she would see Wen Yaoyu again on the day she married Pei Shijin.
The Pei residence is packed with guests when a sudden commotion erupts.
Everyone knows that the Wen estate was confiscated years ago, and that the noble, aloof eldest son of the Wen family was carried out of the estate wrapped in a straw mat when he died.
Jiang Ying and Pei Shijin are bowing to each other as husband and wife when she suddenly hears that familiar name. She instinctively pauses and looks toward the door.
Pei Shijin's hand closes tightly around hers. The pain brings her back to her senses, and she meets the dark, unreadable gaze of the man who is about to become her husband.
"Yingying, let's finish the ceremony first. Then we'll offer a toast to your brother from the Wen family."
At the doorway, Wen Yaoyu walks toward her step by step. His eyes are angry, but his voice is utterly calm.
"A-Ying, come home with your brother."
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Both the male lead and the female lead have been with other people.
Male rivalry, an illogical, melodramatic "chasing his wife to the crematorium" story.
Theme: Face life with strength
