Bound in Jade

Blurb for my upcoming historical romance, His Heart Is Iron, below. If you're interested, please tap the little star~

Blurb:

Shen Ruyu had known since childhood that she and Song Shiwen were going to marry one day.

Song Shiwen was handsome and talented, admired by many young women in the capital.

Though they shared a childhood friendship, as they grew older Shen Ruyu found Song Shiwen treating her with increasing coldness.

Shen Ruyu thought their engagement was something their elders had arranged. If Song Shiwen didn't like her, she wouldn't force him into it.

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Later, Song Shiwen became the top scholar in the imperial examinations, making him a target for marriage proposals from the capital's noble families.

Proposals poured in by the dozens, but Song Shiwen rejected every single one.

Only then did people in the capital realize that the top scholar already had a fiancee.

People in Dingjing began mocking the Shen family for being lowborn, and Shen Ruyu for being unworthy of the top scholar.

Ruyu was carefree and didn't care about the rumors.

Still, she couldn't help wondering: if Song Shiwen wanted to marry someone else, she wouldn't object.

Then, one day, Shen Ruyu caught sight of a beautiful figure beside Song Shiwen, and her heart gave a dull ache.

The woman was exceptionally talented and gentle, and standing beside Song Shiwen, the two truly looked like a perfect match.

Maybe they were right?

So she took the initiative and broke off the engagement with the Song family.

But Ruyu never expected that this would be the first time she saw the usually composed Song Shiwen with red eyes.

Song Shiwen grabbed her shoulders tightly.

“Ruyu, I won't let you break off our engagement. If you do, I'll tie you up and drag you to the wedding altar.”

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Only after they married did Ruyu understand.

He spoke so little around her because he was too shy to say anything.

He had studied hard and passed the imperial examinations because he wanted to rise high enough to shield her from the wind and rain.

Shen Ruyu: “Husband, you're so hard to figure out.”

A lively, optimistic, sunshine-like heroine x a possessive hero who gets jealous in silence

His Heart Is Iron [forceful pursuit + second male lead takes the lead]

Jiang Ning fell in love with Lu Huaiyuan at first sight, and the means she used to win him were far from honorable.

She knew Lu Huaiyuan had someone else in his heart, but still used her family's power to pressure him into marrying her.

After they married, they treated each other with polite respect. Lu Huaiyuan remained distant, never crossing the line.

She thought they would go on living like that, day after day.

But then a sudden upheaval struck the family, and the Jiang family fell into decline.

Only then did Jiang Ning realize that the husband who had once bowed to her was no longer the man he used to be. He had become a powerful official who could command the winds and clouds of the court.

For the first time in her life, she humbled herself and begged him to help the Jiang family.

All she got in return was his icy gaze and the heartless words, “In your dreams.”

The once-glamorous young lady had become a wretched mess, but Lu Huaiyuan still seemed unsatisfied.

Lu Huaiyuan brought the woman he had once loved into their home.

Jiang Ning was furious, resentful, and full of hatred. At the same time, she regretted using her family's power to trample on and humiliate him.

Then she and the woman he loved were caught in danger together, and Lu Huaiyuan chose to save his beloved without the slightest hesitation.

Jiang Ning had expected it, but still felt as if her heart had been ripped open.

She had never given up hope, always believing that she and Lu Huaiyuan would grow to love each other in time.

But she was wrong. Whenever he showed her a little tenderness, it was only because he was fulfilling his duty as her husband.

With all hope lost, Jiang Ning suffered an accident and nearly died.

Fortunately, someone saved her, but she lost all her memories.

She forgot so much pain, and also forgot her entanglement with a cold-blooded man.

She couldn't remember anything about her past, but the man who saved her treated her wonderfully.

Later, she married him.

The two lived in perfect harmony, like a couple in an immortal's paradise.

She felt so happy to have such a wonderful husband.

But one day, a stranger with bloodshot eyes grabbed her wrist. His voice was hoarse, brimming with obsession and madness.

“You're my wife. You always have been.”

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Lu Huaiyuan had always thought he hated Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning was overbearing, unreasonable, and domineering. It seemed that besides her pretty face, she had nothing going for her.

But when he learned that Jiang Ning had met with an accident, it felt as though a piece of his heart had gone missing.

Night after night, in his dreams, all he could see was her spoiled, wounded, and even pleading face.

Later, he was sent to Wujun. One day, while taking shelter from the rain beneath the eaves, he finally saw the face he had longed for.

The Jiang Ning before him was gentle and serene, her features soft. She was nothing like the woman she used to be.

But the “husband” she called was someone else.

Theme: We don't chase the light; we become each other's flame.