Pei Lang's Mistake

Lin Yunzhu is the daughter of the Grand Secretary. Years ago, the late emperor arranged her marriage to his grandson, Pei Yan.

Pei Yan was aloof and ethereal, disciplined and courteous. When they were alone together, he never overstepped; when they met in public, he would merely call out to her from afar, "Miss Lin." Yet he secretly kept the hairpin Xue Daoyi had casually dropped, and even painted portraits of her.

Lin Yunzhu had a vague idea that he loved someone else.

But one day, returning by boat from her maternal grandparents' home, she happened to run into him. He accompanied her all the way home, and, in front of his friends, called her by her familiar name. She smiled sweetly and called him, "Sixth Brother."

He nodded.

She thought, Sixth Brother is a gentleman. Marrying him wouldn't be so bad.

In the year she came of age, the Lin family's fortunes collapsed. Her parents were thrown into prison and died with their names uncleared, while her sworn elder brother rushed off to the northwest. Even so, her betrothal remained in force.

For the five years of their marriage, they treated each other with respect. She bore him a son and a daughter, but as the daughter of disgraced officials, she rarely attended banquets and was confined to the inner courtyard. Pei Yan was considerate of her hard work and showered her with exquisite treasures. But that was all. She had seen him grow distracted and melancholy over someone else, and knew his heart had never been hers.

Later, her sworn elder brother returned victorious from battle, determined to clear their father's name. He found her and sighed at all the hardship she had endured. "Yinniang, divorce him and come back with me!"

But then Pei Yan fixed her with a blazing gaze, strode over, and drew her behind him.

"Yinniang is my wife. You may be her elder brother, but you cannot urge her to divorce her husband."

That very night, Lin Yunzhu wrote a divorce agreement.

Pei Yan was astonished by her elegant running script. Even he had to admit hers was better than his own. More astonishing still, she really didn't want him anymore. She didn't even want the children they had together.

When Pei Yan was young, his imperial grandfather arranged his marriage to the Grand Secretary's daughter. Miss Lin was beautiful and talented, with a face that could put the moon and flowers to shame. Everyone said he had hit the jackpot. He thought marriage was marriage. What difference did it make who he married?

Later, when the Lin family fell from power, he married her out of a gentleman's sense of duty and gave her children. Though he did not love her, he would still protect her.

But when that man appeared before her, she cast him aside without hesitation. She even begged him to grant her a divorce.

"He loves me deeply. He risked his life countless times for my family and nearly died. But Sixth Brother doesn't need me in particular. You'll surely find a good wife to manage your household one day. You're a gentleman, Sixth Brother. You'd surely want to help two people find happiness."

Unable to believe her, he gripped her slender wrist, nearly grinding his back teeth to dust.

"How do you know I don't need you in particular!"

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A perfectly ordinary story about a man who never says what he means and loses his wife.

The male lead has no first love. He is devoted in both body and heart.

The second male lead is not her sworn elder brother.

"A pursuit-after-divorce romance"

Theme: Always have the courage to start over.