Binding Pears on a Spring Night

An immature work that passed review. It has many potential triggers, so read with caution.

[Warning: The second male lead takes over as the male lead, but not until the middle. If that's not your thing, don't read.]

After Yu Qingli died, she was bound to a resurrection System. Only by successfully winning over the tragic, beautiful male lead could she return to the real world.

At her first sight of the male lead, Fu Jiantang, she thought he was gentle as jade, modest, and refined. He treated her very well, too, so Yu Qingli figured this mission would be a sure thing.

She threw herself into winning him over, working day and night in the hope of raising his affection level enough to win his heart.

But life is unpredictable. An arranged marriage between the male lead and a noblewoman revealed his hypocritical mask once and for all. He had always treated Yu Qingli as a pawn, using her in every way, and even his tenderness had been motivated by ulterior aims!

When the truth came out, Yu Qingli made a scene and stormed off in anger. On the way, bandits captured her and used her to threaten the male lead.

A bandit pressed a long blade to her throat as a cold wind rushed toward her. Yu Qingli was terrified, but her heart settled when she saw that familiar figure.

She thought he had come to save her. Yu Qingli looked toward the male lead with hopeful eyes, only to see a woman standing beside him. His gaze was utterly indifferent, devoid of any affection.

In that moment, her heart died of grief. She asked the System to let her give up on the mission.

Before she could react, an icy arrow pierced her body. Only then did she understand that what she had felt between them had always been one-sided.

*

After the mission failed, the System gave her another chance. Remembering the pain of being pierced through the heart, Yu Qingli chose someone else without hesitation.

The System reset her memories and changed her target, and she began a brand-new mission.

This time, everything went exceptionally well. Just as she and her new target were about to confess their feelings and live happily ever after, the male lead from her past suddenly appeared.

Using underhanded methods, he took her away and locked her in a lightless secret chamber, dressing her in a wedding gown and fastening a collar around her neck.

The man’s expression was dark and furious as he stroked the young woman’s face and asked, almost crazed, “Didn’t you say you loved me? Why are you marrying someone else?!”

No matter what he tried, threats or pleas, Yu Qingli refused to yield, even if it meant dying. With no other options, the man picked up a jade cup himself and forced her to drink the potion that erased love.

“Forget him. We’ll start over!”

*

Fu Jiantang is a concubine-born son of the Ming’an Marquis’s household. Born to a lowly status, he is skilled at hiding his emotions and never treats anyone with genuine sincerity.

To outsiders, he is a graceful, gentle young gentleman. But no one knows that beneath the mask, his true nature is cold and ruthless.

He thought he could use the people around him without a shred of guilt, even Yu Qingli, who loved him.

But when he saw her surrounded by wolves and an arrow pierce her body, his calm eyes instantly lost focus, and boundless regret engulfed him.

After her death, he suffered the agony of a heart being eaten away day and night, trying every means to find her.

Perhaps Heaven took pity on him. After many years, the woman he had longed for day and night appeared before him again. But at her side stood the young general who had recently become the talk of the court.

In the instant they brushed past each other at their reunion, her casual “I don’t know you” shattered his defenses and broke his heart.

This time, he was determined to bind her to his side forever. He would never lose her again.

Reader's guide:

1. The male lead is pure and devoted only to the heroine.

2. The heroine will not regain her memories after she loses them.

3. The male lead gets his comeuppance; tragic ending version / second male lead takes over / old-school melodrama.

4. The male lead gets a lot of screen time early on. The second male lead appears late and has a relatively small role.

Started 2025/5/27, completed 2026/3/13

A related upcoming story, Forced to Drink the Love-Erasing Potion. Please add it to your collection~

Possessive love | Chasing his wife after losing her | Powerful man humbled

From the moment Ming Zhuangyu entered the Yan household, she secretly loved one man.

He was the eldest young master, Yan Wenzhuo, born noble and proud. By the age of twenty, he had already become a close aide to the emperor, and every beauty in the capital adored him.

Given her station, she had little hope of ever crossing paths with him.

Fortunately, the Yan family had once helped her, and by chance she was brought to Yan Wenzhuo’s courtyard. When people discovered she could cure the eldest young master’s chronic illness, they let her stay.

Ming Zhuangyu thought she had hidden her feelings well, but one moment of carelessness gave them away.

Seated above her, the eldest young master looked down at her and warned coolly, “Don’t entertain foolish hopes. When the time comes, leave the residence.”

Ming Zhuangyu bowed and agreed, hiding the ache in her heart.

He had given his instructions in person, and she could not defy him. After all, they had agreed from the start that she would leave once his illness was cured.

Later, Ming Zhuangyu drank the love-erasing potion to save Yan Wenzhuo. She forgot that she had ever loved him, and even deliberately kept her distance. The day she left the residence, she took her money and walked away without a care.

*

Born to a noble family, Yan Wenzhuo rose smoothly through the ranks. Everything he wanted was within easy reach.

At first, he scorned Ming Zhuangyu’s affection. She was a lone girl of humble birth, and he felt that even the slightest involvement with her would be beneath him.

Then Yan Wenzhuo realized she seemed like a different person. Her eyes no longer held the feelings she once had, and she kept her distance at every turn.

She didn’t even look back when she left the residence.

It should have been exactly what he wanted, yet Yan Wenzhuo inexplicably felt restless. Could it be that he...

When they met again, she smiled warmly at his archenemy, without sparing him even a glance.

Yan Wenzhuo’s face darkened at once, his cold gaze fixed on the two of them.

One day, he got into an argument with his archenemy, who deliberately fell into the water.

Yan Wenzhuo watched Ming Zhuangyu leap in without hesitation to rescue him. The last thread of reason in his heart snapped. He abandoned his usual pride and seized her in front of everyone.

*

Night fell. The man held the young woman tightly between the bed curtains, his fingertip wantonly tracing her swollen, reddened lips.

“Yuniang, are you still thinking about him?”

“If you dare say even one word in his favor, you won’t be getting out of bed, day or night!”

Theme: Growth and breaking through limitations