"Shen Zhiyi, anyone who wants to marry you will have to step over my dead body first."
When Shen Zhiyi was young, she loved someone so deeply that she was willing to cast aside the restraint expected of a noblewoman, meet him in secret beneath the moon, and pledge her life to him.
But later, she smashed the jade pendant they had exchanged at his feet and said coldly, "Xie Linyuan, this is the end of us."
Three years later, determined to put her infatuation behind her, she began meeting eligible young men from prominent families one after another.
Who could have guessed...
The Li family's young master was exposed for keeping a mistress.
The Wang family's young lord was demoted and exiled overnight.
The Zhao family's young master was handsome and charming, but turned out to be a spy from an enemy kingdom!
Shen Zhiyi finally unmasked the mastermind, only to meet a pair of familiar eyes.
The man she had once loved and resented now had her sword at his throat. He grasped the blade inch by inch and pressed closer, smiling with dangerous, wicked delight. "Yiyi, did you think I'd let you marry someone else?"
From sworn enemies to true love.
Dark, powerful male lead x decisive, clever female lead
[Up next:]
Ambitious illegitimate son x peerlessly beautiful noblewoman
When they first met, Su Yingyue found a ragged little beggar, barely dressed, among the weeds by the roadside. She cared for him attentively for several days. He called her big sister and repeatedly promised to repay her kindness one day.
Half a month later, on the eve of their journey to the capital, he suddenly vanished. She searched everywhere but couldn't find him.
When they met again, Wei Huaiyuan was the Left Chancellor's illegitimate son, grandly brought back from Jiangnan. He was a refined and elegant man, a newly appointed graduate praised by the emperor in public, and a flirtatious young lord who spent every night at pleasure houses. No one in the capital could rival his fame.
Every time Su Yingyue ran into this son of the Left Chancellor, disaster followed. She had also heard that his reputation was sordid and his conduct disgraceful, so she wanted nothing more than never to see him again.
But...
In a room at the Chancellor's residence, her red bridal veil was lifted with a pole, and she realized the man before her was that little beggar!
Love at first sight from the male lead's perspective
Marriage first, love later from the female lead's perspective
Theme: Love is a superstition of perfect timing and place. It turns out you were here too.
