Spoiled, beautiful small-town girl vs. sharp-tongued country bumpkin vs. rugged general pretending to be a gentle gentleman
Jin Xiao and Jiang Mingyao married young, and everyone in the city of Xijiang praised them as a perfect couple.
But that was far from the truth. They both had their own agendas, and each longed for someone they could never have.
Still, their years of friendship kept them together. Jin Xiao owed Jiang Mingyao's father a debt of gratitude for teaching him, and had promised to look after Mingyao for the rest of her life.
She liked cleanliness, so he bathed and burned incense morning and night.
She liked poetry, so he studied by lamplight.
She liked noble gentlemen, so he could at least pretend to be one...
And so, late at night, after studying until he was dog-tired and crawling out of his bath, he was kicked right off the bed by Mingyao.
"What are you doing out there in the middle of the night, haunting the place? Get out! Stop disturbing my sleep."
Jin Xiao knew that Mingyao looked delicate and frail but was strong, but where had that kick sent him?
"Coal Ball, remember to find out if Brother Wen is coming to the academy tomorrow~" The young girl in a pale yellow blouse lifted her chin and bossed around the tall, dark-skinned boy.
Jin Xiao looked into the distance, then down at himself. Mingyao as a girl, himself as a boy... so what was going on with him now?
Given another chance, Jin Xiao wanted to bring Mingyao and the young master of the Wen family together. After all, he owed it to her; she had told him countless times that he was not the right man for her.
But the more he tried to arrange things, the more jealous he became of Wen Xingzhou, of his younger self, and... why was Mingyao pretending not to know him?
[Reading Guide]
1. Her beloved is a fake.
2. A chaotic mix of pairings.
Theme: My heart is clear and true
