After I Died, My Childhood Friend, the Young General, Regretted It

Ji Taihua is a village girl. The boy next door, who grew up playing in the mud with her, has transformed into a spirited young general.

She and the young general grew up together. She followed him to the capital, stayed by his side day and night, and quietly fell for him, carrying her girlish feelings in her heart.

The young general took a blade for her.

The young general gave her the longevity lock he wore close to his body.

The young general swore to stay by her side and protect her forever.

She thought they felt the same way about each other.

Until Ji Taihua and a young woman from a prominent family were kidnapped and taken up a mountain. With a bandit’s blade at their throats, the bandit asked Pei Huaishu to choose which one would live.

Without hesitation, the young man said, “A Yun. Let A Yun go.”

Only then did Ji Taihua realize she meant nothing to Pei Huaishu.

The young man’s feelings were sincere and passionate, plain for all to see.

He confided his true feelings to that young woman, carried her over muddy paths, and racked his brains to make her happy. His fair cheeks would turn red all the way to his ears.

Meanwhile, Ji Taihua was like the childhood friend who was merely a supporting character in a romance, there to make their destined love seem all the more perfect.

In the end, the young woman and Pei Huaishu found themselves on opposite sides, in a fight where one of them had to die. Yet Pei Huaishu still raced to take a sword meant for her, even if it cost him his life.

Of course, Pei Huaishu didn’t die, and neither did the young woman.

Because Ji Taihua rushed forward and took the fatal blow. She died by the side of a busy road.

Her father didn’t love her, and her mother had died young. Most of the care Ji Taihua had received growing up came from Pei Huaishu. She thought of him as her friend, the man she loved, and her savior, so she threw herself in front of him without hesitation.

And when Pei Huaishu saw the young woman bleeding profusely,

he finally understood what he had lost.

In disbelief, the young man shoved the young woman aside and crawled over in a wretched heap, breaking down in tears.

“Taihua!”

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Ji Taihua gets a second chance at life and marries Pei Huaishu’s friend in the capital. The young man is gentle and refined, cooks for her, and takes care of everything with thoughtfulness.

On her wedding day, Pei Huaishu barges into the residence, his eyes red as he gazes at her with desperate determination.

Don’t you love me?

I was wrong. Can’t we start over?

Ji Taihua doesn’t even look at Pei Huaishu. She takes her husband’s arm and walks into the hall.

Seeing how intimate they are, Pei Huaishu feels the pain of loss all over again. He has long since realized that he loves her.

He covers his heart in a daze, takes a step back, and is consumed by regret.

But it’s too late.

She’s already another man’s wife.

Theme: Persevere and strive for self-improvement