[Age Gap] [Sweet Romance] [Mutual Devotion] [Healing] [Strong Yet Tragic Leads] [Married First, Love Later] [Slow-Burn Romance] [Protective and Doting Couple]
Delicate, sickly beauty ✖️ Noble, paternal, possessive man with a hidden dark side
After the Battle of Weiguo, everyone knew that the Prince Regent had brought back the enemy nation's consort from the battlefield.
Xue Ji's beauty was renowned far and wide. Her lovely face outshone the flowers, yet she had been frail and sickly since childhood.
Precious medicines kept her alive, while the famously ruthless and violent prince cherished her above all else.
For her sake, he never left the estate at the beginning or end of each month.
To Song Ning, it was just a move from one gilded cage to another.
The man sheltered her from wind and rain, held her close and warmed her hands, and indulged her in every little thing. Yet his eyes had never held any affection for her.
She tried to draw closer, but he only grew colder and more distant, keeping everyone at arm's length.
Song Ning truly stopped reading too much into things. Then, on a rainy night, the man said nothing as he held her fiercely. "Who raised you to be so awful? Who taught you to be ungrateful and fickle? Who taught you to leave me behind?"
Don't be afraid. Someone will love you, mud and all. Someone will kiss your bruises.
She was a firefly in the long night, lighting up his barren heart.