【Substitute bride + the one who got away + faux siblings + secret identities revealed + devoted to each other + mutual unrequited love + mutual salvation】
Mei Lingxi was brought back to the Marquis of Dingbei’s household when she was thirteen. After being framed and assaulted by bandits, she was confined to an estate. The day before her elder sister’s wedding, her sister ran away, forcing Mei Lingxi to take her place and marry the heir to Prince Ning’s household. The heir remained devoted to her sister, and after the wedding, the two treated each other with respect, agreeing to divorce after three months. Once they separated, Mei Lingxi planned to return to Qingyuan Town and find the brother she had always longed for.
Her brother was the one who had brought light to her darkest years. From when she was seven until she was thirteen, he raised her like a brother and a father. To earn money, he carried cargo at the docks and risked his life delivering valuables. He even gave up traveling far away for her, content to be an ordinary carpenter in their small town. He told her, “Our Xixi deserves the best man in the world. I’ll save up a bigger dowry so he can marry into our family...”
She had thought the heir was as aloof as the moon, but for some reason, being around him always made her feel safe in a familiar way. Before she knew it, she had fallen into his tender embrace. When she painted, she even found herself drawing his hand as her brother’s. Confused, she couldn’t tell whether she liked the heir in front of her or the brother she could never forget. So she decided to return to Qingyuan Town and sort out the tangled mess in her heart...
P.S. This is a story about two miserable souls saving each other and finding their way to one another.
