Mistakenly Promised to You

In her previous life, Jiang Hanzhang kept watch over the empty Pei residence, caring for Pei Yan's parents and managing household affairs in return for decades of indifference from him.

After someone drugged her and threw her into his study, she awoke to find herself branded a "hussy" by everyone. Pei Yan looked down at her, his eyes as cold as knives. "Jiang Hanzhang, I knew you were rotten to the core."

Only when she was dying did she learn the truth: Pei Yan's heart belonged to the lofty princess, and she had been nothing but a choice forced on him by circumstance.

Reborn into a new life, Jiang Hanzhang kicked Pei Yan out of bed and left the Pei residence without looking back.

This time, she had no interest in fighting or competing, and held no grudges or resentment. She only wanted to grow her business and rise above everyone else.

But she never imagined that the man she had casually rescued on the road to the capital would become a nuisance she couldn't shake.

Xie Buzhou, the Northern Defender Marquis, was rumored to be bloodthirsty and indifferent to women. His many scars were all battle honors, and no one at court dared cross him.

By day, he was a stone-faced King of Hell. By night, he scaled walls and picked locks, crouching beside her window to plead in a low voice:

"Jiang Hanzhang, you saved me, so now you have to take responsibility for me."

She infuriated him until his teeth clenched, yet he still gladly paved her way and cleared every obstacle for her.

Everyone said Xie Buzhou was cold and heartless. Only Jiang Hanzhang knew that this decisive, ruthless man would hold her close in the dead of night and murmur in a husky voice, "Don't be afraid. I'm here."