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Since the sudden rise of the military star Ji Lin, who decisively defeated the enemy forces, and his subsequent resting period by Imperial grace at the Qiushan Villa—
Gu Wanlan, the daughter of the Duke of Protectorate who had been presumed dead for eighteen years, dramatically returned to life.
Upon her initial entry into the noble high society, surrounded by scheming opportunists, Gu Wanlan decided to select a man to be her Zhuixu (a son-in-law who marries into the wife’s family) to protect her aristocratic title and military authority.
She secretly discovered that the cold and aloof painter on Qiushan Mountain, Cui Jue, was actually the highly intimate elder half-brother of her mortal enemy.
Driven by a desire to humiliate her archenemy, she decided to lure and trap the painter.
In this lifetime, Cui Jue operates as the powerful head of the Cui family, hidden behind his younger brother.
No one knows that in his previous life, he was merely a monster—imprisoned by his family, his face ruined.
Yet, even that version of him was once touched by someone who traced the grotesque scars on his face and smiled at him with eyes full of warmth. But in the end, he completely lost her.
Reborn into this life, Cui Jue’s sole desire is to clear all obstacles to fulfill her wishes.
As for her, merely thinking of her in the dead of night, where no one can see, feels like a sacrilege and a sin.
But from the day she deliberately dropped her handkerchief in front of him, something began to go awry…
After the marriage, Gu Wanlan was very satisfied with the husband she had found. He was handsome, docile in temperament, and even knew how to make the bed.
The only thing that was slightly difficult to endure was that her husband was a little overly clingy.
However, thinking back to how she had tricked him into taking responsibility by feigning that she was drugged during the recognition banquet, she felt she had somewhat taken advantage of an honest man.
Thus, she indulged him in his every need.
Until one day, she accidentally went to Cui Jue’s painting studio on Qiushan Mountain, which had been left vacant since their marriage.
