My elder sister once saved Prince Cheng in Yangzhou, back when he was afflicted with muteness.
When he recovered, he personally came to our door to ask for her hand.
But by then, my elder sister was already married and had borne a child. Holding her newborn in her arms, she smiled warmly.
“I am five years older than you, and I only gave birth to this child a few days ago.”
“My younger sister, however, is only a year apart from you. Perhaps she would be a better match.”
Later, Prince Cheng truly did ask to marry me.
But after our wedding, he treated me with the utmost cruelty, forever complaining that my temperament was worlds apart from my sister’s.
“I was wrong. For the bright moon in my heart, I settled for second best and made do by marrying you.”
“And because of that, I have spent my entire life making do.”
Now that I had been reborn, it was once again the day Prince Cheng came to our door.
My elder sister was just about to bring me up.
I spoke first, smiling calmly.
“Sister, I don’t like older men either.”
