Summary
I was the chancellor’s only daughter.
After we became engaged, the newly named third-place imperial examination laureate told me he was going home to share the happy news with his elderly mother.
“My love, it’s such a long journey. Just wait here for me.”
He squeezed my hand tenderly, then hurried away.
I agreed to his face. Then I secretly followed him to his hometown of Jincheng, intending to surprise him.
But a young woman answered the door, looking puzzled.
“Changqing’s mother? She died three years ago.”
When I introduced myself as his fiancée, she broke into a cheerful smile.
“Oh, you must be Wanwan! Come in!”
I stared at the beaming woman who called herself his sister-in-law, my head full of questions.
Lu Changqing had never mentioned having an elder brother or a sister-in-law.
And my name wasn’t Wanwan.