short series

After All the Longing, I Part with You

share time: 2026-01-02 06:20:45

Northern Town General Shen Zhao and physician Su Wan were betrothed since childhood. Three years ago, Shen Zhao promised to marry her upon his victorious return from the border. Su Wan waited like a “stone waiting for her husband” until she heard Shen Zhao’s death. Then she was forced to marry his cousin to “ward off evil” for Shen’s critically ill mother—she had to stay as the “cousin’s wife” to use her medical skills. Unexpectedly, Shen Zhao returned alive three months later. Seeing Su Wan in a wedding dress, he accused her of betrayal. Su Wan tried to explain but coughed up blood—she’d exhausted herself saving Shen’s mother and was terminally ill. When Shen Zhao uncovered the truth, Su Wan lay under the peach tree he’d given her, holding an un_sent letter: “I never betrayed you. It’s just that longing was too bitter, and I feared I couldn’t wait for you.”

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