In her first life, Shen Yue poured everything into one man — a scholar she lifted from nobody to the emperor's right hand. Then came the day of the wedding toss. He swatted the ball away. He'd been reborn too. And this time, he wanted a different wife. The ball struck the one man no one was looking at — Ji Ningsheng, rough, broke, slouched in the corner. She looked at him and said yes. He had nothing but bare walls and calloused hands. She had a mind for money and a score to settle. While she fought off the ex who suddenly wanted her back, she began to build this man — books, sword, spine — until the diamond underneath began to show. When the threats closed in, it was Ji Ningsheng who stood in the gap, unbreakable. The toss didn't miss. It landed where it was always meant to.
