In the eleventh year of Hongli, this new dynasty could not hold on under the severe situation.
It is said that the King of Cheng's elite troops, who treated human lives as worthless, suddenly attacked, then broke through the North City. Rumor has it that it would take only half a day to reach this place. Whispers had already spread among officials and nobles, and many wealthy families, before the common people even realized it, were packing their belongings and preparing to flee.
Fengcheng was in a state of panic.
The Su and Cheng families were also in great disarray.
Today was supposed to be the wedding day of the eldest young master of the Cheng family's direct line, but unexpectedly, this happened...
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Su Miaomiao was just waking up from the bridal bed. Her body, sitting on the edge of the bed, swayed. She clutched the bed frame beside her, preventing herself from falling face-first like a dog eating shit.
It felt as if her soul had been forcibly shoved into this vessel, and her head was splitting with pain.
Her ears were also ringing.
She couldn't help but loosen her grip and hug her head, bending over to endure the pain.
When her consciousness slowly returned, she cried out, "Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
She cursed Cheng Hao as an idiot in her mind.
The blurry images in her head hissed like an old movie with static.
Her memory also stopped at the moment she and Cheng Hao had a big argument by the roadside, the reason being the question of whether they loved each other.
Perhaps it is a question that people who have walked from childhood sweethearts into love often ponder.
The two had been together since birth, knowing everything about each other, having participated in each other's lives for twenty-two years. To put it crudely, they were so familiar that they could tell what kind of fart the other was passing just by the sound of it...
Was there love?
Although Su Miaomiao was a "delicate and weak" strongwoman, she still had a maiden's heart.
So, she agonizingly dwelled on this question. However, when Cheng Hao, with a stern face, menacingly said that he had never loved her, she was still extremely angry.
But when the truck's tires screeched on the road and the blinding headlights shone...
In that instant, as he lunged towards her with a look of utter panic, she suddenly understood. Regardless of whether there was love, weren't they the most important people in each other's lives?
Su Miaomiao was sweating profusely in her wedding dress just thinking about what happened before she transmigrated. Her back was sticky and disgusting. Her ears felt as if they had gone deaf.
Immediately, she felt an inexplicable fear, and she shouted, "Cheng Hao! Cheng Hao! Cheng Hao—"
Just like in the past, whenever she was scared or encountered something she couldn't handle, she would call his name, and she urgently needed to confirm his safety.
They had possessed each other for twenty-two years, from innocent children to now, having gone through too many moments of confusion and helplessness, but fortunately, they always had each other.
Su Miaomiao stubbornly believed that he must have come along too, he absolutely had to have come along.
She realized that her new body's voice was still very young and delicate, and after only a few calls, it became hoarse.
But she still stubbornly called out.
The Su and Cheng families were old friends.
From their grandfathers' generation, they were childhood friends who grew up together, playing naked.
The two then joined the army together, retired together, and even married their best friends.
One could imagine what kind of relationship that was.
By Su Miaomiao and Cheng Hao's fathers' generation, their feelings had not diminished at all.
The two families also went into business together. Both mothers were also strong women, and their strong personalities meant they wouldn't be home much.
Responding to the country's call.
The parents of the Su family and the Cheng family gave birth to a boy and a girl, a few months apart.
These were Su Miaomiao and Cheng Hao. After abandoning their children for over a month, their irresponsible mothers went to the city to start businesses with their fathers, and it was indeed not easy to start from scratch.
Su Miaomiao and Cheng Hao were raised by their grandmothers from childhood until they were five years old, when they were taken back to their parents.
Before that, they had been inseparable and had always had a very good relationship.
Grandpa Su had saved Grandpa Cheng's life on the battlefield, so Grandma and Grandpa Cheng doted on Su Miaomiao, telling their grandson to be very, very good to her.
Similarly, because of the favoritism shown by Grandma and Grandpa Cheng, Grandma and Grandpa Su also doted on Cheng Hao.
The two children grew up spoiled.
The two elders of the Su and Cheng families had experienced war. Although they doted on their children, they did not spoil them. Grandpa Cheng's methods of punishing Cheng Hao were truly harsh, as if his grandson were not his own. Seeing this, Grandpa Su was also very strict with his granddaughter, so the villagers almost thought that the two families had the wrong children!
In simple terms, Su Miaomiao and Cheng Hao received their affection from the other family.
It was truly embarrassing.
In short, under such circumstances, the two little seedlings also grew up robustly.
Su Miaomiao also developed a tomboy personality. Before she started school, she had short hair, was tanned almost as dark as Cheng Hao, and played around every day.
The two were like good brothers.
Of course, as a girl, she wasn't without her little moods.
Cheng Hao always accompanied her. Perhaps he wasn't as honest as he was in childhood, and he was very sharp-tongued as he grew up, always provoking her to get angry. But when something happened, he would always appear reliably, and this time would surely be no exception, right?
Su Miaomiao's eyes were bloodshot, and tears fell uncontrollably.
She hadn't cried so miserably in a long time.
She didn't want this.
Besides the buzzing in her ears, Su Miaomiao could barely hear anything, which was one of the reasons for her panic. She was afraid she would really become deaf.
The more panic she felt, the more she subconsciously kept calling Cheng Hao's name.
In her state of panic, she didn't notice that her hearing was gradually returning to normal.
When she suddenly heard the sound of the door being pushed open, a pair of black boots and the corner of a red wedding robe suddenly appeared before her tear-blurred eyes. Then, a familiar presence approached, and her well-defined fingers covered her mouth, stopping her uncontrolled cries.
"Do you want to lose your voice? What's wrong with you, you can never change!"
This familiar voice, panting, and exasperated tone. Yes, he had indeed come.
Even though Su Miaomiao looked up, her teary eyes couldn't see the handsome features of the person in front of her. She knew who it was purely by his presence, voice, and tone.
She was badly frightened and, reaching out, hugged the person's waist and burst into tears.
Cheng Hao hadn't seen Su Miaomiao cry like this in a long time. He could barely remember when it was the last time. He was startled and let go, saying, "No way, no way, no way. Don't cry, I don't have time to comfort you right now!"
This girl would either stubbornly refuse to cry, or once she started crying, it would be very difficult to console her.
Cheng Hao was afraid.
Hearing this, Su Miaomiao cried aggrievedly, "I, *hic*, my soul was about to split from the pain, and I couldn't hear anything. You weren't by my side, I, *hic*, I was scared, boohoo. Where did you go?"
Cheng Hao's heart twisted into a knot when he heard her hoarse crying. He knew she was uncomfortable during soul fusion and felt heartbroken, but this was not the time to discuss that.
He reached out and touched her back, which was soaked with cold sweat. Her face was flushed from crying and shouting. He looked down at her hands, which were gripping his waist, and realized they were pale and her hands were frighteningly cold.