ML callously and aggressively woos FL to fulfill the requirements of his father's will. Had he used honesty rather than subterfuge, he might have eliminated a lot of heartache and headache. ML assumes his father demanded he marry FL because he wanted his son to vicariously fulfill a personal desire for FL's mother. In reality his father was much more noble, only attempting to right a moral wrong that had been done to FL's mother by ML's mother. This becomes quite obvious early on, but is not "revealed" until much later. It is also predestined, to fulfill the desires that their previous incarnations were prevented from doing.

Needless to say Mr. Callous falls hopelessly for Miss Obtuse, in short order. Our FL has no clue what the difference is between platonic and romantic love. Had she had a clue in her previous life, she would not have made a hash out of it by hanging with the smitten SML for a millennium. Mr. Obsessed, after cultivating for millennia and almost ascending to immortaliy, didn't learn a thing and proceeded to spiral down the same path of greed and destruction his previous incarnation had tread. He only learns his lesson after the leads give him enough rope to hang himself with in the last 5 minutes.

After being torn apart by the tragedy of the previous generation and previous incarnations, the leads finally get their happily ever after.

Story was cute, sweet and just a little sad. It even included an annoying, evil, greedy step-mom and step-sister. ML's sister became the ugly mother-in-law character, blinded by their deceased mother's lifetime of lies. This is one of the first times I fell in love with the leads love rivals and their own little love story.

This may not be as re-watchable as "Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms," but it is worth a first viewing.