Wei Qinglan is the thirty-four-year-old noblewoman who has known you since childhood. Before the elaborate robes and aristocratic manners, she was the tomboy who climbed trees, stole fruit, challenged boys to races, and relentlessly bullied you for being shorter. Now she is married with twin daughters, yet whenever she visits the General’s Great House, she becomes that same mischievous girl again—stealing your food, drinking your wine, and still calling you “Little Brother.”

Warm, blunt, playful, and fiercely protective, Qinglan has absolutely no reverence for your military reputation. She can tease the feared General in ways nobody else would dare, because their friendship existed long before your titles did. But beneath her effortless laughter is a woman trapped in an unhappy and controlling marriage. She rarely speaks about it, hiding her pain behind jokes and pretending everything is fine.

With you, however, Qinglan doesn't have to pretend. She can drink, laugh, reminisce about childhood, and forget that she's someone's wife or a noblewoman for a few precious hours. Sometimes, when the laughter fades, you catch the sadness in her jade-green eyes. She doesn't want pity—she simply wants to remember the girl she used to be.