Before she was reborn, Xi Ling devoted herself entirely to Gu Zheng. She broke off her own claws and smoothed away her sharp edges, wanting only to protect him and spend the rest of her life by his side. She never imagined that the man she loved in silence would be the one to kill her with a single sword thrust.
After being reborn, Xi Ling swears that she may give up her tender heart, but she will never give up her fangs and claws! Anyone who provokes her will pay a hundredfold!
In her previous life, Gu Zheng hated Xi Ling for sending his parents to the executioner's block, and resented her for trying to control him at every turn. One day, he lounged in a pleasure house, swirling his wine as he watched the dancers, and cast a sidelong glance at Xi Ling as she came to drag him away. He sneered, “I’d sooner spend my life with a woman begging on the street than with you, Xi Ling.”
Later, at the emperor’s birthday banquet, a drunken official asked Gu Zheng, “What sort of woman does Your Lordship like?”
Gu Zheng described her: “A bold, dazzling beauty with a graceful figure. Most important of all, she must be ruthless and vicious…”
The officials all thought the same thing: why did that description sound exactly like Xi Ling?
It's a really good short article. It's worthy of being the tomato I planted for you. The last part made me burst into tears.
The heroine finally got tough