Lu Xialoves Gu Jingshen deeply. She could be his loyal little shadow, and she would even risk her life to save him.
All she got in return was his deepest hatred: “As long as you’re alive, I’ll make sure every day is worse than death!”
Gu Jingshen is convinced she killed the woman he loved. He hates that she survived, and that her life still blooms like a flower while the girl he loved lies cold and lifeless in her grave.
He deafens her, sends her to prison for five years, and crushes her bones...
Only when she grows increasingly deranged and the truth slowly comes to light does he realize that the only person he has ever truly loved is her!
The female lead is love-struck, indecisive, weak, and incompetent. One second she says she's heartbroken and will never love again, the next she's instantly smitten by a little sweet talk from the male lead, constantly oscillating between despair and attraction. The male lead is foolish, selfish, cruel, and tyrannical, utterly devoid of any personal charm.
I don't understand how the female protagonist can accept being with him despite being almost killed by the male protagonist several times.