Still in Love with the Young Lord

In a nutshell:

The second male lead and second female lead focus on their careers, while the male and female leads are madly in love.

Key points:

The male lead is a villain with no moral compass, someone who only has eyes for the female lead. If that bothers you, don't read! There is angst, both leads are sexually inexperienced, it's a one-on-one romance, and it has a political power struggle as well as a romance between the second male and female leads.

Background note: This is a matriarchal society where women outrank men. Women are women, not hulking brutes, and men are men, not effeminate. The society is matriarchal in the true sense of raising women's status.

Now for the story:

Shang Zi You transmigrates into a book. The book is set in a society where women outrank men, but through the efforts of the male and female leads, the sexes eventually become equal. Shang Zi You joins forces with the male lead. She had planned to keep her head down and survive quietly, but then she falls in love with a con man.

Hopeless romantic Shang Zi You sets her sights on the seemingly innocent Qin Liu, and fate ties their red strings together.

At this point, he is still Qin Liu, but he is also the villain, Liu Ruoqing.