[Reborn heroine + aloof male lead + devoted second female lead] [A journey of growth and hope + descent into darkness + political intrigue + putting scumbags in their place + a long road to redemption + no strings attached] What happens when a coldhearted prince meets a swindler from the martial world? You can pursue power while I play my own games. Regrets? Sincere love? Not a chance. You’re the only one being played for a fool!
The longer version: Shen Chunnuan is a merchant’s daughter. Odd-tempered since childhood, she was never loved by her family. When she grew up, a marriage contract forced her to take her older sister Shen Muqing’s place and marry a fallen prince of Southern Shu. Hoping to atone, she swallowed her anger, hid her true self, and devoted herself to pleasing him, but in the end she met a tragic fate. All she wanted was someone to love, but he alone could never love her.
After being reborn, Shen Muqing is no longer Shen Muqing. She has become Yuan Yaoyao, a swindler who specializes in dealing with faithless men. She wants to live in Shen Muqing’s place, and she wants to avenge her, too. Amid the tangled love and hate, neither of them can tell whether he loves her for who she is or for her face, or whether he loves the Shen Muqing of the past or the Yuan Yaoyao of today. In their brief, false period of happiness, she only knows that the prince has changed and become hopelessly lovesick. But she has fallen irretrievably in love with someone else…
Perhaps love is not the only destination for a woman; there may be faraway places to explore, too. Yet in the end, a woman like Yuan Yaoyao is trapped, while a woman like Shen Zhi finds freedom.
A choice, and fate.
