A Fantasy of Being Loved: Everyone Loves Me, but I Put Myself First

[Revenge and cathartic comeuppance]

“Have you ever been bullied at school?”

Gu Ji nodded. “I have.”

“Can you tell me about it?”

[Gu Ji & Li Ta: healing each other]

[Client & counselor]

[A heroine who fantasizes about being loved while carrying a grudge & a gentle hero who is a master of emotional manipulation]

As they spend time together, the two develop feelings for each other. After Li Ta is reported, they leave Ningzhou quietly, without saying goodbye, agreeing to meet again in three years, though perhaps they will never meet again.

“I don’t even know whether she really loved me or had simply developed an attachment to me.”

…

[Gu Pengzhou & Gu Ji: love and hate]

[Bully & victim]

[Lisbon syndrome & reverse Stockholm syndrome]

He knelt on the ground and looked at Gu Ji. “Gu Ji, I was wrong.”

“What? You were wrong?” Gu Ji turned around, her eyes full of scorn. “If you eat it, I might forgive you just a tiny bit.” As she spoke, Gu Ji pinched her fingers together to show just how tiny.

…

This is not just a tale of romance among the next generation of heirs. The previous generation has its own grudges, too.

Everyone who hurt Gu Ji ends up dead, injured, or in prison…