[Angst and exploitation]
Xiao Ming has been cast as the supporting female character. She knows that marrying in someone else’s place is a one-way road, yet she cannot escape the shackles of fate.
When the woman he loves finally gets her wish and dons her wedding dress, Xiao Ming thinks that once this farce is over, she’ll be free again.
But on the very night Jiang He brings his new wife home, all the tenderness in his eyes vanishes, revealing the fangs he has kept hidden for so long.
The years they spend risking their lives for each other turn out to be nothing more than a cage he carefully built for her.
When she lies drenched in blood in his arms, feeling the warmth of his hand, she finally realizes that his supposed devotion was nothing but a scheme.
Xiao Ming’s heart, numb with pain, has no strength left to fight, and the way back has already been cut off.
Ahead lies the living hell he has tailored just for her.
When Jiang He pushes her out into danger:
Xiao Ming: “Why me?”
Jiang He: “I love you.”
Xiao Ming: “Then why does it have to be me?”
Jiang He: “The more I love you, the more perfect this game becomes.”
When their opponent gloats, thinking they have her weakness in hand:
Xiao Ming: “How foolish. I’m nothing but a pawn.”
It turns out she was never out of the game at all.
Only half written
I was completely struck by the line in the introduction, "The more I love you, the more perfect this game becomes."