[Both reborn + two formidable leads + love and hate + household intrigue + not a wish-fulfillment story]
Xie Heng held the highest offices, serving as Grand Preceptor for a time. He lived without desires or ambitions, dedicating his life to protecting the Xie family’s honor. After long enough, that life became dull.
Then he carefully raised a little kitten who meowed at him. He watched her grow from a cub into a wild wolf, never imagining that one day he would fall into her hands...
Reader’s guide:
In her previous life, Tong Ci was called Su Yuyi. After her birth mother was framed by her stepmother, Tong Ci was made to take her legitimate elder sister’s place in the palace selection. She was rejected because of her low status, but as luck would have it, Xie Heng had circled her name on the selection notice. So, through a twist of fate, she entered the palace in place of Xie Zhi and married the old emperor. Later, she poisoned Xie Heng, avenged her birth mother, and died herself on a snowy winter’s day.
By a twist of fate, she was reborn as a daughter of the Tong family. Because she had caused so many innocent people to suffer in her previous life, she entered a temple to atone. After escaping over the wall and returning to secular life, she took on her wicked neighbors, married Xie Heng, and used him to help a friend clear their name.
Tong Ci: I won’t be a good wife. (He’s just a tool for solving cases.)
Xie Heng: I won’t be a good husband. (She’s a parasite threatening the Xie family’s honor.)
After Zhao Jian’s case was solved, Tong Ci took on Xie Zhi. In this life, she had finally avenged herself, and a divorce agreement was placed before Xie Heng...
Something extraordinary has happened in Nanyu: Xie Heng is chasing his wife!
On another snowy day, Xie Heng stood outside the Tong residence, covered in snow, and pleaded miserably, “My lady, I was wrong. Please come home with me.”
