“One-on-one, possessive and domineering romance”
A “fake” gentleman versus a sweet, meek little bunny. By “fake,” the story means putting on an act, a phony who pretends to be a proper gentleman.
In her previous life, Huangfu Siya fell in love with her at first sight. Thinking she was too young to handle a scare, he took his childhood friend's terrible advice: warm the frog slowly. Before the water even boiled, she'd already be on her way to the wedding.
He threw caution to the wind and rushed to steal her away from the wedding. Jiang Mianyue was so frightened that she avoided him every day, and even tried to run away from him.
After an incident, she escaped, only to meet a tragic end. He was the one who collected her body, then took his own life at her grave.
On the first day they met after being reborn, Huangfu Siya declared, “Whoever wants to be a gentleman can be one. I'm done pretending!”
Jiang Mianyue thought, “Maybe I shouldn't run this time. Running means an early death. Amitabha, Buddha, have some rice cakes!”
Given another chance at life, Jiang Mianyue saw things differently. If even her childhood sweetheart could betray her, she couldn't expect anything from the family that had treated her as a bargaining chip. No one in the world loved her anymore, so she would live for herself. Making herself happy was the most important thing in life.
Zhou Xubai couldn't accept it. He regretted everything and knelt outside the Jiang home in the rain and thunder. “Mianmian, I was wrong. What happened between Niannian and me was an accident. I still love you.”
See? That's what a scumbag sounds like.
The moment Huangfu Siya got the news, he rushed over and kicked Zhou Xubai aside without a word. “If anyone's going to kneel at the gate, it's me. Who do you think you are?”
Huangfu Siya was the eldest son and heir of the Huangfu family, Europe's most powerful clan. Everyone else could only bow and scrape before him.
