[Vengeful, unhinged beauty + scheming antagonist + System redemption + reunion after a long separation]
The story of a male lead whose soul was imprisoned by a System and who spent a century chasing his wife, alongside a supporting heroine who was relentlessly suppressed by the System in her previous life. After enduring a hundred lifetimes of hardship, they finally gather their soul fragments in this life and become whole.
A merchant burdened by family vengeance and a lowly fugitive pretending to flee the chaos of war meet by chance and fall for each other in secret. Under a three-year pact, they share immense wealth, support one another, and forge a happy marriage. Before their great undertaking is complete, a general blocks their way on horseback:
“Shen Shuangran, will you marry me?”
“General, you’re brave, but far too sentimental. You’re not worth enjoying, yet too good to throw away!”
“Impudent! Do you know what my status is now?”
“General, are you planning to force me into it?”
Later, events change in an instant, and the two are forced to face each other on the battlefield.
“Han Sheng! Come home already!”
Han Sheng’s expression was stricken, his voice trembling. “A Ran, there’s no going back...” Though grief tore him apart, he had no choice but to raise his arm and give the order.
“Kill!”
Through the smoke of war and the drums of Fengdu, the empress and her imperial consort, long embittered against each other, could find no joy in their reunion.
Shen Shuangran fell backward to the ground, wracked with unbearable pain in her abdomen. Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, flowing like a gushing spring. “If, ha...” Her eyes brimmed with tears, yet she laughed, her voice tinged with bitter self-mockery and sounding almost like a whispered plea. “If you weren’t lying, come sooner next time, okay...”
“...But I’m only, I’m... sorry... Ah!!!” Han Sheng threw his head back and wailed in utter despair. He seemed incapable of doing it. He was just a pitiful System that couldn’t even cure his beloved’s nightmares...
