(A high-born young lady who hides a dagger behind her smile VS a seemingly aloof but actually unhinged chief minister)
[Revenge After Rebirth] [Brother-in-Law Romance] [Yandere Forced Love] [Household Intrigue and Political Scheming]
In her previous life, Su Qingwan gave everything to help her husband, Xiao Jue, rise to power, only to be drowned in a pond and branded a "wanton woman" in return. As she died with hatred in her heart, she saw only her cold, taciturn brother-in-law, Xiao Cong, denouncing the injustice done to her, but he was ultimately too late.
When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the time before the tragedy. Beneath her gentle, virtuous facade lay the heart of a vengeful demon, tempered by hatred.
Revenge? She couldn't let him die so easily! She would seize the power he craved most, destroy the voice he valued above all, and make him be abandoned by his own kin, plunged into eternal hell!
Her first move was to set her sights on the highest peak in the manor: Xiao Cong, the cold and austere brother-in-law whose power held the entire court in its grip.
She deliberately draws close, keeping him at arm's length, carefully playing the part of an enigma who is both fragile and resilient, luring him deeper with every step. Yet she has no idea that what she has kindled is no flame of protection, but an obsessive blaze fierce enough to consume them both.
Xiao Cong's gaze grows darker and more intense by the day. "Wanwan, using me comes at a high price." "You may look at no one but me." "If you dare run… this gilded cage will be your home forever."
As the satisfaction of revenge intertwines with pathological possessiveness, and her status as his younger brother's wife becomes a catalyst for forbidden desire, Su Qingwan suddenly realizes that she may have escaped one den of wolves only to fall into the hands of another, even more obsessive and unhinged captor.
She was reborn for revenge, but unexpectedly became his sole obsession, the object of a relentless and deadly desire.
