Given a second life, I, Lin Wanqing, the legitimate daughter of the Shangshu Manor, return carrying boundless hatred and a strange ability to read minds.
In my previous life, I trusted my half-sister and the man I loved, only to see my family destroyed and die with hatred in my heart. In this life, everyone who wronged me will pay! The drowning plot, where I hear every vicious thought, and my sending a wicked servant straight to hell in return, are only the beginning.
I thought this was a lonely quest for revenge, until I heard the thoughts of that man: Xie Wujiu, the Regent who holds power over the court and is cold-blooded and ruthless.
While everyone else is scheming to devour me, he alone watches it all with indifference, a single thought rising in his mind:
[At last, the curtain is rising.]
He drapes a cloak, a symbol of protection, over my shoulders and whispers, "Take care of yourself." Every time he draws near, he seems to have ulterior motives, yet his innermost thoughts contradict his actions at every turn.
I thought mind-reading was the sharpest blade in my quest for revenge, letting me plan for every possibility. But as Xie Wujiu's presence and the mysteries surrounding him become ever more entangled with my fate, I realize that this gift may also be the key to revealing the one true answer.
This time, I will tear away every false face and protect everything I care about. But that man, is he the mastermind moving the pieces, or... a guardian deity who came for me?
On the path of revenge, I unknowingly stepped into his game.
