The Fussy Fiancée of the Ascetic Monk

[Transmigrate into a book + System + the aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal + all-out sweet romance]

Yu Jiaojiao transmigrates into a book as a marriage pawn for the Huo family, one of the capital’s most powerful elite clans. She’s also bound to a “villainous cannon-fodder System.”

The mission is simple: make a spectacular mess of things, squander the family fortune, humiliate the male lead, and achieve the perfect ending: getting the engagement called off.

Her fiancé, Huo Hanzhou, wears Buddhist prayer beads on his wrist. Cool and ascetic, he’s hailed as a “living deity.” Full of confidence, Yu Jiaojiao charges right in.

System: “Go on, complain about the billion-yuan diamond ring he gave you in front of everyone!” Result: Huo Hanzhou casually waves a hand. “You don’t like it? Then I’ll buy that whole mine. You can pick one yourself.” System: “Go on, eat meat messily in front of him and stain his white shirt!” Result: Huo Hanzhou loosens his collar, a smile in his eyes. “Take your time. We can change if your clothes get dirty. I’d hate to see you choke.” System: “…Time for the big move! Cut the prayer beads he never takes off!”

They’re Huo Hanzhou’s most precious possession. Everyone in the capital is waiting to see Yu Jiaojiao drenched in blood.

But that night, as he gazes at sandalwood beads scattered across the floor, the madness he’d suppressed for years finally breaks free.

He corners the trembling woman against the wall, his voice hoarse and dangerous.

“Jiaojiao, you were the one who provoked me first.”

“Buddha saves all beings, but I… only save you.”

Later, Yu Jiaojiao rubs her aching waist and looks at the prayer beads, restrung and now worn around her ankle. She could cry.

So much for the ascetic Buddhist prince. He’s a complete lunatic!