The day Shen Zhiyi married Pei Ci, the entire capital waited to see which of them would kill the other first. After all, one was a “fake little white rabbit,” seemingly gentle but full of wicked tricks, while the other was a “smiling tiger,” seemingly aloof but cold-hearted and ruthless. They had been at each other’s throats since childhood and had never made peace.
On their wedding night, there was no romance, only a frank confrontation. Pei Ci sat on the wedding bed, toying with their two nuptial wine cups, his smile inscrutable. “Shen Zhiyi, let’s be honest. We both know how this marriage came about.” Shen Zhiyi immediately dropped her feigned meekness, kicked off her wedding shoes, and sneered. “Since we’re on a pirate ship, let’s see who capsizes first. Heir Pei, from now on, you keep to your side of the house and I’ll keep to mine.”
They thought they’d simply be sharing a home despite loathing each other, but before long, things took a turn. She schemed against political rivals, and he discreetly handed her their incriminating evidence, saying coolly afterward, “Don’t dirty your hands.” When her family gave her a hard time, he deftly turned them away and mocked them all: “You think you can criticize my wife?”
Shen Zhiyi began to panic. “Pei Ci, we agreed not to interfere with each other. Aren’t you crossing the line?” Pei Ci leisurely took off his court robes and advanced step by step, until he had her cornered in a tiny space. “The line? Shen Zhiyi, from the day you put a snake in my study, we were destined to be in this together.” “A fox with a thousand years under its belt shouldn’t pretend to be some ghost-story ingenue.”
[Clear-headed, career-minded heroine vs. scheming, fiercely protective, highly intelligent hero] #Only enemies are destined to meet. This time, we’re both in on the scheme#
