Three deadly endings, three rebirths, and a laid-back System.
Shen Niannian is an incredibly unlucky woman who transmigrated into another world. Bind herself to a System, win over a target, complete the mission, and she can go home. Sounds simple, right? No. She died three times. In her first life, she was erased. In her second, she drowned in a lake. In her third, she starved to death. Every time, she tried to win over Fu Heng, the Marquis's eldest son, and every time it ended in death, with his affection for her dropping lower and lower. The System couldn't take it anymore. “Try someone else. Fu Yuan'an's affection is at 99%.”
Fu Yuan'an, the Marquis's second son, is frail and mild-mannered, speaking softly like a puppy just waiting for someone to pet him. With his affection at 99%, Shen Niannian thinks, Isn't this just easy mode?
But she soon discovers that he isn't the sweet, obedient boy she thought he was.
He's the master of Tingyu Tower, who's been pretending to be ill for years while secretly plotting in court. He remembers all three of her previous lives in full. He watched her die again and again, only to start over each time. He's been waiting for her for three lifetimes.
“Big sister, I've waited for you for three lifetimes. At last, I've finally found you in this one.”
Shen Niannian panics. She's not from this world, and she has no idea when she'll have to leave.
Later, she stops seeking him out, but he comes to her instead.
“Big sister, I don't need you to promise me anything. I've waited for you for three lifetimes. I can wait a little longer.”
Looking at him, she suddenly thinks that perhaps she can take a chance. Bet that he won't leave, that he won't change, that he won't abandon her like everyone else. And she ends up putting her heart on the line.
She thinks she's the one winning him over, never realizing that he's been waiting a very, very long time for her to come to him.
