[Slow-burn historical romance · mutual growth · long-running plot · captive romance and angst]
Characters: Yandere Empress (princess/investigator) x second daughter of a military family (assassin/courtesan)
Chen Chaoyu is the sort who lures her target in like prey. She has the face of an innocent, sweet girl, but she’s a complete perverted yandere. The moment she met Han Muqi at the brothel, she began her act: pretending to be the pure, innocent flower Han Muqi liked. Acting fragile is her specialty.
Han Muqi is the sort who thinks she’s the top but ends up imprisoned and toyed with until she has no strength left. A dazzling, bewitching beauty, she’s also an assassin with maxed-out combat skills. Since childhood, she’s been unable to resist girls who are pure, innocent flowers. Meeting Chen Chaoyu, she falls completely and hopelessly in love.
Plot setup
Chen Chaoyu: A poisonous princess who clawed her way out of the Cold Palace. She carefully builds a good reputation among the common people, while scheming behind their backs. She’ll stop at nothing to get whatever she wants.
Han Muqi: The second daughter of a military family that was slaughtered. Unable to protect herself, she was captured and taken to Mobei. With her charm and combat skills both off the charts, she successfully takes revenge.
The two met as children, but neither knew who the other was. As adults, they meet for the first time at a brothel: one plots and manipulates, while the other falls in love.
One, having lived in darkness, is drawn to the other’s light, and gradually falls into the trap of seduction she has laid.
The other, starved of genuine affection, is drawn to her sincerity, and slowly falls for the perfect persona she has created.
When she finally tastes the light’s betrayal, she decides to lock that light away, keeping it for her own enjoyment.
When she discovers that the sincerity was mixed with calculation, she decides to escape the prison of love and retreat once more into her cold, guarded shell.
The author writes very well. The relationship between Han and Chen draws out the framework of the book. The heroine's experience and the emergence of feelings create the sadomasochism of the book. The author of this book has good writing style and the plot brings a sense of satisfaction. The story between the two heroines is unfolded in a narrative similar to Chen Qingling. But the speed of recycling the beginning is good. The author understands what the readers want to see. Judging from the current plot direction, Han may escape. Chen chases his wife at the crematorium. The back and forth has reached 200,000 to 300,000 words. But I think the probability of the ending is very low, unless Chen Zai makes mistakes later and forces Han to commit suicide, which would be a bit bloody. Anyway, if you want to read yandere, start from volume 8
Nice! The plot is compact. The two heroines are both small, but they are very smart, tough, and have their own character traits. Every chapter is interesting to read! Is it Shuangjie? He or Be!