[Transmigration + everyday life in an ancient setting + sole heroine + mutual healing + sweet and angsty + living off her]
Before she was reborn, Su Wan was an illegitimate daughter of the Marquis's household. Then, in a single turn of events, she transmigrated and saved a gloomy young man, badly wounded and bullied by everyone.
He was the orphan of a disgraced minister, destined to become an unhinged villain who would wield power over the court and bathe the capital in blood. In his previous life, he was trampled and used until he became a bloodstained blade, dying without a trace of his remains.
Only she reached out to him in the mud, gave him food, taught him to read, and protected him as he struggled to survive, little by little, in the sprawling estate.
All she wanted was to avoid the plot, help him escape alive, and live in peace.
But the Marquis's household was rife with infighting, her legitimate sister framed her, the heir pressured her to marry him, and danger lurked everywhere. To protect her, the young man held his temper in check, though murderous fury surged in his eyes. He fought assassins barehanded and refused to take a single step back, even covered in blood.
“Don't be afraid, Sister. I'll protect you.” He clawed his way up from the dust and risked his life just to protect the one light in his world. She broke free of her habit of yielding and learned to meet force with softness, determined to raise the unhinged villain into a gentle young man once more. What did palace power struggles matter?
And what if the heir was hunting them?
In this life, she would be no one's pawn and wouldn't pine for the Marquis's household. She would protect only one person.
