[The rating just opened, don’t be scared] Sweet romance, no angst. The male lead is “a wolf in public, a puppy in private.”
Shi Guiyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the doomed female supporting character who dumped the heir apparent, immediately started dating someone else, and was eventually locked in a basement with her legs broken, driven to suicide.
She’s barely arrived when she faces the threat of meeting her online date in person. She has to dump this obsessive maniac, or she’ll end up imprisoned.
But the heir apparent says:
“Didn’t you say you loved me most?”
“Can we please not break up?”
“What did I do wrong? I’ll change.”
No, man, you didn’t do anything wrong. This world is the problem.
If she can’t get away, she’ll have to keep him on a tight leash. Shi Guiyi lays out her seven rules: “Listen to me. Don’t get close to other women. Don’t interfere with my social life. No silent treatment. Trust me unconditionally. No locking me up. Break any rule, and we’re over.”
The heir apparent obediently signs. “As long as I don’t break the rules, you’ll never break up with me, right?”
Later, Ji Xianlin, cold and heartless in public, learns to pout, shed tears, and comfort himself: “Susu doesn’t love me? No, she definitely loves me. She’s just too shy to say it.”
“In her eyes, you’re just an obedient dog.”
“You’re wrong. I’m the only one in her heart. Even if I’m just an obedient dog in her eyes, I’m still her one and only dog.”
He’s mastered the art of convincing himself, full marks.
How will a clearheaded, flirtatious heroine train her double-faced, obsessive male lead to heel?
The female protagonist is sober and the male protagonist is paranoid. The female protagonist is the last straw he grasps and is his salvation.