When the Green-Tea Beauty Acts Coy, the Mad Grand Tutor's Soul Takes Flight

Two female leads, devoted to each other, nine-year age gap, a touch of paper-wife love, the powerful one falls for her and lowers her head, self-delusion, caught while fleeing, mad power-wielding minister, older woman, one-on-one A scheming, sweet-talking beauty vs. the all-powerful, crazed and possessive Grand Tutor Her husband returned from three years guarding the frontier with another woman. The emperor decreed their marriage and forbade divorce. Only then did Mu Shutong realize she was merely a supporting character in a romance novel. Before long, an “accident” would put her in the hands of bandits, where she would meet her untimely end. To survive, she summoned her courage and seduced the Grand Tutor. She got her husband drunk, then carefully lured him in. “Grand Tutor, please be gentle with me…” Mu Shutong lived in fear by You Ji's side. When villains seized her and threatened him, You Ji drew his longbow and took aim. The sharp arrow grazed her cheek. The pampered, privileged man smiled smugly. “Tell me, am I a good shot?” She knew it. To You Ji, she was nothing but a plaything. She seized her chance to fake her death and escape. Blood filled the streets of the capital. You Ji walked through the rain, sword in hand. “Let them all die with her…” After learning she had deceived him, You Ji cornered her against a wall, his eyes dark. “You were the one who seduced me first. Now that you're done playing with me, you think you can run?” … You Ji knew all along. She'd deliberately fawned over him, acting coy and playing up her charms. He simply thought life had finally become interesting. “She's just a plaything.” Later: “You love me that much?” You Ji gave a cold snort. When she confirmed it, his lips curled into a smile. “It's only natural. How boring.” “You haven't really fallen for her, have you?” a friend teased. You Ji rolled his eyes. “Hmph. As if I'd love her.” In the end: You Ji pulled her close by the waist and kissed her. “Tangtang, I love you so much today, too.”