Wake Up! The Crown Prince’s Wicked Village Wife Is Reborn

A refined, self-serving beauty who coasts through life × a possessive, devoted wolf in sheep’s clothing | 1v1 | The chase-back groveling arc Everyone in the capital knows the woman the crown prince brought home has nothing but a pretty face. Born to a washerwoman, she took advantage of a chance encounter and occupied the future empress’s place for three years. The ministers count the days until she’s stripped of her title, while the noblewomen wait behind their fans for her to make a fool of herself. The night before he ascends the throne, Jiang Baozhu dies. When she opens her eyes again, forgetful Xie Cijun is still working himself to the bone for her. The imperial palace is a place where people die. She wants none of this fortune. While he’s still an idiot, she’ll find some rich, handsome sucker she can push around. As for Xie Cijun? She’s already tricked him. Time to dump him. She doesn’t get away. He blocks her at the city gate. “You don’t want a workhorse like me anymore?” “I’ll ride someone else.” His smile doesn’t reach his eyes, but it burns all the same. “Fine. Let’s see who dares take you.” - Everyone says Xie Cijun is dazzlingly handsome and full of grand ambitions. But he alone knows that all the praise, admiration, and awe are aimed at the words “crown prince.” Not a single ray of light has ever truly fallen on him as a person. Except for her. She doesn’t admire or fear him. She treats him like a workhorse, ordering him around and cursing him without even blinking. She doesn’t believe in love, and she doesn’t know how to love. No matter how overwhelming someone’s devotion is, she can’t accept it, nor does she want to. But he insists on giving it to her. She curses him, and he listens. She runs, and he chases her. When she’s asleep, he lowers his head and kisses her ankle. She says, “Your life isn’t worth anything.” He replies, “That’s right. Only my baby’s life matters.” He doesn’t ask her to love him. He only wants her to live and stay by his side. As for everything else, he can wait.