The Wicked Supporting Actress Wants to Run Away, but the Sickly Crown Prince Won't Let Go

When Shen Li opened her eyes, she had become the universally hated villainess in an old-school tragic romance.

In the original story, she schemed against the heroine to marry the sickly heir, Pei Yan, drove her half-sister to her death, and was eventually pierced through the heart by the hero's sword.

The System coldly issued her a mission: stay away from the original plot, survive until the ending, and earn a chance to return to the modern world.

Without a second thought, Shen Li packed her things and prepared to run.

But just as she stepped over the threshold...

Pei Yan, pale and coughing on the bed, murmured, "Where are you going, my lady?"

Shen Li kept a straight face. "I'm going to prepare medicine for you, Your Lordship."

Inside, she was screaming: [A dying man is the scariest kind! System, you married me off to a ticking time bomb! I'm running right now! Immediately! This instant!]

Pei Yan lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, his fingers stroking the teacup.

Because he could hear every thought in her head.

Every day, he listened to her call him a "sicko," a "black-hearted schemer," and "a death warrant from the underworld."

Every day, he calmly coughed up blood and pretended to be weak, watching her fret in circles.

Until the day she really tried to leave.

Pei Yan trapped her in a corner, his pale face set in a chilling smile.

"Aren't you always hoping I'll die?"

"Then why don't we... die together?"

Shen Li: "...System! This isn't how the story was supposed to go! Where's the sickly beauty I was promised!!!"