Strong heroine, woman disguised as a man, revenge, fictional setting
[Oblivious, blunt straight woman vs. arrogant, melodramatic pretty boy]
For twenty years, living as a man in the Situ family, Nanyue was like a puppet with no thoughts of her own. Every accomplishment and honor she earned was divided equally among the Situ family's children.
Even so, they refused to let her live.
After narrowly escaping death, Nanyue holds a knife to the throat of the person who once tormented her and smiles innocently. “I've crawled back from hell to claim your life. Come on, give me a nice big smile.”
Everyone recoils in terror, waving their hands and huddling together in tears.
After accompanying Nanyue along the way, one man realizes she's not only popular with women, but has plenty of men chasing after her too. Terrified his wife might leave him, he rushes home, empties out his family fortune, grabs his dowry, and hurries over to offer it to Nanyue. “Yueyue, I've brought my dowry to marry you!”
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