[Brooding, Patient Villain x Easygoing, Carefree Ray of Sunshine]
Transmigrate into a book + marriage before love + 1v1, both leads inexperienced, happy ending + possessive to the extreme
Cheng Yi transmigrates into the book as the cannon-fodder wife of Gu Changyan, the great villain who is supposed to die almost immediately.
A hellish scenario from the start!
The moment she opens her eyes, she walks straight into a staged adultery scene, set up by her stepsister.
Gu Changyan, a cold and imposing Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, stands at the door, and it looks as though he'll be convicted of adultery.
According to the plot, she'll soon be cast off, and her family will have her put to death to protect its reputation.
With her end already in sight, Cheng Yi gets a sudden idea. She throws herself at the man and clings tightly to his waist, giving the performance of her life.
"Husband, you're finally home. I've missed you so much."
Gu Changyan: ???
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He placed third in the imperial examinations and serves as a Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. He is also the late emperor's secret son, hidden within the court.
He married her only to repay her grandfather for saving his life and teaching him.
For six months of marriage, he has stayed at the government offices, never once setting foot in the inner courtyard, and treated her as if she didn't exist.
In the original story, he plots rebellion at every turn, only to die pierced by a thousand arrows.
Cheng Yi knows the whole plot like the back of her hand!
She just wants to lie flat. She doesn't want to die alongside him!
But ever since that farce, Gu Changyan, who had always been cold and unfeeling and treated her like trash, has changed completely.
He casts off his aloof facade, becoming obsessively clingy and possessive, keeping her by his side every moment of the day.
"Don't leave me, all right?"
"I'll give up everything. I only ask that you never leave me..."
Cheng Yi rubs her forehead and smiles wryly.
It's over.
The villain who was supposed to be cold-blooded, ruthless, and incapable of love seems to have been warped by her, completely out of character.
Very good!