The One I Saved Turned the Tables on Me

My new novel, Who Wants to Marry Him?, is now underway.

[Love-struck, deranged, brooding younger man vs. naturally airheaded big sister with overwhelming fighting strength]

Later, Yao Chan tries to explain: "I only knew I was supposed to save the villain. Nobody told me I'd transmigrate at random! I didn't lie to you on purpose!"

Xing Wujiao smiles and gives her a gentle kiss on the lips. "It's all right. I forgive you."

Later, Xing Wujiao tries to explain: "I just wanted us to be together forever, never to part. I didn't lie to you on purpose, either."

Yao Chan clenches her fists, making them crack. "You bastard, prepare to die! I'll burn paper money for you on this day next year!"

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As a member of the Dragon Protagonist Assistance Division at the transmigration-into-a-book bureau, Yao Chan is dumbfounded when she's assigned to save Xing Wujiao, a villain from a male-oriented novel.

Who came up with the idea of sending a fighter to offer care and comfort?

To make matters worse, a malfunction causes her to start transmigrating at completely random intervals.

The first three times are normal. Whether he's the ruler of the Demon Realm, a gloomy young man, or a pitiful prisoner, helping the Dragon Protagonist is basically the same thing, isn't it? Fighting and killing?

And between life and death, she and Xing Wujiao develop an extremely deep...

Comradeship!

Yao Chan: Don't dismiss comradeship as if it weren't a real bond!

The fourth time she transmigrates, things start to feel a little off.

Yao Chan wakes up in a muddled daze inside an ice coffin, and the instant she opens her eyes, she's kissed into a stupor.

Yao Chan: "Wait! When did things get this far between us?"

What happened to our comradeship?!

The handsome young man lowers his eyes innocently, smiles at her as if nothing is amiss, and says, "I was drunk. Don't take it to heart, Big Sis."

Yao Chan: Oh... So he acted out of character while drunk. That's normal!

The fifth time she transmigrates, things get really strange!

A rumor spreads throughout the Three Realms that Xing Wujiao, ruler of the Three Realms, has a beloved woman. Their love is passionate and tangled, and Xing Wujiao has killed her several times out of love turned to hate.

Yao Chan: Huh? Who started that rumor? What nonsense! It's complete nonsense!

It isn't until Yao Chan realizes that, without her noticing, Xing Wujiao has turned the entire Three Realms into a cage just for her.

But when she questions him, the handsome young man only kisses her temple affectionately and gently, speaking as casually as if the matter were of no importance:

"Big Sis, I only want to protect you. I want to eliminate everything that could threaten you. What's wrong with that?"

Yao Chan: The hunter has become the hunted.

So she steels herself and runs away.

She has no idea that, that very night, a cold, deep voice rings in the minds of everyone in the Three Realms:

"Find her."

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Xing Wujiao dominates the Three Realms throughout his life, but no one knows that the same person has "killed" him four times.

Yao Chan appears in his world like a god descended from heaven, saving him from the abyss, only to abandon and deceive him again and again, pushing him into an ocean of misery.

Hundreds of years of hopeless waiting. Their brief moments together were like honey, and like poison that pierced his heart.

When his feelings reach their deepest, he even begins to hate her.

When they meet again, Xing Wujiao looks at the face that has appeared countless times in his nightmares and dreams, and thinks with a smile: Big Sis is a liar.

She once said she would stay with him forever, yet broke her promise and left again and again.

But it doesn't matter. He will help her fulfill her promise.

[Reading Guide]

1. The heroine will transmigrate irregularly to different points in the hero's life, so their timelines don't match.

2. The heroine is the strongest fighter and cultivates the Dao of Unfeeling. She knows nothing about romance.

3. The hero will scheme every possible way to get the heroine. He gets completely, utterly crazy later on and stops at nothing, so please forgive this lunatic.

January 28 launch

Who Wants to Marry Him?

[Fake aloof flower, actually a phony x straightforward, spoiled heiress]

An unconventional marriage-before-love | Rivals get married | Instinctively attracted but too stubborn to admit it

Rong Yan, the elegant, aloof crown prince of Beijing's elite circle, is decisive and formidable, refined in manner, calm, and self-controlled.

Li Shuyin, the dazzling darling of the Li family, is strikingly beautiful and radiant, with a spoiled yet forthright personality.

Childhood sweethearts, a perfect match, seemingly made for each other at first glance.

Unfortunately, two things are common knowledge among the wealthy elite:

First: Rong Yan and Li Shuyin have always detested each other at first sight.

Second: They were betrothed as children, destined to be a mismatched couple.

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After their lavish wedding, almost everyone wonders how long this paper-thin couple will be able to stand each other. Some even place bets on when they will divorce.

To avoid becoming a laughingstock, Li Shuyin and Rong Yan make a three-point agreement: act like a loving couple in public, don't interfere in each other's lives in private, and go their separate ways once they have an heir.

Yet six months into their marriage, they still have an exceptionally pure roommate relationship...

Li Shuyin watches, anxious. How long is it going to take before they can go their separate ways? Is this guy frigid in bed?!

One day, she appears before Rong Yan in a nightgown, trying to sound calm. "Let's consummate our marriage and finish our 'task' sooner. It'll be a relief for both of us."

Under the crystal chandelier, the man's profile is handsome and aloof, his features radiating distance. At her words, he glances over indifferently.

"If you were married to someone else, would you be just as dutiful?"

Li Shuyin freezes for a moment, then her short temper flares.

If you want to, then do it. If not, get lost!

In the middle of the night, she wakes in a daze and turns crimson the instant she sees who is there.

From anger.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" she demands through gritted teeth, then suddenly grows tense and falls silent.

The man is as calm and composed as ever, but his pale amber eyes have turned dark. The way he stares down at her brings to mind a large cat about to feed.

Rong Yan's voice is low and hoarse. "Does what you said earlier still stand?"

That night, she is swept away by a storm that rages until morning, and feels as if he's getting revenge on her.

The good news: He's not frigid.

The bad news: He's far from frigid!

*

Yet despite their day-and-night efforts, nothing happens, and Li Shuyin can't figure out why.

Her baby-making partner patiently reassures her: "Don't worry. We'll keep trying tonight."

Li Shuyin thinks about it. That really is their only option.

To get them to go their separate ways sooner, Li Shuyin tries everything she can. Even when Rong Yan tells her, "Bend down a bit more. That'll improve the odds," she obediently does as he says.

Until one day, she discovers something in the study that shouldn't be there.

Use: male birth control.

Li Shuyin: "..."

That bastard!

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--In all the years I hated you, my heart realized I loved you before my mind did.

[Reading Guide]

* One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only.

* The man is two years older than the woman. He's perceptive and sensitive; she's incredibly oblivious.

* The hero has been scheming for a long time without realizing it himself. He insists it's just his duty as her fiance, and the heroine actually believes him.

Theme: Face life bravely.