I Won't Marry the Heir

The doomed original novel's supporting heroine and the male side character who dies of illness only a few chapters after appearing

The original heroine, making a grand entrance, told Gu Ruo, "Everything you have is mine, including your man."

Gu Ruo calmly nodded. "Fine."

One day, the original heroine leaned weakly toward Xie Huaijing. Gu Ruo snapped the flower stem in her hand and sneered.

That's right. The sweet, innocent heroine broke free of the plot and stopped loving the male lead. Instead, she set her sights on the sickly man from the original novel.

While investigating clues and repaying a debt of gratitude, Xie Huaijing gave the heroine the jewelry Gu Ruo's mother had picked out for her. Later, Gu Ruo cried (or pretended to) in front of him, saying how much she loved that set.

Looking down at Gu Ruo in his arms, Xie Huaijing fell into deep thought.

So he went and stole the jewelry back himself. Who would have thought Gu Ruo would turn her head away and say she didn't want something someone else had worn?

From the corner of her eye, Gu Ruo caught the helpless bewilderment in Xie Huaijing's handsome, foxlike eyes.

Later, after being laughed at in the capital for a year, Gu Ruo waved her sleeve and pointed at Xie Huaijing, who was on the verge of dying from his illness. "I, your lady, am going to marry you."

The overgrown General Xie's residence welcomed its mistress at last.

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Note: The heroine is kindhearted, but she'll bite when it comes to the male lead. The male lead has no idea how love works and eventually falls for her deliberate seduction.

Theme: Freedom is the greatest blessing