Saving the Corrupted Male Lead

Song Wanzhi died suddenly and transmigrated into a historical romance novel full of angst. The System assigned her a mission to save Xiao Huaiyan, the villain with a corruption level of 90. Failure meant death.

After seeing the ending in which Xiao Huaiyan slaughtered an entire household, she decisively chose to slack off. She only wanted to mooch off him and wait for him to meet his doom, then slip away at the first opportunity.

Following the System's instructions, Song Wanzhi found the young Xiao Huaiyan, who had been confined by his family in a separate estate. At their first meeting, his gaze was sinister, and he held a shard of porcelain to her throat. But she was staring at the osmanthus cakes in the courtyard, practically drooling, and begged to stay so she could cook and keep him company.

Xiao Huaiyan thought she was a spy and made her work as a cleaning maid. She took the chance to slack off, nap, and secretly stash snacks. Although Xiao Huaiyan remained wary, he quietly draped his outer robe over her after she was forced to deliver medicine. When she wanted to run away, he only said, "It's dangerous outside. If you want candy, I'll have the kitchen make some." He never exposed her lies.

Three years later, Xiao Huaiyan was attacked. The System forced Song Wanzhi to take a blade for him. After she was shot by an arrow, the world reset. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the first day she had transmigrated into the book, and Xiao Huaiyan had kept his memories of their previous life, too.

At their reunion, Xiao Huaiyan's eyes suddenly lit up. He hurried over and grabbed her hand, his voice trembling. "You're back? Don't run away again this time." He also offered her a warm osmanthus cake. He remembered how she had taken the arrow for him in their previous life, and how he had regretted being unable to protect her. This time, he wanted to give her all the tenderness he had.

From then on, Xiao Huaiyan no longer made Song Wanzhi do hard labor. He taught her to read and write and took her kite-flying. Whenever she fell, he anxiously checked her for injuries. When his stepmother gave her a hard time, he stepped in front of her and warned, "Touch her, and you make an enemy of me."

On the night of the full moon, he confessed earnestly, "I didn't understand love in my previous life. It wasn't until you took a blade for me that I realized I couldn't live without you. This time, I want to marry you."

After they arrived in the capital, they faced each crisis together. Xiao Huaiyan's half-brother, Xiao Mingyu, tried to poison him, but Song Wanzhi recognized the plot from her memories and threw the soup on him, exposing his scheme. When someone denounced Song Wanzhi as a witch in court, Xiao Huaiyan declared openly, "I will not forgive anyone who dares to slander her."

His stepmother and Xiao Mingyu set a trap at the birthday banquet, but the two of them turned the tables and sent them to prison. When Xiao Huaiyan was framed for colluding with the enemy and imprisoned, Song Wanzhi evaded her pursuers and found a key witness, successfully clearing his name.

When Xiao Huaiyan's corruption level fell to zero, Song Wanzhi chose to stay without hesitation.

Theme: No matter how far apart love may be, mountains and seas can be crossed.