[Ruthless, Fake Sweetheart Perfumer VS Noble, Protective, Scheming Prince Jing]
With both her father and elder brother thrown in prison, Song Ying went from a pampered young lady to the daughter of a convicted official in the blink of an eye.
Everyone cursed the Song father and son for their heartless corruption, even embezzling disaster relief funds. Only she believed they had been framed.
She ran from place to place, pleading for their case to be reopened, but even her childhood sweetheart and fiancé refused to believe her.
“You should know you aren't worthy of becoming the Fourth Prince's consort. I already have someone I love. If you have any sense, you'll call off the engagement yourself!”
Dressed in rough homespun clothes, Song Ying watched the Fourth Prince leave with his arm around a giggling woman, and had no idea what to do.
That was when the System appeared.
“I can help you. If you successfully win him over, you can get everything you want.”
It said the Fourth Prince was the tragic, unhinged male lead, and she was the “female lead” it had carefully chosen.
She believed it. With the System's help, she pursued the Fourth Prince relentlessly, only to fail again and again. The slightest misstep meant starting over.
The Fourth Prince was selfish and shallow, two-timing several women, and cared about no one but himself.
No matter how much Song Ying did for him, his affection level never reached the passing mark set by the System.
On her thirty-fifth rebirth, she finally could not take it anymore and plunged a knife into her target's heart.
Thirty-sixth cycle.
The System was stunned to find that its once-obedient Host had suddenly stopped following orders.
She was straying further and further from the image of a perfect female lead, and looking more and more like... a villain who did whatever she pleased.
“My life belongs to me. It has nothing to do with the System's designated target.”
“He's only the male lead because I chose him. I can choose anyone to be the ‘male lead.’”
Unexpectedly, after escaping the System's constraints, she got everything she wanted.
Male lead's perspective:
When the childhood savior who had once saved his life was convicted and imprisoned, Jiang Xuanyu sent people to look after his family's only daughter, only to unexpectedly discover that she seemed to be hiding a secret.
He studied the young woman before him with amusement, leaned closer, and whispered in her ear, “You killed the Minister of Rites, didn't you?”
Song Ying looked innocent and pale. “Your Highness must be joking. How could a weak woman like me kill anyone?”
Jiang Xuanyu toyed with the evidence in his hand. “Miss Song, if you keep playing dumb, I'm afraid I'll have to follow the rules.”
He had not expected this woman to be so audacious. Not only did she refuse to confess, she even dared to propose a deal.
“My father and brother are not corrupt officials!”
Seeing the determination in her eyes, Jiang Xuanyu felt a stir in his heart and, as if possessed, let her go just this once.
Little did he know, this was the beginning of their story.
“My fourth nephew's fiancée? So what?”
“I'll give her everything she wants, even the head of her... former fiancé.”
Coming soon: Modern entertainment-industry romance, When Will the Film Emperor's Mask Slip?
A lighthearted story about an unknown young actress struggling to make it, until an immersion-method film emperor takes a liking to her and insists on becoming her assistant.
Theme: Finding yourself instead of relying on others.
This system is so disgusting, please abuse the system!
It's very beautiful. Come on!
Thank you to heaven, thank you to earth, thank you for your hard work~