After Confessing to the Beloved Female Lead

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Coming soon: After Becoming the Secret Guard of a Mad Princess.

Blurb:

Ming Chu had been told since childhood by the System bound to her that the world she lived in was a novel.

Her classmate, Xu Futang, was the novel’s beloved heroine, adored by everyone.

Xu Futang was stunningly beautiful.

Countless powerful men were madly in love with her, including a genius scientist, a gentle movie star, and a domineering CEO...

But the spoiled and willful Xu Futang was unmoved by them all.

She watched cruelly as the powerful men fought to the death over her, enjoying their pathetic behavior.

Ming Chu and Xu Futang were worlds apart.

She was introverted and timid, and spent most of her time as a background character.

Her only important scene came at a party after high school graduation, when she mustered the courage to confess to Xu Futang, who had become a top-tier star.

According to the plot, Xu Futang would mock her mercilessly before rejecting her without hesitation.

Ming Chu would then be heartbroken and exit the story.

It sounded simple enough.

So Ming Chu dutifully followed the System's instructions and played her part.

But something went wrong.

The beloved heroine reluctantly accepted Ming Chu's confession.

The System explained that the heroine was cold by nature and could never truly like her. She had definitely done it just to provoke the men and women who adored her.

After a while, once the heroine got bored, she would definitely break up with Ming Chu.

Everyone outside the System thought the same.

Ming Chu had no choice but to wait.

Meanwhile, she had to keep playing the role of Xu Futang's lovesick admirer.

She also had to deal with the mountains of trouble caused by Xu Futang's frenzied admirers, including an unending stream of death threats.

They were desperate to get rid of Ming Chu and take her place.

Living in fear every day, Ming Chu prayed that the heroine would break up with her soon.

But to her horror, the supposedly carefree heroine's gaze seemed to grow more and more intense.

In the third month of their relationship, the proud Xu Futang, who hated trouble, prepared a proposal and asked Ming Chu to marry her.

Ming Chu shamefully ran away in fright.

One night, some time later,

Ming Chu discovered an unwelcome visitor had entered her hotel room.

The stunning woman before her stared at her with a deranged, obsessive expression, then smiled softly at Ming Chu, who was trembling in fear. “Chu Chu, you can't get away.”

Wherever you run, I'll follow.

“Help! The beloved heroine is forcing me!”

PS: This story has many villains and plenty of supporting characters with questionable morals. If that's not your thing, please don't read.

Coming-soon blurb: Li Man had been raised from childhood to serve as the crown prince's secret guard.

After years of working outdoors in all kinds of weather, Li Man was transferred back to the capital.

She'd heard that secret guards in the capital barely had any work. Most of the day, they lounged on rooftops with their colleagues, even chatting about gossip in sign language.

When assassins showed up, they could blend into the crowd of guards and make a show of helping without actually doing anything.

Li Man thought she had finally made it.

But less than a month later, the crown prince assigned her to “protect” Princess Qingyan.

Princess Qingyan was a peerlessly beautiful woman, with skin as pale as ice and snow, and alluring eyes that captivated all who saw them.

Countless scholars admired her.

Even the crown prince, her brother, seemed to harbor other feelings for her.

At first, the emperor betrothed the princess to the top scorer in the palace examination.

On their wedding day, the groom died suddenly.

After the funeral, the princess mysteriously disappeared.

Li Man met the princess, who was being held at the crown prince's villa.

The princess wore mourning clothes, yet looked dazzling and regal.

She greeted the newly arrived Li Man with a lovely smile and gentle eyes.

She was truly beautiful, and seemed kind.

But Li Man was terrified.

She had asked around.

The princess was known for manipulating people, and was ruthless, heartless, and calculating.

Before Li Man, several secret guards had fallen in love with the princess and risked their lives to rescue her from captivity by attempting to assassinate the crown prince.

Every one of them had failed and died.

The princess hadn't grieved for them at all. She had even called them useless.

Li Man had been sent because she was a woman.

The crown prince assumed that a woman like her wouldn't fall for the princess.

Li Man had thought so too. How could she have known that the princess was into both men and women?

The princess treated Li Man very well. She generously shared her food, fine clothes, and jewelry with her, and patiently taught her to read.

She even slept in the same bed with Li Man, holding her close.

Li Man watched herself fall for the princess, fully aware of what was happening and utterly powerless to stop it.

She helped the princess kill the crown prince, deal with her other obsessive suitors and her opponents, and claim the throne.

As the saying goes, when the birds are gone, the bow is put away.

Li Man was sure the princess would get rid of her.

So one night, after spending an intimate evening with the princess, Li Man fled the palace.

A few months later, a large group of soldiers surrounded the small courtyard where Li Man lived.

The princess, now the sovereign, smiled as she stroked Li Man, who had been dosed with a muscle relaxant, then kissed her tenderly.

“Now you're mine.”

#A story of a secret guard who becomes an empress#

Two people with hidden agendas find genuine feelings for each other amid all their false affection.

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