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Original title: After Stopping the Gloomy Villain from Dying
Next book: After I Took the Cold Buddhist Monk for Myself. Please add it to your favorites!
[Blurb]
Daughter of a disgraced official x prince of the previous dynasty
Elegant on the outside, wild within heroine x gloomy, cold hero trained into a devoted dog
Mutual salvation | Career-focused in the first half, tortured romance in the second
After unexpectedly transmigrating into a book, Lu Yuanyu was told by the System to change the death ending of Ji Xiuning, the original story's villainous second male lead. She could go home only after completing the task.
The first time, Ji Xiuning lay in a pool of blood, battered and disheveled, barely clinging to life.
The second time, the rushing waters of the Qingchuan River swallowed Ji Xiuning. When he was pulled out, his skin was as pale as paper, and he wasn't breathing.
The third time, Ji Xiuning slit his wrists in the mulberry grove in Taoxi Village.
Lu Yuanyu finally made it in time to save him, only for Ji Xiuning to press a bloodstained dagger against her neck.
The icy touch spread from her neck through her whole body. Lu Yuanyu froze, not daring to move.
"Tell me. Who sent you?"
His deliberately lowered voice seemed wrapped in the bitter winter wind, raising goosebumps all over her.
Something was wrong. Lu Yuanyu suddenly realized he seemed to have mistaken her for someone else.
After a long explanation, Ji Xiuning finally let her go, though he still seemed doubtful.
As Lu Yuanyu breathed a sigh of relief, she kept glancing back at the tall, gloomy man behind her, curiosity rising in her heart. How could such a vigilant man repeatedly put his own life in danger?
She didn't yet know that their fates had become intertwined.
On the night before she was about to complete her mission and leave this world, she fell into a deep sleep, completely off guard.
When she opened her eyes again, Ji Xiuning had imprisoned her in a basement.
Slimy green moss covered the damp walls, but Ji Xiuning's gaze was even stickier and damper than the moss. He stared fixedly at her face as he wrapped coarse hemp rope around her and casually tied a knot that would not come undone.
Lu Yuanyu was filthy, but Ji Xiuning was hardly any better.
His voice trembled, but his grip on her wrist felt like it might crush it. "A-Yu, you'll never get away from me in this lifetime."
P.S. This story is entirely fictional and for entertainment only. Please maintain healthy values and a healthy outlook on love.
[Blurb for the upcoming novel After I Took the Cold Buddhist Monk for Myself]
[Soft, timid heroine x cold, dark-lotus hero]
Qingsu knew back in elementary school that a forcibly picked melon wasn't sweet.
So she never forced anyone into anything, not even once, all the way through college.
She thought she'd obediently go on blind dates, marry an honest, dependable man, and live out her life in peace.
But...
She suddenly transmigrated into a book!
Can someone come save her?!
Why is she trying to force herself on someone right from the start?
Oh, right. She's the one forcing herself on him.
That's not the point. The point is that this man in front of her will kill her in the future!
Everyone knew Qingsu had used despicable means to force Pei Ji to marry her, and they were all waiting to laugh at her.
But they never expected Pei Ji not only to show no anger or resentment, but also to prepare a generous dowry and marry her in grand style.
The neighbors all said that after so many years of cultivating at Jingfo Temple, Pei Ji had turned into an evil monk. What a pity, and what a disgrace.
The rumors grew more vicious, but Pei Ji remained unmoved, faithfully playing the part of a good husband.
Qingsu finally got what she wanted and left the Pei residence that had unsettled her so deeply, yet for some reason she still felt melancholy.
Then she saw that graceful, otherworldly figure again, and her quiet heart began beating recklessly once more.
She was about to run away again when she heard his usually calm, peaceful voice crack with restrained anguish, its bone-deep bitterness making her heart tremble.
"Susu, I finally found you."
Reader advisory:
Both leads are each other's first and only partner. One-on-one romance, happy ending.
Neither lead is a good person. The male lead has severe psychological trauma, and the female lead has a weak sense of morality. Please read with caution if these bother you!
The heroine suffers somewhat in the beginning, physically, but rises to power in the middle. There is some light emotional angst for the hero later on.
All antiques mentioned in the book date from before the Northern Song dynasty. The two dynasties in the story are both fictional.
Theme: Love needs no reason
