My Love Rival Is Actually Myself

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From a daughter of an aristocratic clan to a convict in Lingnan, Ji Zhiyi's life ended at twenty-eight. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to ten years earlier.

As she thanked heaven for giving her another chance, she discovered that she could hardly sleep unless she drew a portrait of a man before bed.

In her previous life, finding his portrait had been what brought comfort to her lonely existence.

She set two goals:

First, keep her family from repeating the mistakes of the past.

Second, find the man in the portrait.

Before long, a young man leaped down from the wall. Stunningly handsome, wild and free-spirited, he grabbed her without a word and kissed her.

He said, "Satisfied now?"

Ji Zhiyi was stunned. "?"

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In his dreams, there was a young lady with a divine hand for drawing. She captured his mature, frail appearance vividly, and Shang Xu hadn't taken it too seriously at first.

As the heir to a princely estate, he could not bear the blessings of the imperial family. Strange things had plagued him since childhood, and he had been sent to his maternal grandfather's home outside Youzhou to be raised. He had thought it was only a dream.

But she kept appearing in his dreams, and that's when he realized something was wrong.

For instance... the man in the portrait was mature and composed, but he was only eighteen.

And she was always saying she wanted to meet him.

After many twists and turns, he finally discovered that she was a real, living person.

She grew bolder by the day, kissing and touching his portrait.

When his servant told him she liked him, the young man believed it and decided to return to Chang'an to find her.

Who could have guessed she wouldn't recognize him at all?

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After they met, things were a little awkward.

Without hesitation, she said, "Don't you find this strange, Heir? Why don't we travel together and get to the bottom of it?"

He gritted his teeth. "What do you mean? So all that kissing and touching didn't count?"

Shang Xu was quick-tempered, but he accepted her suggestion. In secret, he planned to teach her a lesson for taking liberties with him. Later, after they traveled together for a while, he realized that she was still only in love with the man in the portrait.

When she spoke of the man in the portrait, she was tender and gentle, blushing with shyness.

When she saw the real him, she could punch him hard enough to kill him.

He suddenly thought:

What was wrong with using a few underhanded tricks in front of her?

Even if her heart was made of stone, he would make her change her mind.

-Set in a fictional world; customs and official ranks inspired by the Tang Dynasty. A supernatural romance.

-The heroine was married in her previous life. In this life, both leads are virgins. One-on-one romance.

-The male lead will gradually remember his previous life. The romance and plot are split evenly.

Theme: One challenge at a time, we'll get through them all.