Synopsis
[Completed] [A 60/40 split between plot and romance, a sweet little story, but not focused solely on the couple]
After being poisoned to death and reborn, Wei Qingli learns that she is a minor cannon-fodder character in a novel centered on a male protagonist.
From the start, however, the System tells her to kill the fiance who murdered her entire family, all by herself.
Wei Qingli: ...Is this really a good System?
Luckily, a bug has appeared by her side, one even the main System can't fix. Shen Mingshi, a nobody assassin who was supposed to die in accordance with the original plot, somehow survives, just like her.
With his help, Wei Qingli finds her missions ridiculously easy.
But later, when she tries to leave him, he goes mad and locks her up.
This moody, ruthless assassin becomes a completely different person, spending all day cooking for her as if he means to make her utterly useless around the house.
To regain her freedom, Wei Qingli pretends she will kill herself.
But he takes her hand and guides her sword into his own chest.
"If you want to leave, kill me."
"Once I'm dead, no one will keep you here."
System: Bro, you're out of character...
The first day after taking Wei Qingli in: Shen Mingshi seems to want to trade her for a reward.
The second day after taking Wei Qingli in: Wei Qingli somehow ends up owing Shen Mingshi 2,500 taels of gold.
The third day after taking Wei Qingli in: Shen Mingshi starts taking silver out of his own pocket to give her.
The Nth day after taking Wei Qingli in: Shen Mingshi has learned to act pitiful and beg Wei Qingli to love him just a little more.
System warning: This bug has a dark, unstable, and world-weary personality. Host's risk of death: 100%. Stay alert and watch your safety.
Wei Qingli: You mean this clingy guy who spends all day sewing clothes and cooking for me?
System: ...
Shen Mingshi: ;-) I was just putting on an act, and you actually fell for it.
System: There's a bug, but we can't fix it. What do we do? Urgent, urgent, waiting for advice online.
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Shen Mingshi discovers that he is living inside a book.
He dies over and over, hundreds and thousands of times, trying to save the life of the person he loves, but the ending never changes.
This time, though, the plot takes a turn, and someone who was supposed to die appears before him.
Amid a fate that cannot be changed, time and again, all he wants is to spend his days and nights with her, together until dawn.
[Sweet, sunny girl ✖️ Dark, devoted man]
Reader's guide:
1. One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, sweet story, happy ending.
2. The heroine grows, but this is not a story about a powerful female lead.
3. Due to his upbringing, the hero has flaws in both his personality and appearance. He's sensitive, suspicious, and no good person, and he cuts people down like vegetables.
4. The System is useless and has no real powers. The hero is the golden finger. A silly, sweet story with a plot-focused bent. Don't overthink the details.
A preview of my next novel, which I'll write next! The Jade of Perfection
When her elder brother Chu Congyu ascends the throne, Li Yuanzhen, a little princess with a fief in Cangzhou, must also travel to the capital to attend the new emperor's celebration banquet.
It is the first time she has ever met Chu Congyu.
They are not related by blood. Long ago, the state of Cang was weakened militarily, and powerful relatives of the royal family eyed the throne. To protect his only sister, Yuanzhen, and the people of his whole kingdom, her gravely ill brother willingly ceded their territory to the Ying Dynasty, making it a vassal state.
Li Yuanzhen is somewhat afraid of this new elder brother.
They say he is decisive and ruthless, and spent years at war pacifying conflicts among the surrounding small kingdoms.
They say he seized power and usurped the throne, cold and merciless, with countless souls slain by his sword.
The people of the Ying Dynasty often invoke the name of this former God of Slaughter to quiet crying children at night.
She nervously presents her tribute, never expecting this elder brother to be far gentler than she'd imagined.
The new emperor is as handsome as his name suggests, with a face like fine jade. He doesn't look as vicious and bloodthirsty as the rumors say.
He smiles and calls her his younger sister, then invites her to stay in the palace for a while.
Li Yuanzhen agrees.
But she never escapes the grasp of his hand again.
Chu Congyu finally meets Li Yuanzhen, the sweet and well-behaved younger sister Li Chengyue used to praise when they were both hostages in the state of Xiao.
Gentle, kind, timid, and prone to tears, Li Yuanzhen has a slender, soft body and limbs, pale skin, and dark, limpid eyes. In a soft, sweet voice, she looks at him and calls him Big Brother.
Now he has a younger sister, too.
Having a younger sister is wonderful. They are the closest of kin, they love each other, and they will never part.
But at some point, Chu Congyu is no longer content to be just Yuanzhen's elder brother.
He is selfish and greedy. He wants to possess her and love her, and he craves her love in return.
He keeps Yuanzhen by his side, so that he is the only one she can see.
But Yuanzhen is afraid, afraid of the fervent gaze of this brother in name only, and his strange, obsessive need to control her.
She runs away.
Chu Congyu brings back his younger sister, who was trying to marry another man.
Yuanzhen cries and protests that he is a terrible brother.
He kisses away her tears and holds her close, gently patting her to comfort her. "Yuanzhen, why are you crying?"
"Does that man love you as much as I do?"
A little princess raised in luxury, fed jade and showered in gold, could never become another man's wife.
Cry, cry, my poor little sister. You can only be my wife.
Reader's guide:
1. Though the hero is an emperor, he has no harem. Both leads are virgins.
2. Yuanzhen is just a simple, kind little princess with no grand ambitions ^_^
3. Chu Congyu is seriously unwell. There's a little coercive possessiveness, but no angst, and a happy ending.
Theme: Be happy every day!
