Day and Night in the Pursuit of the Chaste Young Lady

Li Jing hated Du Xishi.

She had tried to win over the female lead three times, and every ending was a disaster. The female lead was either sent abroad or forced into a marriage alliance.

Du Xishi was the cause of it all: the female lead’s older sister, and the stock character who kept the destined couple apart in a cliched story.

Just as Li Jing was planning her fourth attempt, the female lead threw herself off a tall building and died by suicide.

Ten years of hard work had gone up in smoke. Furious and out of her mind, Li Jing was willing to spend every last point to wipe the slate clean and start over.

Back at the beginning, Du Xishi became her new target.

She would win her over, then dump her cruelly, making her watch in regret as Li Jing and the female lead lived happily ever after.

She wanted to see just how capable that woman really was, and whether she could really keep from shedding a single tear even after being abandoned.

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The eldest daughter of the Du family, Du Xishi, had been a model student throughout school. After graduation, she became the perfect heir to the family business. Her mind held nothing but business and the future of her family, and she could even sacrifice her own marriage without hesitation.

Her life had no flaws. The only blemish was that she had never been in love.

In a way, she seemed easy to win over.

That was what Li Jing thought at first.

She did everything she could to get close.

She made herself look pathetic and wretched, and stooped to any low. There was no way Du Xishi’s heart was made of iron.

But to her surprise, Du Xishi’s heart wasn’t just not made of iron. It was remarkably soft.

She called Li Jing a slut for sleeping with someone after a one-night stand, but secretly stood up for her in front of the manager.

She looked down on Li Jing’s background and despised her parents, yet when she heard people were insulting Li Jing, she was the one who stepped in without hesitation.

Li Jing was a burden, a worthless girl who deserved to be beaten. Du Xishi clearly hated that she took her money and still kept crossing the line, but when she saw Li Jing covered in bruises, she couldn’t help worrying about her.

Later, she even took Li Jing with her, leaving Xingang to return to the mainland.

By the end of the pursuit, Li Jing was the one who had fallen in love with Du Xishi first.

-3-

Li Jing had fallen hard.

Countless times, she wanted to tell Du Xishi the truth. Countless times, she resolved to give up on the female lead.

At last, she made up her mind, and even got a ring ready to propose.

But instead of receiving tender words, she watched as Du Xishi unhesitatingly gave her to the female lead as a gift, sending her to the woman’s bed.

It had all been a lie. Du Xishi was still the same woman with a heart harder than iron.

Theme: When you fall, lie there for a while.