After Saving the Twisted Villain, I Faked My Death

[The entire novel is already written, so feel free to add it to your collection!] Sheng Lanxue was a princess, and her life had always been smooth sailing. Until one day, she realized she was living inside a male power fantasy novel. The overpowered male lead was the darling of Heaven’s Will, a child of destiny who ascended from the mortal realm to become an immortal, then sealed away the demon clan and saved the world all by himself. She, meanwhile, was merely a disposable female character who appeared briefly before dying young. She was pierced through the heart by the villain’s arrow while saving the male lead. The male lead was none other than her beloved cousin Shao Yunsheng, the man she’d wanted to marry but never could. She gave her life for him, yet he saw her only as a little sister. Sheng Lanxue couldn’t help protesting: she was nothing but a tool, a complete tool! The System came to Sheng Lanxue with a promise: redeem the villain, and she could have a new life. To stay alive, Sheng Lanxue spent her days coaxing Shen Zhi. She reached out to him when he was suffering and stood up for him when people spoke ill of him. Seeing him lying obediently beside her, she nodded with satisfaction. All those days and nights of hard work had finally paid off. But Sheng Lanxue had made things too simple in her mind. As the plot started over, every so often she had to get close to Shao Yunsheng, the child of destiny, to keep her steadily declining life force from running out. And Shen Zhi, the villain she had saved, had somehow set his sights on her again. Every day, he climbed into her bed to cuddle up close. Shao Yunsheng was a gentleman, but Shen Zhi’s obedience was far from normal. Watching his corruption level drop day by day, Sheng Lanxue decided she was probably overthinking things. Until she encountered Shen Zhi again. He still looked as obedient as ever, but his gaze seemed ready to devour her. _ Shen Zhi was half-demon, and had always disguised himself as an ordinary person. He didn’t understand love. Everyone else said he was no ordinary person, but only Sheng Lanxue treated him with genuine kindness and wanted him to be a good person. As long as she was with him, he didn’t mind keeping up the act by her side for the rest of his life. They hugged and kissed, shared a bed, and lived like husband and wife. Shen Zhi thought that must be love. And as for that hypocrite Shao Yunsheng, what did it matter if he was her fiancé? Sheng Lanxue loved Shen Zhi, didn’t she? Then came the day Sheng Lanxue took an arrow for Shao Yunsheng. The snow fell heavily. She was so afraid of pain, yet she was willing to go that far for him. She acted out of love for one man, then turned around and saved someone else’s life. Shen Zhi didn’t understand. Was that what she meant when she spoke of love? Then what was he to her? She chose to leave him for Shao Yunsheng. Since she had drawn him in, he would find her, even if he had to search the heavens above and the underworld below. He would make her tell him what love really was. Sheng Lanxue was delighted to have become a junior sister in the cultivation world, free to enjoy herself. But she never expected to find a room full of puppets carved in her likeness. A cold hand touched her face in the darkness, and a familiar voice said, “Sister, I found you.” This is fake, it’s all fake. Sheng Lanxue closed her eyes and pretended to faint. The person’s voice remained calm. “Sister, who are you trying to leave me for this time? Tell me, all right... I’ll kill him.” No matter what, never leave me. A madman is a madman. The more perfect the disguise, the more deadly the backlash. #How did my obedient little brother turn into this? #The villain clung to me after I faked my death The male lead is seriously creepy. At first, he’s only pretending to be obedient. [Reading Guide] 1. The story is centered on the heroine. She is not a tool character and has her own character-growth arc. 2. Set in a fictional world, with a rivalry over the heroine and a love-triangle showdown. All characters serve the story. 3. The System isn’t really a system; it has a hidden identity. 4. The story has a main plot, with the plot and romance progressing side by side. Theme: Growing up means learning how to love and be loved