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Argent never takes disciples.
So when Yu Li, covered in dirt, climbed into the back garden of her estate and said she wanted to become her disciple, Gong Xuan simply drew the sash from her robe, tied her up, and tossed her back over the wall.
Yu Li couldn't understand why the great villainess was acting like this.
She stood close behind Yu Li, teaching her archery, but just as Yu Li was about to hit the bull's-eye, she maliciously breathed beside her ear. "What is your real objective?"
At dinner, she calmly saw through every one of Yu Li's tests. Then she lightly touched lipstick to Yu Li's neck, pressed their foreheads together, and said, "You're already dead."
In the morning, she jumped on Yu Li's bed and even made her kill a chicken...
With no progress in becoming her disciple, Yu Li had a sudden idea: she could seduce her.
Their breaths mingled. Tipsy, Gong Xuan lifted a hand to trace Yu Li's features, then asked without warning, "When are you planning to make your move?"
Yu Li suppressed the stirrings in her heart and said, "When you let me."
The woman smiled and kissed her first.
Then one day, Yu Li pressed a cold piece of metal against Gong Xuan.
But Gong Xuan only smiled and slowly stepped toward her until her body lightly touched the barrel, catching the brief tremor in Yu Li.
"Have you forgotten what I told you? You can't make a move when your emotions are in control."
"Don't lecture me. Don't treat me like a pet."
Gong Xuan gave a derisive laugh and turned to leave.
The person behind her made threats. Without looking back, Gong Xuan tossed a few words into the wind:
"You can try."
Hearing that, Yu Li made her move without hesitation, not a trace of doubt in her eyes.
At the same moment the gunshot rang out, Gong Xuan heard her own heartbeat speed up.
An irreverent, unpredictable villainess x a tsundere newcomer with a deep, calculating mind
An all-villain cast, mutual tests, suspense and twists, one-on-one happy ending
January 30, 2026
Theme: In a person's life, they will die three times: once at the hands of Heaven, once at the hands of Earth, and once at their own hands.
