Lovingly

[Con Artist x Fool]

Chen Ao resigned herself to fate.

She knew she couldn't control many of life's turning points, so there weren't many things she regretted in this life.

Marrying Qiu Hui was one.

Cheating him was another.

Chen Ao had been conning people for ten years.

Now, for what she called her final scam, she married into a mountain village and shared a bed with Qiu Hui, a fool.

She had cheated so many people over the years without ever feeling guilty.

Those people had either been greedy or wicked.

Qiu Hui wasn't like them.

He was just a fool. Knowing she was the wife who had married into his family, he gave her his whole heart and treated her well.

On New Year's Eve, Qiu Hui took Chen Ao to a clearing at the east end of the village to set off fireworks with the locals.

Amid the dazzling lights, strange yet familiar fragments of memory from the past few months kept piecing themselves together.

She suddenly remembered what had happened in Pengzhou many years ago...

What goes around comes around. Justice always prevails.

(PS: The female lead has had other partners; the male lead hasn't. There are quite a few flashbacks. The male lead has moments when he isn't foolish, but readers should consider that when judging his characterization. I'm not listing any content warnings. There's no need. The whole story is a warning sign.)

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