[Clear-eyed, poisonous begonia x sweet-faced, scheming little green-tea puppy]
The dog wags its tail by day and bites at night. The owner thinks she's holding the leash, but it's already been snatched away.
Qi Niang picked up a destitute scholar, handsome and gentle.
He would pick the bones from her fish, simmer hot porridge for her, carve a lovers' lock on a mist-covered stone bridge, and whisper the most moving words in the world.
He was like a little dog, curling up obediently at her feet every day. No matter how she teased him, he never left, making her think she'd finally tasted the sweetness fate had in store for her.
Only later did she discover another face beneath his docile exterior: he could scheme, put on an act, and even dare to "cheat" right under her nose.
Qi Niang trashed the house and told him to get out.
But the scholar knelt in the snowy night, coughing blood as he smiled at her. "Wife, I'm cold."
Her heart softened, and she opened the door to let the wolf in.
From then on, her life became a roller coaster.
The tenderness he gave her was real, and so was the heartbreak.
She kept sinking into the web of love he spun for her, hating him desperately and loving him all the more.
Years later, they met again in the capital.
The impoverished scholar of the past had become a powerful lord, while she had become "Madam Qi," a woman who spent money like water.
He used the evidence of her extravagant spending to lock her in the luxurious Drunken Moon Pavilion.
Qi Niang smiled and drank the wine he offered, digging her nails into her palm.
"Tell me, this time, will I quit you first, or will you destroy me first?"
[Reading Guide]
① This is a bonus story for Blood-Colored Jade Glow. The leads are characters from the main story. The male lead's identity is not public, and his name is an alias.
② A realistic sweet-and-angsty story, with more sweetness than angst. The bittersweetness mainly comes from external circumstances and fate, not from the male lead deliberately hurting the female lead.
③ Puppy-like facade, rekindled love, and a flipped take on a romance of cunning seduction and possessive pursuit. Emotion runs high. Tentatively, a happy ending.
④ If there's anything you don't like, please leave a kind review. Thank you for understanding.
Core theme: Love is like drinking poison to quench your thirst
