Who Knew the Magistrate Was a Bandit?

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Shen Shuangli was an ordinary company accountant. One day, she worked overtime until eleven at night, then got hit by a car on her way home.

And that was how she ended up in ancient times!

The moment she transmigrates, she’s in danger of being robbed by bandits.

Her body originally belonged to a county magistrate disguised as a man, who was passing through on the way to take up her post when she ran into the bandits.

This Hello Kitty from another world has fallen right into an ancient nest of rats.

The burly bandit chief rescues the three of them from another group of bloodthirsty bandits, then recruits them into his service.

Shen Shuangli was nearly scared to death, so she sensibly decides to keep her head down.

She curries favor, cuts corners, and does whatever she can to stay alive, protect her secret identity, and seize a chance to escape.

But the bandit chief can’t stand her. He labels her a coward who fears death, a despicable villain, and a weakling who’s rotten to the core.

Stay alive, protect her secret identity, find a chance to escape, and watch out for the bandit chief who can’t stand her, Xiao Zhaoye. It’s too hard!

Under the crushing pressure, Shen Shuangli can’t take it anymore.

One day, sporting deep dark circles, she blacks out and falls straight into the arms of the bandit chief, Xiao Zhaoye.

To her surprise, the bandit chief leaps three feet in the air and gives her a disgusted look. After carrying her back to her room, he often sneers at her with an expression that says, “Don’t come near me. I like women, not pretty boys.”

Shen Shuangli, drained by two jobs and twice the workload, says: “Who’d have thought that even in ancient times I’d have to escape the 007 work schedule: twelve hours a day, seven days a week?”

Scene One:

Shen Shuangli gets hurt in an accident.

Xiao Zhaoye: “Take off your clothes. I’ll treat your wound.”

Shen Shuangli clutches her collar with both hands, looking like she’d rather die than give in.

Xiao Zhaoye gazes meaningfully at her thin, chick-like back. He rubs his chin, his ears turning red.

Actually, this pretty boy is handsome, with delicate features and soft, pale skin like tofu pudding. He’s quite lovely.

If only he were a woman. He’d carry her off and marry her tonight, making her his bandit bride.

Scene Two:

Xiao Zhaoye in the past:

“This person’s eyes are shifty. He’s a coward who’s afraid of death!”

Xiao Zhaoye now:

Shen Shuangli: breathes

Xiao Zhaoye: “She’s trying to seduce me!”

One of his confidants: “But ‘he’ is a man.”

Xiao Zhaoye: “That’s not a problem.”

Confidant: “!!!”

Oblivious Shen Shuangli: “I used to be the boss’s biggest headache, but now I’m one of his trusted aides.” She laughs smugly, pleased with her own abilities.

Theme: Start by working on the little things