Will You Admit Your Mistake Already?

* Unhinged, sickly beauty gong × cold, aloof, obsessive powerhouse shou

* Includes a crematorium arc. The romance will probably be clingy, murky, and intensely devoted.

The day Shen Mingdai was driven out of the Shen family, she arrived drenched and calmly knocked on her former fiancée's door.

Her former fiancée blocked her with a cold expression, as if their past tenderness had never existed. "Our engagement is over. Now the Shen family's new daughter is my fiancée."

"How heartless." Shen Mingdai laughed softly, grabbed her by the long hair, and leaned in familiarly, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue. "Won't you really invite me in?"

She murmured, her dark eyes shining with an eerie, scale-like blue. "Weiwei, I'm so cold. Let me in. Hold me, kiss me..."

"If you don't, your beloved Shen Mingyue will definitely, definitely pay the price."

"You're insane." Jing Xiwei clamped a hand around her throat and stepped with her into the rain, her eyes bloodshot.

Shen Mingdai tilted her head and smiled, making no attempt to resist.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

The hand gripping her throat slowly loosened. In the bone-chilling rain, Shen Mingdai was dragged inside, every breath carrying the taste of blood.

Cruel and crazed. She knew it: in this absurd, boundless world, hatred born of love was burning unchecked.

That was the only truth, and it was also her approaching... death.

Shen Mingyue, the Shen family's new daughter, was someone who had appeared out of nowhere, the so-called "real heiress."

But peel back that soft victim's facade, and all you would find was an executioner backed by a System, stealing other people's destinies.

Nothing was as it seemed. The impostor who had stolen another's place was about to get everything.

Only Shen Mingdai knew the truth.

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Jing Xiwei often thought she was ill. She was clearly deeply in love with her fiancée, yet she couldn't stop her eyes from turning toward someone else.

She was cruel and crazed, like a mad moon ushering in death.

At first, Jing Xiwei assumed it was just hatred born of blackmail. To spare herself the sight, she left Shen Mingdai at the villa, supporting her as a sort of charity.

But Shen Mingdai was everywhere. She even appeared in Jing Xiwei's dreams, her eyes brimming with tears, her body riddled with holes. She said nothing, only quietly bleeding.

Silent. Lifeless.

Jing Xiwei woke in terror again and again, until at last she was afraid.

She thought it wouldn't cost much to keep Shen Mingdai around. If she wanted the best, Jing Xiwei might as well give it to her.

Variety shows, acting roles...

After all, after all, there was nothing she couldn't give her, except love.

So Jing Xiwei knocked on that door again.

She offered an absurdly flimsy excuse: "...For Shen Mingyue's sake."

"Even if that means breaking off your engagement with her?"

Shen Mingdai smiled. Her clothes were disheveled, and her whole body trembled. After a long moment, she crooked a finger, baring a stretch of pale skin.

Jing Xiwei knelt on the floor, leaning toward her and waiting for her mercy.

But what came before a kiss was blood spilling from Shen Mingdai's lips.

The most terrifying scene had finally come to pass.

"Weiwei, Weiwei..."

The venomous snake steeped in honey murmured to herself, smiling. The sorrow fading from her eyes belonged to something no one could tell: love or hate.

[Reader's Guide, Important]:

* The two female leads only truly get together after the engagement is broken off.

* Both are completely devoted in body and heart. The gong and shou only fall in love with each other, in the past and in the future.

* Not an all-female world. An unconventional entertainment-industry setting, with no real-life inspirations. Please do not send writing advice.

No familiars. Modern alternate universe where same-sex marriage is legal.

Theme: Where there's love, there's no fear