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A clingy young lady forced into it x a young general who only pretends to be a domineering kidnapper
Witty corgi girl x aloof beauty
After failing for the 108th time to win the affections of the young master of the Bai household, Li Shuyu flew into a rage and refused to eat. She fainted from hunger, and when she woke, she was under the control of a monster called “System.”
System: [Host, we have received orders from above. Your mission has been assigned: win Pei Cheng, the heir of the Pei family, within a year and a half. If you fail, your soul will dissipate and you will never enter the cycle of reincarnation.]
Who was Pei Cheng?
A seventeen-year-old young general who had broken through a thousand enemy troops alone on horseback and reclaimed fifteen prefectures in the northwest in one fell swoop.
With his striking, handsome features, he was peerless in beauty and adored by a thousand noble young ladies.
Remembering his arrogant, untouchable manner, Li Shuyu fainted again. Wouldn't it be better to just let my soul dissipate??
To save her own life, Li Shuyu devised a grand plan and resolved to rewrite the foolishness of her past.
Step one: win him over at a poetry gathering. Instead, by a stroke of bad luck, she presented him with a hairpin in a woman's style, making Pei Cheng the laughingstock of the crowd.
Li Shuyu clutched her head and wailed: It's over, it's over, I'm going to die!
System: [¯꒳¯ Congratulations, Host, you've gained 15% favorability!!]
Li Shuyu: ?!
Step two: use a clever trick at the palace banquet. She gifted him a bright red peony.
Li Shuyu watched the young man, whose face matched the flower in color, and nodded in satisfaction.
System: [(˶ｰ`֊´ｰ) Host, your favorability has dropped to 10%...]
Li Shuyu: ?!
In the final month before the deadline, with death fast approaching, the remaining 0.1% still wouldn't budge.
Li Shuyu cried in desperation and gave up trying to be reasonable. “It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be about to die!”
“If you'll call me that now,” Pei Cheng said with a smile, bending close, “I can keep you alive.”
Li Shuyu's eyes lit up. She immediately clung to his arm and shook it, begging in an extra-sweet voice, “Brother Pei, please.”
The young man turned his face away, blushing like a peach blossom.
On the day she was supposed to die, the Pei residence was filled with candles and red wedding drapes. Their bodies tangled beneath the red-and-gold quilt.
The girl, exhausted after a night of being ravished, gasped and sighed: “This is the method you were talking about? If it doesn't work, do you plan to be a widower by tomorrow?”
The man on top of her gripped her wrist, smiled roguishly, and kissed her damp cheek.
“The person who issued the orders will naturally help you make up the last 0.01%.”
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One night a year later, the two were arguing incessantly and even brought up getting a divorce.
The System's voice sounded again: “Congratulations, Host. You have successfully completed the mission.”
Li Shuyu turned in surprise and looked at her husband, who was smiling faintly beside her.
Wait, you had a mission too? Your mission was to divorce me?!
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A sweet story with a touch of angst / young married couple / healing / a little food
Notes:
1. Set in a fictional world loosely modeled on the Tang and Song dynasties. There are many liberties taken, so don't scrutinize the details.
2. The female lead isn't genuinely pursuing anyone else, and the male lead's mission isn't to actually get divorced.
3. They're both locals from ancient times. Please don't judge them by modern logic.
Theme: Cherish life and nurture your relationships.
