Yu Ying is an ordinary girl.
The stupidest, yet most heroic thing she ever did was bring home a man covered in blood, then spend every last coin she had to treat his wounds.
She hoped Xie Shu would get better.
So when she married him, she carefully wrote the words "May we grow old together" on vermilion paper.
At the time, she was so consumed by the joy of marrying him that she didn't notice Xie Shu leaning against the doorway, his gaze turning cold and a contemptuous smile playing at his lips.
Of course, Xie Shu could never grow old together with her.
Xie Shu was a demon lord.
And he was a demon lord with someone else in his heart, his moonlight.
Yu Ying paid the price for her foolishness.
She died in the bleak, cold Demon Palace. In her final moments, as she closed her eyes, all she could think about was going home. Most importantly...
She would never love Xie Shu again.
*
Reborn into another life, Yu Ying returned to the days before she married Xie Shu.
She touched her chest, feeling her heart beating fiercely and vividly, and thought for the first time in ages: It's good to be alive.
When she passed the path where she had found Xie Shu in her previous life,
she decisively abandoned it and turned toward another road, one that looked muddier and more treacherous.
She didn't want Xie Shu anymore.
This time, she would leave the chance to save the demon lord to his moonlight.
*
Xie Shu thought everything in this world was filthy and dull.
The only thing keeping him going was the blurred figure in his memories, a woman in a green dress who always sweetly called him "husband."
When he woke from a dream, he lowered his eyes without expression. So this was what it felt like to be loved.
He would find his wife.
Even if his wife no longer remembered him, even if Yu Ying's heart had long since made room for another man.
It didn't matter.
He could take his time and win her over.
Until one day, badly wounded, he unconsciously called Yu Ying by her intimate childhood nickname.
He saw her face turn pale with fright, her expression full of disgust, as though she had seen some terrifying evil spirit.
Only then did Xie Shu realize that his wife recognized him.
She simply didn't want to acknowledge him.
[Ordinary Girl x Cold, World-Destroying Demon Lord]
Reading Guide:
1. A groveling romance. The male lead is a demon lord, not a good person, and has negative moral standards from beginning to end. There will be non-consensual romance scenes!! (Emphasized in bold red; please read with caution if this bothers you.)
2. The female lead is weak and lazy, and has no cultivation golden finger. Her attitude toward the male lead goes from "keeping my distance" to "he's seriously unwell," then to "could he just die already, aaah!!!"
3. One-on-one romance, happy ending.
Message: Live optimistically.
