After Teaming Up with the Mad Young Lord

[A clueless, unfeeling mad noblewoman x a "loyal dog"-type mad heir]

When Shen Yangui was sixteen, she unexpectedly learned that there was more to her father's death than met the eye. She decided to secretly investigate the truth, vowing to kill the enemy who had murdered her father and avenge him.

One day, amid fierce winds and pouring rain, she was returning to the capital by a mountain road. At a ruined temple, she came upon two groups fighting to the death, and simply stood by to watch.

She thought she could continue on her way once the fighting ended, but the victor leaped toward her, intent on killing her and everyone with her.

He first used silver needles to knock out her servants, then walked up and pressed a short blade to her neck, ready to kill her.

Shen Yangui would not let herself be slaughtered. Catching him off guard, she flung all the knockout powder in the carriage at him, instantly turning the tables.

She picked up the bloodstained short blade from the carriage and pressed it against his throat, forcing it into his flesh.

"Looks like you're going to be my prisoner..."

She had taken a liking to his impressive skills, and he was also suffering from a deadly poison with little time left to live. So she spared his life in exchange for three promises.

To her surprise, he later came to her of his own accord, seeking an alliance to investigate the truth about what had happened years ago.

She leaned down and lifted his chin with one finger, smiling with a curl of her lips, her eyes full of contempt.

"What makes you think you can work with me?"

"Is it that broken-down body of yours?"

"Or that identity you dare not show anyone?"

Her hand traced his jaw and then the iron mask. From beginning to end, she treated him with nothing but disdain.

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Xie Chinan, heir to Prince Su, could compose poems at three and wield a blade at five. When he entered the capital at ten, every young noblewoman in the city fell for him.

At fifteen, he fell from his horse and unexpectedly learned that he had been poisoned with a deadly toxin and had little time left to live.

From then on, he secretly investigated the culprit, vowing to kill his enemy.

In public, he was Xie Chinan, the foolish heir. In private, he was He Nian, a scion of a fallen family hidden behind a mask.

That day, trapped by his enemies, he had no choice but to use the Prince Su Household's secret martial arts to break through the encirclement.

Unfortunately, a noblewoman from a great family witnessed it.

A hidden identity, and a truth he had no choice but to uncover.

Driven to madness long ago, he wanted only to silence her before she could ruin his plans.

But who would have thought that this seemingly delicate noblewoman was even more insane than he was?

And yet, she made him yearn for her and left him dazed.

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are mad.

2. Neither the male nor female lead is a goody-goody.

3. The female lead has a nasty personality, but only toward the male lead.

Theme: After enduring hardship, you will eventually see a rainbow.