I Picked Up a Villainous Beauty

Mulan thought Sisi was the most tolerant and kind-hearted woman in the world. Even after a scoundrel harassed her, she chose to forgive him. Mu Si (smiling): Later, I taught him what it meant to be a eunuch. Mulan thought Sisi was the most compassionate woman in the world. Unable to stand by while someone else's love was betrayed, she personally went to the county magistrate to mediate. Mu Si (smiling): I kidnapped his daughter and threatened her life. Mulan thought Sisi was the most loyal woman in the world. She stayed true to her sisterly bond and refused to marry early. Mu Si (smiling mysteriously): That's because... I'm a man. It wasn't until Mulan saw that familiar face among the powerful figures on the battlefield that she realized the truth. The crown prince was ruthless and sinister, but possessed a face as delicate and beautiful as a woman's. Anyone who dared say so to his face was usually reduced to ashes. Listening to the people around her gossip, Mulan fell into a long, deep silence. After avoiding him time and again, she was finally cornered by him. That familiar, intoxicating scent lingered at the tip of her nose as he pulled her into his arms, his voice impossibly soft and sinister. "Not long ago, you called me Sisi so sweetly. Why the sudden change of heart just because I've changed clothes?" Mulan: ...For crying out loud, can anyone save me? In a nutshell, it's a story about someone who thinks she's rescued a harmless little bunny, only to discover his true nature and end up completely under his thumb. [Couple: Hypocritical, obsessive male lead x a straight-shooting woman of steel from the solar system] [Reading Guide] 1. Farming in the early chapters, war in the later ones. A groveling-and-winning-her-back story. 2. The male lead seems kind and wonderful on the outside, but is obsessive and dark inside. Somewhat disturbing. 3. Happy ending. 4. [Very much a fictional setting. Please don't scrutinize it. Bowing in gratitude.] 5. The heroine has a very straightforward moral compass and knows right from wrong, so... the male lead has a rough time later on. 6. Everything serves the plot. Please don't take it too seriously. Bowing in gratitude. New story in the author's collection: She Sweeps Across the Cultivation World with a Single Sword From the heroine's perspective: In her previous life, Lang Muyun gave up her status as a sword cultivator in her sect and destroyed her cultivation, willingly paving the way for Jiang Pei. But in the end, she learned from Jiang Pei's dream girl, Luo Xianning, that she had always been nothing more than a pawn in his plot to destroy the Sword Sect. For Luo Xianning's sake, Jiang Pei personally shattered her life core and wiped out her clan. Lang Muyun spent half her life risking everything for Jiang Pei, only to lose to a single helpless glance from Luo Xianning. How laughable that she once believed that reaching the summit would let her pluck the stars. Instead, she fell and was utterly shattered. Reborn, all she sees is the sword. Jiang Pei no longer matters to her. -- From the male lead's perspective: Everyone knew that Jiang Pei of the Sword Sect was extraordinarily gifted, while Jiang Yaoguang was merely an illegitimate son of mediocre talent. He was like an unwelcome, unnecessary stone, one that anyone could kick whenever they felt like it. Yet no one expected someone like him to defeat Jiang Pei and become the Sword Sect's greatest cultivator. From a useless nobody whom everyone looked down on, he became someone all the Sword Sect's people looked up to. No one knew that when Jiang Yaoguang sank into the darkest depths of his life, it was a girl who watched him indifferently, without a trace of pity in her eyes, who brought a star into his despairing swamp... Notes: 1. The second male lead is a scumbag who gets what he deserves. She'll chase him all the way to his ashes. 2. The heroine is reborn and is the male lead's dream girl. Premise: