One day, Su Mei wakes up inside a historical romance novel, as the spoiled daughter of a noble family who tormented the villainous official, only to be killed by him in the end.
The villain in the novel is devious, paranoid, and utterly brutal. He holds grudges and has a mercurial temper. Well, he checks all the villain boxes.
But that’s not the point. The point is that the guy had a rough childhood, living under someone else’s roof and getting bullied. Well, for now, most of the bullying is coming from her.
And right now, she has one foot planted on the chest of the future power behind the throne, who’s currently just a poor little thing, while a crowd of onlookers watches.
The boy beneath her has slightly reddened eyes and looks meek and pitiful. Yet beneath his cool, delicate features, there’s a faint trace of gloom.
It’s probably too late to clear her name now...
Su Mei falls silent for a moment, remembering her fate in the novel: her hands and feet cut off, then being tortured to death while still alive. It takes several whole days for her to finally die.
This might be terribly underhanded, but should she kill him now, kill him now, or kill him now?
* Gloomy male lead
* Fictional historical setting, made-up nonsense from start to finish, please don’t take it seriously QAQ
A quiet little plug for my upcoming story, I Forced Myself on My Ex-Husband’s Bodyguard
After living a second life, Xia Liang thinks there are some things that really need to be settled.
In her previous life, she was set up, and all of Chang’an heard that she’d gone to great lengths to marry the Marquis of Qingyi. Everyone said she was malicious and knew her place, and that she’d split up a loving couple. In the end, she was thoroughly used by that man, her family fell into ruin, and she was eventually cast aside.
As for this life... Su Liang gives her former husband a cold smile, points behind him, and arches a brow.
“Give me the bodyguard by your side, and I’ll let you and your sweetheart live happily ever after.”
In her previous life, he lived for her and died for her. He fell into the abyss for her, stained his hands with blood and covered himself in filth, only to die without a body left intact.
So this time, she wants to spoil him a little.
Let him have a taste of sweetness.
The male lead’s version
The last mission Jiuqi received was to be assigned to the Madam’s side and keep an eye on her.
He watched that young woman as she went through life. In just a few short years, she went from innocent and naive to worn down by the world. The girl who had once been so bright and lively was ground down into a lifeless, resentful woman.
He watched her keep vigil over that desolate courtyard day after day, until her family fell into ruin and she met a miserable end.
She guarded that courtyard for over a decade, and he guarded her.
For however many years she guarded that courtyard, he guarded her.
At first, he laid down his sword for that girl. In the end, he stood with sword in hand for her, slaughtering and descending into hell for her, asking only that she be given a chance to live.
* The male lead is an irreverent, devoted guard dog, flirtatious and shameless
Theme: Healing others and striving to live.
