Instant Karma

[Blurb 1]

Li Zhao cares far too much about a proud, aloof young man.

She figures that since no one else gets along with that lonely boy, she must be his closest friend.

After plenty of pep talks and overcoming every obstacle, she finally deigns to throw herself into his arms,

only to be pushed away.

She's dumbfounded.

The high-born young lady who can have anything she wants suffers the agony of unrequited love, and immediately cuts ties with him.

Years later, that paragon of chastity regrets everything, only to learn that you reap what you sow.

Still too young, too naive.

[Blurb 2]

Li Zhao never consorts with the wrong crowd. She follows the rules and abides by the law.

Then something goes wrong on her coming-of-age ceremony, and the physician takes her pulse and declares, "She won't live past twenty."

"A beauty doomed by fate!" the onlookers cry, wiping away their tears.

Lying in her sickbed, Li Zhao accidentally overhears the news that her life is almost over. Outrage surges through her: good people die young while villains live for a thousand years. The saying is true.

There's no point earning merit in this life, so why hasn't karma caught up with anyone?

And look at Yuan Wangchen, the Grand Commandant's little terror next door. How come he gets to live to a hundred?

In the final year Li Zhao is said to have left, she sees her former fellow patient, eyes bloodshot, desperately begging her not to die. At last, she narrows her eyes and lets out a breath, remarking, "Well, looks like karma finally showed up."

A story in which the victim and the perpetrator switch places.

A laid-back heroine X a boy starved for affection, both proud and stubborn

This story is still inspired by the Southern Song dynasty. The heroine's father is based on a real person, but the setting is largely fictional.

This novel will begin its reverse VIP chapter conversion on 2022.02.23, starting with Chapter 23. Thank you for all your support!

Find my completed previous novel here: The Mortician X The Assassin: "Twelve Nights in Lin'an"

Theme: What goes around comes around. It's not that karma won't strike, only that the time hasn't come yet.