Be Her Dog

[The blurb may still be fleshed out and revised with background details, but the plot and tropes will stay the same. Created and screenshotted on 2025.4.21, screenshot as proof.]

When Li Qingjia woke up, she found herself in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. She had become the most powerful pawn in the hands of the great villain, sent to serve as the old leader's young wife, aka the most important weapon in the villain's coup.

To break free of the master-servant psychic bond and regain her freedom, she decided to find herself a weapon too.

That gifted, beautiful, gloomy young Sentinel who was out of favor seemed like a perfect fit.

So for several years, she guided him as his teacher, stepmother, protector, and punisher. At last, she trained her beautiful stepson into her dog and successfully struck back against the villain who had tried to control her.

Once she was free, Li Qingjia quickly followed her plan, escaping the Tower of Eternity and leaving the upper district behind to live a carefree, happy life of her own.

Then one day, at the tavern she often visited, she heard the owner mention that the former leader had died, and the new ruler was surprisingly young. He was even so handsome that he had won the favor of the noblewomen on every side.

“...Then I wish them luck.”

After all, Li Qingjia knew perfectly well that if this was the boy she had in mind, the degree of his twisted inner nature was directly proportional to how deceptive his appearance was.

“Too late,” the owner sighed regretfully. “This young ruler already announced to the world that there's someone he intends to be faithful to for the rest of his life.”

“They say she's a girl who went missing a few years ago. He's still looking for her, and apparently he's recently started searching in our lower-class slums.”

Li Qingjia immediately prepared to flee.

But on her way out, she came face to face with her stepson, whom she hadn't seen in years.

The young man wore the splendid, proper robes of an emperor. He walked up to her step by step and knelt before her, just as he always had, unable to hide the desire in his deferential eyes.

He said, “Everything I've done was so that I could be useful to you. So that I could mean something to you, and have a place in your heart. Please let me stay by your side.”

Just like before, just like when he was little, being her dog.

Theme: Courageously fight against fate