I Was a Jerk to the Crown Prince in My Past Life

Upcoming novel: After Transmigrating into a Book, I Dumped the Male Lead

Blurb:

In her previous life, Su Qingqian died because she was stupid.

She had always believed her father was kind and benevolent, her stepmother tolerant and magnanimous, and her childhood sweetheart devoted to her without wavering. She thought only the crown prince, Gu Yuan, was vicious and ruthless, willing to threaten her into marrying him by despicable means so he could claim the throne.

She married Gu Yuan with hatred in her heart, using every means at her disposal to cut off his right-hand men one after another. She joined forces with her father and childhood sweetheart to seize his empire. But it was only when she watched Gu Yuan take countless arrows meant for her that she understood just how stupid she had been.

Given another chance, she sneered and looked down on everyone. To hell with filial piety and undying devotion. She would use the very methods those people had taught her in her previous life to rip off their hypocritical masks, skin and bone alike.

Gazing at her beautiful face in the bronze mirror, she wondered: Would he still like her, now that she was so ruthless and unfeeling?

Gu Yuan: No wonder she's the woman I chose. She's fierce and clever. How could those gutter rats ever outscheme her?

Upcoming novel blurb:

On her way to cut the ribbon at one of her family's branch stores, Ji Yan got into a car accident. To her surprise, she transmigrated into a minor female character in a novel aimed at male readers.

The minor character's fate was tragic. She was the fiancee of the male lead, Chen Jinyu, but her family suddenly fell into disaster: her father and brothers either died or were exiled, and the little property they managed to save was stolen.

Ji Yan didn't think she was unlucky. She sorted out what remained of the family business, then had the older women in her household weave cloth and sew clothes to sell. In just a few months, she had built a thriving business.

Just as she was busy opening another branch, Chen Jinyu showed up at her door with their marriage contract...

Only then did Ji Yan remember that the male lead had earned his first fortune using her family's ancestral medicinal-cuisine recipe. Without her, Chen Jinyu wouldn't have gotten his first golden finger. She was the first stepping stone to his glorious, wish-fulfilling life.

Once he had used her as a stepping stone, she would die miserably on a cold, rainy night. The novel didn't even explain what killed her.

Watching Chen Jinyu's greasy, oily face with cold eyes, Ji Yan made a firm decision: her life mattered most, and she had to break off the engagement!

But she'd need a reason to call off the wedding. She blinked, then fixed her gaze on Han Ze.

Han Ze was the male lead's sworn enemy and greatest rival. He never married, even until his death. Ji Yan remembered Chen Jinyu saying that Han Ze had a certain... ailment.

An ailment was perfect. It meant they could strike a deal. She had a good recipe, and rather than let a playboy benefit from it, she might as well trade it for her freedom.

Full of confidence, Ji Yan went to pitch him the deal and successfully secured herself a husband by agreement.

After the wedding, Ji Yan rubbed her aching back and scowled:

Chen Jinyu, that scumbag, is full of lies. How could I have believed him?

Theme: Don't dwell too much on the past. Look ahead and cherish the person by your side.