A scheming, black-hearted heroine vs. a beautiful, powerful, tragic, mad-dog hero
Previously titled The Heart of a Glazed Beauty
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Blurb:
Shen Liuli tried to seduce the Fourth Prince, but instead ended up with a frail hostage prince for a husband.
Furious that he had ruined her plans, she beat and abused him at every turn, even carving the word "slave" into his face.
She said, "Fu Zhiyao, in this life, you're fit to be nothing but my slave!"
Later, the hostage prince returned to his country, killed his father and brother to seize the throne, became a brutal and ruthless tyrant, and led his army to destroy the Xiao Kingdom.
She became his captive plaything and was eventually burned alive.
Shen Liuli awoke from the nightmare in a cold sweat. Looking at her husband, whom she had beaten until he was covered in wounds, she thought: If I treat him well now and give him some warmth, could he at least give me a quick death later?
Oh, no. Too late.
Because she discovered something even worse: Every time she treated him well, her heart condition flared up, as if a thousand arrows were piercing her.
Shen Liuli: "..."
Heaven wants me dead!
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Fu Zhiyao had been sent to the Xiao Kingdom as a hostage for ten years, trampled by everyone and treated as lowly as an ant.
The girl he was forced to marry was vicious, beating, cursing, and humiliating him at every turn. She even wanted to carve the word "slave" into his face.
But, to his surprise, she carved the character "Li" into his heart instead.
She said, "In this life, only I, Shen Liuli, am allowed to live in your heart!"
Later, the young lady continued to beat and scold him, but her lashes grew lighter and lighter, until they were no more than a tickle. Her insults also stopped hurting.
She declared with conviction, "Beating means affection, scolding means love."
Fu Zhiyao: "..."
Are women's words all lies?
It wasn't until she almost died for his sake that he understood that there really was a kind of love that meant "the more she beats you, the closer you get; the more she scolds you, the more she loves you"!
P.S.:
The heroine is the kind of heroine you'd expect in a villainess story, and she really is black-hearted. If you prefer sweet, kind, delicate, and easily flustered heroines, please click the X.
The hero is a dog too, both mad and vicious. Goodness is a foreign concept to him.
Upcoming story: Break Her
Ye Longyin was reborn and returned to the moment she first met Xiahou Shang.
He was lying in the snow, covered in wounds and barely clinging to life. She kindly rescued him, but he viciously clamped a hand around her neck. Driven by instinct to survive, she gouged out his eye.
Later, Xiahou Shang killed his father and brother and climbed a mountain of corpses to become a one-eyed tyrant feared by all.
She fell into the mud and became his plaything, kept in the palm of his hand.
When the same scene played out again, Ye Longyin would rather hurt herself than harm him while he struggled to survive.
Blood streamed from her wrist as she tremblingly held her hand to his lips and said gently, "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."
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Xiahou Shang was born with a handsome face, but was an outcast among the imperial family.
Unable to feel the five senses, he was naturally violent and tyrannical. People regarded him as a venomous snake and a monster, and no one wanted him to live.
At death's door, he thought he had been betrayed and assassinated, but instead he found the only light of his life.
To keep that light all to himself, he gave in to every last bit of his obsession and madness.
"Yinyin, only by my side will you find your final resting place!"
Your salvation in the abyss lit up my world.
P.S.: The hero is beautiful, powerful, tragic, and completely unhinged.
The dynasty is fictional, and all logic serves the plot.
Theme: The greatest good is correcting your mistakes!