Reborn Beauty: A Laid-Back Fish Who's Hard to Placate

Ruan Heng is reborn, remembering only that in her previous life she married Li Jie, the most refined and aloof prince in the capital. She knows how much effort it took to earn a place by his side, and in this life, she doesn’t want to let go. Whenever she gets the chance, she goes to see Li Jie. Each time she calls him “A Jie,” her eyes turn red. But he always acts as if he hasn’t noticed and coolly says, “Ruan Heng, stay away from me.” He is cold in every way, but her eyes are still full of spring, and she treats him as devotedly as ever. Everyone in the capital says Ruan Heng is deluding herself by dreaming of becoming Prince Xian’s consort. They all wait to see her make a fool of herself. Then one day, Ruan Heng slips and hits her head on a stone. The accident turns out to be a blessing in disguise, bringing back every memory of her previous life. It turns out her husband is cold and calculating. Even marrying her was part of his scheme. In her previous life, he used her and neglected her, until she ended up infected with a plague and died in a fire. Why keep a husband like that? She’s done with him. Ruan Heng knows when to cut her losses, so she decides to have nothing more to do with him for the rest of their lives. From that day on, she stays in the residence, tending flowers and raising fish. Whenever she sees Li Jie, she takes another route. She thinks she can live out the rest of her days in peace. But one night, Li Jie corners her in a tavern. The man who never used to look her in the eye is now gazing at her tenderly, calling softly, “A Heng.” Ruan Heng finally loses her patience. “Your Highness, what exactly do you want?” His eyes burn with fierce intensity, and his breath carries the heady scent of wine. “You.” Ruan Heng: “!” Without hesitation, Ruan Heng pushes him away. “Your Highness and I are strangers.” As the saying goes, you shouldn’t fall in the same place twice. Content warnings: 1. The male lead is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. In his previous life, he had a concubine, though he felt nothing for her. He genuinely didn’t love the heroine much either, and only used her; he had no sincere feelings for her. In this life, he has to win her back the hard way. 2. The heroine has incomplete memories at first after being reborn and is love-struck. She’s fine once her memories return later on. 3. Everything in this story is fictional, so please don’t scrutinize it. The hunting references are only included for the story. Hunting wild animals is illegal. 4. Happy ending, single-couple romance. Please check out my new novel, Raising Trouble. Blurb: Everyone lamented that the Great Liang Dynasty had nearly fallen. Without Qi Yu, the astonishingly talented hostage from the Southern Kingdom, the capital was eventually lost to rebellion. And Li Jin'an, the peerless and beautiful eldest princess, had gone mad, wandering the streets in a daze all day long. Then fate changed overnight. Reborn at the time of their first meeting, Li Jin'an doesn’t even glance at the lantern someone gives her. She tosses it aside in disgust and stamps it to pieces. The next time they meet, Li Jin'an looks down coldly at Qi Yu, the Southern Kingdom’s hostage, as he is held down on the ground. In her previous life, this man had deliberately approached her. She trusted him and depended on him, only to end up losing her country and her family. This time, she will make sure to pull him up by the roots and leave no threat behind. The man on his knees slowly raises his head, an imperceptible glint of sharpness in his eyes. In his previous life, this woman bewitched him and unsettled his heart. He spent years hiding his strength and biding his time, only to see everything fall apart because he showed her mercy once. Damn it, he even let this woman stab him herself. She was more ruthless than he was, stabbing him straight through the heart. This time, he won’t let that happen again. A menace like her must not be allowed to live. Everyone in the capital knows the eldest princess always glares at the Southern Kingdom’s hostage, and he treats her just as coldly, never once lowering his head. No one knows which day it happened, but someone passing by the palace gates happened to see Li Jin'an huddled in a corner, crying until her eyes were red. A man knelt beside her, holding her close and whispering, “I know I was wrong.” Passerby: “!” Why does that man look so much like the hostage...? The aloof eldest princess of Great Liang x the proud, stubborn hostage from the Southern Kingdom A story of two people who love and hate each other, until in the end they would gladly bare their hearts to one another. Theme: You shouldn’t fall in the same place twice.