A Heart of a Wolf, a Heart of a Dog

[Coming soon: The Python Hound I Went to Great Lengths to Lure. Add it to your collection from my column.]

Story blurb:

The arrogant demoness Qiong Mian was horrified to discover that after she died, she had left behind a foul reputation that would last for all eternity!!!

And her infamy had spread throughout the Three Realms, leaving no corner untouched.

Demoness, eyes wide with shock: Impossible! I can't have a foul reputation that lasts forever!

She hadn't done anything that vile. All she'd done was lure a pretty boy into becoming her lover, cruelly toy with his feelings, then ruthlessly abandon him.

She had deliberately let her disciple run wild, commit every manner of evil, and slaughter innocent people.

She had subtly reminded her henchmen to do every manner of evil, laying waste to the Three Realms and leaving not a blade of grass alive...

And...

...What other inhuman things had she done?

There were so many she could barely remember. Were these little things really enough for everyone to condemn her, and to drag her out to whip and curse her every day even tens of thousands of years after she was well and truly dead? Whip her corpse, then curse her again.

That pretty boy could raise his cultivation just by holding her hand. How could she resist?

You have no heart.

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Zong Qing was the Celestial Sovereign, the sole master of the Three Pure Realms. Even the gods, demons, and evil spirits had to revere him with utmost sincerity and prostrate themselves before him just at the thought of him.

And yet a petty little fiend had tricked him.

More than once.

He lowered his eyes,

calmly gazing at the woman's utterly dead body. Suppressing his disgust, he saved her. He would have to kill her again, strip away her sinews, and gouge out her bones.

Whipping her corpse was pointless.

*

Little scenes: 1

After waking up dead,

Qiong Mian had lost all her memories and gotten herself a husband for free.

"Husband, have you passed the imperial exams?"

"No."

At that, Qiong Mian felt thoroughly disdainful. She always felt that a useless man like this was beneath her.

Apart from doting on her and treating her with exceptional tenderness, he was good for practically nothing!!

She was desperate to find a new husband...

2:

After abandoning him, she woke up again.

Her husband was not only vicious and sickly obsessed with her, but so possessive that he made her tremble.

And she had become a slave ghost, with no choice but to let him do as he pleased.

Slave ghosts were the lowest kind of evil spirit in the mortal world.

Qiong Mian, shocked: "..."

Impossible! I'm so radiant. I can't be a slave!!

#My lover either wants to rip out my heart or stab me#

#He's such a pain, I don't want him anymore#

#Another day of wanting to find a new husband#

Also known as: What Happened to Me as I Fell from Madam to Slave (smile); I Turned the Male Lead into a Sanctimonious Psycho; Where Did My Refined, Unsullied, and Immaculate Husband Go?

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Content warnings:

1. The male lead used to be an innocent little chick. Now he's extremely possessive and has a terrible temper. The female lead turned him into a sanctimonious, scheming man.

2. The female lead is a scumbag. In life, she was a wicked, seductive demoness, rotten to the core, and met a well-deserved, violent death. Now she's very obedient.

3. The female lead woke up after death twice, with no memories either time. The first time, she pretended to be obedient and played the Celestial Sovereign; the second time, she was genuinely obedient. Also, she didn't love the male lead while alive, and she played him once.

#A sweet, indulgent romance with flirtation. Even when there are heartbreaks, they'll lead to sweetness.#

One-on-one, both leads pure, happy ending.

Note from 2020.06.28: Blurb screenshotted and saved~

Coming soon 1: The Python Hound I Went to Great Lengths to Lure

Beneath fragrant bait, there must be a hidden hook.

Xie Qingshi is the python hound I went to great lengths to lure.

Fu Xin

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Fu Xin was the daughter of a disgraced minister, rotten and delicate to the core.

A born beauty.

Xie Qingshi was the son of the Chancellor, and the most powerful official in the Dali Court in the capital.

He had a thorn in his side.

A thorn he'd imprisoned time and again.

Xie Qingshi locked the dungeon door once more.

He saw the woman leaning against the bars, asking plaintively, "My lord, the dungeon is cold and damp. Could you give me a set of silk quilts? I've been a picky eater since childhood, and can hardly stomach ordinary food, though the dishes at Tianxiang House might just be tolerable."

Then she hurriedly tugged at his official robe, looking worried as she asked, "My lord, will a maid be assigned to attend to me when I do my hair and burn incense each day?"

Doing her hair and burning incense? She certainly had some nerve to ask.

Xie Qingshi scoffed and tapped the prison bars. "Behave yourself."

*

Later, in the dungeon where Fu Xin stayed,

there was a carved canopy bed against the wall, draped with beaded curtains and gauzy silk. Her vanity was covered with jewelry, and a Persian carpet had been laid down to keep the damp cold from seeping in.

Even the bathwater she used for her daily baths and incense rituals

was carried in by Xie Qingshi himself.

The first jailer, carrying a tray of outrageously expensive food, couldn't help wondering,

"What did this ancestor come here for?"

The second jailer was just as puzzled. "Maybe...to reform?"

Little scene:

One day,

Xie Qingshi was having a small gathering with officials at Yunjin Workshop. After it broke up, a delicate hand suddenly caught hold of his sleeve at the wrist.

The woman's cheeks were faintly flushed as she teased, "My lord, will you stay the night?"

"No need."

Fu Xin stepped closer and breathed sweetly against the man's cheek. "My lord, have you forgotten the kindness you showed me that night in the dungeon?"

Xie Qingshi smiled. "Do you really have the nerve to bring that up?" He pinched her chin between two fingers and asked calmly, "Fu Xin, do you dare bring that up?"

Fu Xin secretly had a child from that night without Xie Qingshi knowing.

Five years later, Xie Qingshi looked at his son, who was lying on the bed with all of Fu Xin's fussy habits.

He was so furious his face turned green!

Also known as: The Amorous Things My Husband and I Did in the Prison Cell; My Days in Prison Were Pretty Sweet; I Fell in Love in the Dali Court Dungeon

Note from 2020.8.31: Blurb screenshotted and saved~

Coming soon 2: I Won My Darling Back by Licking His Boots

The darling I won back by licking his boots,

what is Lyu Qiu to me?

Qi Chu

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She blames him for destroying her country.

She blames him for executing her blood relatives.

She blames him for slaughtering her mount.

She even blames him for killing an insignificant little slave.

He is the supreme overlord of the Five Wastes and Ten Kingdoms. Luohuang is nothing but a festering sore on his body, a root that must be cut out before it spreads.

It isn't worth ruining his foundations over a rotten root.

Qi Chu couldn't understand it, no matter how hard he tried.

He had mercifully spared her life, set aside their past, taken her into his household, and showered her with endless affection and riches. Why would she still be so ungrateful as to sacrifice herself for her country,

pressing words like knives into his heart?

After the woman died, Qi Chu endured every day the agony of tendons being cut, bones being scraped, and a knife tearing at his heart.

Whenever he thought of her, he missed her so much his soul trembled.

*

After being reborn, the bastard remembered the woman's peculiar fondness for flattery and deliberately hid his sharp edges, playing the bootlicker without batting an eye.

Whenever he could, he would shamelessly beg and wag his tail, pleading for her affection...

Yin Ji: "..." So cute!

Qi Chu resorted to every trick in the book, and finally coaxed the woman into marrying him of her own free will.

On their wedding day,

the muscles around Qi Chu's shoulder blades trembled with excitement.

I got my darling back by licking his boots. (That was what he thought.)

Also known as: The Scoundrel Really Thinks He Can Lick His Way Back into Love; The Mighty Overlord Becomes Someone's Concubine. Have You No Shame?

Note from 2020.9.16: Blurb screenshotted and saved~

Theme: Evil will never triumph over good. Good is the Way, and good is the law!