I'm a Heartbreaker, and I Won't Look Back

Jiang Qiao was the empress of a fallen empire, imprisoned in a dungeon for the rest of her life. Everyone who spoke of her cursed and despised her. The people she had once loved never contacted her again, let alone tried to save her. Only after Jiang Qiao died from the poison did she discover that she had been living inside an interstellar power-struggle game all along. The player, Mu Chen, was the game's sole protagonist: a savior and guide who had descended upon a chaotic age, someone everyone wanted to admire and serve. And she was nothing more than the villainous BOSS who kept getting in the player's way as he tried to unite the stars. The sweet, clingy puppy she doted on called her "Master" incessantly and seemed to keep watch over her day and night. In truth, he was trying to extract information from her for Mu Chen. Her gentle, steadfast childhood friend, whom she trusted most, accepted everything she did without question and seemed to help her plan matters of state. In truth, he had long since pledged himself to Mu Chen and was helping him plunge the court into chaos. The decisive, ruthless general she admired fought on her behalf, spilling blood on the battlefield and slaughtering her enemies. He seemed to be defending the empire and her rule, but in truth, he had already joined forces with Mu Chen to overthrow her. They despised her so much and looked down on her, yet they had forgotten... Who had pulled him out of the mire, stripped away his status as a slave, and bestowed wealth and honor beyond measure? Who had rushed to the battlefield while gravely ill, fighting to the death to seize a magic crystal guarded by the Zerg, all to obtain the medicine that could cure him? Who had defied the entire court, making enemies of countless powerful factions, just to protect his position? In the end, the only one who came to save her, risking his life, was the beautiful, gloomy duke she had always hated. He died in the siege laid by the various factions. They said she had been the bait used to lure him out, and that this was the only way to eliminate Duke Luoya, who posed a grave threat to them. Reborn, Jiang Qiao decides to play the heartless woman to the very end and teach those bastard men a proper lesson. Reading Guide: 1. Written to suit my tastes: angsty, cathartic melodrama. If it's not for you, please move on. 2. Updated daily. The author is sometimes in a different time zone. Theme: Never stop striving.