Why Is the Male Lead Always So Heartless?

She transmigrates into a palace-intrigue novel, where her character is due to be killed off after three chapters. Gu Yi has read The Heartless Emperor Falls in Love with Me, and by her reckoning, she has three days left. Lady Gu will die three days from now. A race against the clock: thirty-six hours. After barely surviving the plot that was supposed to kill her on the spot, Gu Yi has to preserve the main storyline to keep herself alive. When the hero and heroine fall in love, pledge to be together for life, and dismiss the entire harem, she’ll be able to leave the palace and live happily as a rich woman! Unfortunately, the heartless emperor ultimately rejects her request without a shred of feeling. “My dear, all those times you said you loved me, were you lying to me?” Important: The male lead is the emperor. If that’s not your thing, don’t read. ***Coming soon: Junior Sister, You’ve Ruined Me*** The fox demon Liu Zhao joins the Xuantian Spirit Mountain sect to save someone. Her goal is to take the bones and blood of her senior brother, Shen Helang. Shen Helang, the sect’s foremost disciple, comes from a prestigious family and is as bright and unsullied as the moon. He looks after his junior sister Liu Zhao, and the two spend their days together, overcoming challenge after challenge. Until the day of the sect tournament, when Liu Zhao turns her sword against him. Shen Helang looks down at the Xuangguang Sword in his chest. He can’t even feel the pain. He feels bewildered. It is as if he woke from a dream to find that he had done nothing, yet Liu Zhao was pointing her blade at him. His dear junior sister. Her Xuangguang Sword shouldn’t have been able to hurt him, but he had let his guard down completely. Her sword pierces his chest with ease. “Liu Zhao.” He looks at her in confusion. Her hair ribbon flutters in the wind. For several breaths, the world seems frozen. He can hear no one, not even Liu Zhao. She simply gazes at him, though it seems as if she isn’t looking at him at all. Only when the din around them rushes into his ears does the world return. The spectators atop the mountain are bewildered, horrified, and furious. Shen Helang stares blankly as bright red blood spreads across his white robes. “Why?” He looks up at her, finally finding his voice again. Liu Zhao’s expression doesn’t change. She shows neither fear nor remorse. Liu Zhao’s eyes slowly turn purple. A purple glow gradually gathers around her, and demon aura curls about her like clouds. The ribbon in her hair snaps, and her long hair streams in the demonic wind. Liu Zhao is a monster. So Liu Zhao really is a monster, Shen Helang thinks. Blood runs down the Xuangguang Sword, dripping one drop at a time. He stubbornly asks again, “Why?” “Junior Sister, have I not treated you well?” He hears Liu Zhao answer, “Of course you’ve treated me well, Senior Brother. But the way you treat me is no different from the way you treat anyone else. You care for all the people of the world and treat everyone equally. Your Dao heart is pure and clear. No wonder they chose you.” Theme: In the face of adversity, have the courage to change, again and again.