Name: I'll Chase Qing Ci Even If I Get Beaten Up
Author: Xi Ying

Synopsis

Original Title: The Gentle Male Side Character Finally Rose to Become the Male Lead

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Chen Anning had been drifting from place to place since childhood. To get enough to eat, she was tricked into disguising herself as a boy and joining the army.

After surviving one life-threatening ordeal after another, the army returned to the capital victorious. Thanks to her outstanding performance, she was specially appointed the Flying Young General and granted admission to the Military Academy at Yingtian Academy to study the art of war, hoping to serve the court in the future.

Yingtian Academy was the most prestigious academy in the Great Xing Dynasty. Its students were all either rich or powerful, and its two schools, the Literary Academy and the Military Academy, had trained a great many talents for the court.

Now, with Shao Qingci of the Literary Academy and Situ Hongfei of the Military Academy at their heads, the students were split into two factions. Each looked down on the other, and neither could stand the other.

On her first day at school, Chen Anning was persuaded by a friend to skip class. As she climbed over the wall, the emperor, who had been waiting on the other side, caught her red-handed.

Along with Situ Hongfei, who had climbed over half an hour earlier, she was made an example of: forced to stand as punishment, copy the academy rules, and disgrace herself in front of all the students.

The person overseeing their punishment was Situ Hongfei's sworn enemy, Shao Qingci, the head of the Literary Academy.

At first sight, Chen Anning fell for the refined, reserved, and coolly composed Shao Qingci. Undeterred by the hostility between the two academies, she began pursuing him with unrelenting enthusiasm.

Unexpectedly, the very next day, Situ Hongfei picked a fight with her in front of everyone, using a flimsy excuse.

Then someone threw a sack over her head and beat her up badly.

Chen Anning only grew more determined with each setback. While dealing with the uncouth, unreasonable, spoiled, and domineering Situ Hongfei, she also kept engineering "chance" encounters with Shao Qingci, both openly and behind the scenes.

At last, her efforts paid off: Shao Qingci "kicked" her out of the Literary Academy.

(2)

As the son of the Duke Who Guards the Nation, Shao Qingci had always been taught to know, understand, and observe proper etiquette.

Then one day, a lively person with a warm smile burst into his life, stirring the calm waters of his existence.

When she smiled, his heart rejoiced. When she caused a fuss, his face softened with indulgence.

When she was around, time flew by. When she left, everything around him felt dull and lifeless.

But she seemed to be kind to everyone. She fought and traded insults with Situ Hongfei, drank and went on outings with her classmates, and slung her arm around her newly acquired underling, chatting with him about everything.

He sulked in silence and replaced all the handwriting practice sheets he had prepared for her with characters that were complicated, difficult to understand, and full of strokes.

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Chen Ruyi took part in a transmigration experiment called 100% Male Lead Conquest.

Her mission was to find the male lead and figure out how to marry him.

But she never expected finding him to be easy and marrying him to be hard.

The male lead had his heart set on court affairs and paid no attention to her pursuit.

At her wit's end, she decided to take a step back in order to move forward. She spread stories everywhere about how he would live and die for her, and how he would even eat shit to make her happy.

Rumors have a lot of power.

That very day, he couldn't take it anymore and climbed into her room, covered in soot.

They went back and forth, their affections growing ever deeper, and everyone thought the two of them were about to get together.

But no one expected the male lead to be so arrogant and conceited, yet so lacking in self-awareness.

He brazenly used her feelings, destroyed her base, and killed the person she considered a sister.

All just to make a name for himself.

Enough was enough.

After stabbing him in the prison, Chen Ruyi quit the game.

To hell with 100% Male Lead Conquest!

She wasn't going to pursue him anymore. She didn't care if she couldn't go back.

Once her hundred years were up and she reached the underworld, who could stop her then?

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As the chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Zheng Nan had made a name for himself at a young age, ruling the dynasty with his ruthlessness and invincibility.

Then one day, he was outsmarted by a little palace maid.

What a disgrace!

To find out who was behind her, he simply went along with it and pretended to be deeply in love.

He would live and die for her, and even send dogs to eat shit for her happiness.

But a fake was still a fake.

One day, he lost interest and suddenly didn't want to keep up the act.

At last, the two turned on each other and went their separate ways.

Their love had been passionate, and so was their parting.

Later, she left the palace and bought a little courtyard in the city.

What a coincidence: he bought a little courtyard too, right next door to hers.

What happened next was even stranger.

One morning, a fine drizzle fell from the sky. The moment she stepped outside, she found that her courtyard wall had collapsed.