The Tragic Novel's Heroine Takes the Sweet Romance Route

[I've stopped writing this. Don't bother reading.]

Shen Ying found out at fifteen that she was living inside an old-school tragic romance novel.

The plot would begin three years later. She would face a series of life-changing disasters, including her family's bankruptcy and her parents' deaths after falling seriously ill. Then she would embark on a spectacular love-hate relationship with the male lead, who would turn evil: You love me, I love you; I torment you, you torment me. Finally, just when she thought she could reach a happy ending, she would be diagnosed with a terminal illness and die six months later.

Shen Ying: ?? Is this a script a human being could write?

She looks at the future male lead, who's being bullied at school, and rescues him at the cost of a few minor scrapes. Wiping her wounds, she tells him seriously, "Gu Xun, I saved you today. When you make it big someday, you have to treat me well, got it?"

Before she leaves, she puts a piece of candy in his palm.

The boy presses his lips together and carves her words deep into his flesh and bones.

So, as she gradually helps him change, Gu Xun stands up for her whenever others bully her. When she nearly gets kidnapped, Gu Xun secretly follows and rescues her. And when someone else confesses to her, Gu Xun pins her against a wall, his gaze restrained yet intense. "Why can't it be me?"

As time goes on, not one of the things Shen Ying feared more than nightmares ever happens.

The male lead, who should have grown up gloomy and obsessive, instead wants to hold her in the palm of his hand. He buys her a big house and pampers her like a one-of-a-kind princess, making everyone jealous.

In the end, Shen Ying faints by accident. Thinking she can't escape the ending where she gets a terminal illness, she cries as she tells Gu Xun her final wishes. The man trembles at the sound of her sobbing. "Yingying, you're just pregnant and haven't been getting enough rest..."

Shen Ying: ?

Shen Ying, who successfully muddles through to the end: A tragic romance? That wasn't so bad after all~

Theme: Persevere and keep striving.