She Is Poison

The tags say second-chance romance, and the blurb makes it clear there's a groveling arc. If you don't want to read that, please learn to find stories you like instead of coming here to stir things up. After their breakup, neither the female lead nor the male lead dated anyone else. Thank you. Mu Yugui once truly loved someone. He was a young man she met at university. He was rebellious and acted outrageously, but in front of her, he was quiet and obedient. At first, he was always holding her, burying his face against her neck and speaking in a coaxing voice: "Sis, wait for me. You must never leave me." And so Mu Yugui fell, step by step, into the young man's gentle trap. Until one night beneath the bright full moon, in front of everyone, the young man wore a mocking smile on his exquisite face and spoke in a cold, scornful voice: "You're just an old woman. How could you ever be good enough for me? It was just for fun. Why did you take it seriously?" Only then did Mu Yugui realize that he had simply treated her like a toy he could deceive however he pleased. * Years later, they meet again. Mu Yugui is a partner at a renowned local law firm, representing the firm in merger negotiations. In the reception room, she lowers her head to organize the documents in her hands. The door opens, and a sharply dressed man with a stern face walks in. The moment he sees her, he freezes. Mu Yugui simply smooths the wrinkles in her clothes, rises calmly, and extends a slender, fair hand. Her voice is cool. "Mr. Gu, it's been a long time." The man's eyes suddenly redden. * After getting back together with Gu Mingyu, both of them tacitly avoid mentioning what happened back then. But in the middle of the night, whenever he wakes from a dream, the man always pulls her into his arms. His sinewy forearm holds her with startling force as he rasps in her ear, desperate and obsessive: "Don't leave me again." Mu Yugui's soft breathing is his only reply. * Mu Yugui said she wanted a grand proposal, so Gu Mingyu went to great lengths to put together an engagement ceremony that caused a sensation throughout the city. But as he knelt on one knee, held out a ring, and proposed with tender devotion, she lowered her head slightly, a smile on her lips, and spoke softly. "Mr. Gu, it was just for fun. Why did you take it seriously?" That day, a proposal that should have been the stuff of dreams became a laughingstock, and the dazzling diamond ring was discarded like trash. Mu Yugui thought that after such public humiliation, Gu Mingyu must hate her to the bone. But the next day, beneath a sky dotted with stars, she returned to her little apartment, which had been unoccupied for a long time, and saw someone who had waited outside all night. When he saw her return, his shadowed eyes welled with red. The veins stood out on the back of his tightly clenched hand, yet his voice was humble and fragile. "Sis, I was wrong. Please don't treat me like this..." Reader's guide: A cool-headed, self-possessed lawyer heroine X an ordinary (?) CEO hero The leads had a past. Then the hero drove her away by acting like an idiot, and chased after her so desperately he nearly destroyed himself. The author is famous for being a wicked stepmother to her male leads. The groveling arc runs through almost the whole story. The leads won't get their happy ending until the hero has suffered enough. If you can't handle seeing the male lead suffer, enter with caution. - Jiujiu's completed stories next door: My Imperial Sister as My Wife / The Yandere Can Never Have Me / His Majesty Is Turning Dark Again / My Disciple Is Bad at Everything but Can't Get Enough / No One in the Entire Harem Can Fight / Send That Ridiculous Male Lead as a Sacrifice - Here's a preview of my next upcoming story. It's on my author page, so feel free to bookmark it! "Before Spring Ends" On the day she was crowned empress, Qin Huaijin told Meng Shuangwan: "You are the only wife I have. I trust you to manage the imperial harem." Because of those words, Meng Shuangwan devoted herself to her duties for ten years, managing the harem and raising the princes and princesses for him. As empress, she had always followed the rules. Qin Huaijin respected and cherished her, and in front of everyone, he always made a show of loving her. Meng Shuangwan believed that the two of them would be husband and wife for life, sharing a bed in life and a grave in death. But the next year, during the selection of new consorts, a new Talented Lady entered the harem. Only then did Meng Shuangwan learn that even the aloof and noble emperor had a passionate side. He personally helped Talented Lady Min get dressed and slept beside her. He remembered what she liked to eat and indulged her every whim. In just half a year, he broke every rule for her. Because of Talented Lady Min, Meng Shuangwan was scolded by Qin Huaijin for the first time. Doubted for the first time. For the first time... forced to bow her head to a concubine, despite being the empress. Meng Shuangwan kept deceiving herself, holding on to Qin Huaijin's words that she was his only wife. Until the autumn hunt that year, when she heard with her own ears the newly promoted Zhaoyi softly call Qin Huaijin "husband." Only then did she realize how ridiculous she was. The title she had treasured so dearly was, in Qin Huaijin's heart, nothing more than a toy to make a beauty smile. At last, she gave up hope. . On the night of the winter solstice, the emperor stayed in Talented Lady Min's palace. When he heard that Chang'an Hall had gone up in flames and the empress had not been rescued, the usually composed emperor went mad. Wild-eyed and frantic, he screamed Meng Shuangwan's name in front of Chang'an Hall, his eyes bloodshot. The only answer was the hall consumed by raging flames and the bitter, howling winter wind. . At the New Year's banquet, members of the imperial family came to the palace with their families. On the main street, Qin Huaijin chanced upon a noblewoman. Beneath the hazy palace lanterns, she turned around, and her luminous, exquisite face made the eunuch drop his lantern in shock. Qin Huaijin's pupils contracted sharply. "Zitong..." His voice trembled slightly. But she spoke calmly and curtsied in greeting. "May Your Majesty be well. I am the wife of Prince Wei, and have accompanied His Highness to the palace for the banquet." Seeing the unfamiliarity in her eyes, Qin Huaijin staggered back in disbelief. His empress had become a princess consort, and no longer recognized him. . Qin Huaiye had thought he would never fall in love in his life. Until that early spring, when he met a woman in his fiefdom. She looked very much like his imperial sister-in-law, but her personality was completely different. Later, he told himself that if she looked alike, so be it. His sister-in-law was dead. It was just a coincidence. So he submitted a request to appoint her as his princess consort. Later still, the woman remembered her name. When he heard the name "Meng Shuangwan," Qin Huaiye felt as if he had been struck by lightning. That night, he sat alone in the bitter winter wind until dawn. In the end, he made a decision. Early the next morning, he opened the door and entered her room. "Your name is the same as the late empress's. Don't mention it lightly to anyone from now on." He drew the clear-eyed woman into his arms. His voice was tender, but a faint red gleam appeared in his eyes. The late empress was gone. From now on, in this world, there would only be his Princess Consort of Wei. No one... would take her away. Reader's guide: A melodramatic, groveling romance with an outrageous amount of angst. The heroine is a virgin, and the male lead is a virgin. The heroine loses her memory, the second male lead becomes the main love interest, and the male lead is reduced to ashes. The second male lead was once a man of perfect grace and refinement. Later, he goes mad with love and becomes an expert at lying through his teeth. There are lots of dramatic love-triangle scenes later on. Enter with caution if you can't handle that! Theme: Girls should be independent and strong. When you blossom, the breeze will come.