The Obsessive, Everyone-Loves-Her Villainess’s Guide to Self-Preservation

Qi Ran was blessed with breathtaking beauty, her smile capable of captivating a hundred hearts. She had always been doted on, the apple of her family's eye, and they let her do whatever she pleased. She lived freely and as she wished. But Qi Ran could not be happy. She was ill, with a split personality. At night, the thought of the hypocritical heir to the Duke of Fuguo's household filled her with disgust and anger. But by day, she was like a lovesick stalker, infatuated with the heir. She had been so obsessed with dancing that she used to practice every day, but now she spent all her time tracking his whereabouts and secretly arranging all kinds of "chance" encounters... On her seventeenth birthday, she went to confess her feelings to the heir, only to find him holding her half-sister in his arms. When she learned that he had always loved her half-sister, and had only entertained her because of that, she was furious. In a fit of madness, she accepted the imperial edict summoning her to the palace and married the cruel, merciless emperor, whose life was nearly at its end. She intended to become the most powerful woman in the land, make that vile couple regret everything, and make them suffer... But on her wedding night, the tyrant cut off an assassin's head right in front of her. She fainted from fright. When she woke up, new scenes had suddenly appeared in her mind, and she finally learned the truth about her split personality. It turned out she existed inside a book, as its obsessive, universally adored female supporting character. According to the plot, after entering the palace, she would become insatiably greedy, seduce and use every man who loved her, and commit countless evil deeds. After the tyrant died, her crimes would come to light, and she would be killed by the very men who had loved her. ...Qi Ran did not want to die. She wanted to escape the plot. It did not take long for her to discover that the tyrant was the perfect plot-blocker. At first, Qi Ran was so nervous she only wanted to use the tyrant to escape the plot. Later, she found herself hoping he would live a little longer. Because he gave her far too much. Synopsis from the male lead's perspective: Wei Ye's illness worsened. His head throbbed, and he did not have long to live. Then he unexpectedly became bound to a System that told him to win over a young woman named Qi Ran. Doing so could relieve his headaches and extend his life. Wei Ye did not care whether he lived or died, but he despised his headaches above all else. He paid no attention to whatever schemes the System and Qi Ran might have, treating Qi Ran as medicine and the System's missions as entertainment. But little by little, Wei Ye realized that Qi Ran was not his medicine, but his life. And he was perfectly willing to be her vicious dog, with only her holding his leash. An obsessive, universally adored heroine who awakens and tries to save herself vs. a cold-blooded tyrant who has no interest in beauties, but becomes willing to live or die for the heroine, hiding a dark side beneath his gentle facade. 1. A feel-good story with an adored-by-all Mary Sue heroine. 2. The heroine has maxed-out seduction skills by default. Theme: Never intend to harm others, but always be on your guard against them.