The Moon Hides a Beauty

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Blurb

Rong Yu has two secrets.

First, she has known all along that Xie Jing doesn't want to marry her. He wouldn't marry her even as a concubine.

Second, she doesn't love Xie Jing either. All her apparent devotion to him is just a way to buy herself time.

One day, she meets the perfect man. He doesn't care that she's the daughter of a convicted criminal, and he's willing to marry her properly.

Rong Yu agrees without a second thought, and waits for his wedding sedan to come carry her away.

As she counts down the days until she can leave the Xie estate, Xie Jing shows up, furious.

Drunk, he demands, "A Yu, weren't you the one who loved me most? Why are you marrying someone else?"

Rong Yu touches his forehead and sneers. "Fool. Who said I loved you? I never said that."

At that moment, Xie Jing feels as if someone has doused him in ice water.

Later, just days before her wedding, Rong Yu's room catches fire, and she dies in the blaze.

In a dim secret chamber, a man's hoarse, obsessive voice asks over and over, "A Yu, tell me again. Who do you love?"

#Both leads are each other's first and only, 1v1, groveling pursuit after a breakup#

#The male lead is a deranged yandere who takes what he wants by force#

#The male lead is a jerk, and the story is a slow burn. Read with caution if that's not for you#

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Blurb

Song Jin has been Li Chengye's fiancee for three years. She's gentle, sweet, and obedient.

People laugh at her. "What's the use of being so good-tempered? You're just an outsider and a concubine's daughter. Young Master Li will never marry you."

Song Jin doesn't care. Li Chengye proposed the engagement himself, so surely he must have feelings for her.

Only later does she learn that Li Chengye has loved someone else all along. He proposed only so he could take advantage of her without anyone questioning it.

On Qixi, Song Jin asks Li Chengye to celebrate the festival with her, but he refuses, claiming he doesn't celebrate. That very night, she sees him embracing another woman on the Magpie Bridge.

In that moment, Song Jin's heart finally dies.

Six months later, the Crown Prince's wedding sets the whole city abuzz.

A breeze lifts the bridal veil, and Li Chengye sees Song Jin in her wedding dress, as beautiful as a celestial maiden and perfectly matched with the Crown Prince beside her.

Consumed by jealousy, Li Chengye chases her all the way to the bridal chamber. "A Jin, come back with me."

Song Jin doesn't even look at him. "Guards, throw him out!"

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One night, Song Jin is traveling on foot when she accidentally injures someone. His leg is broken and he can't walk properly, so he clings to her.

With no other choice, Song Jin lets him stay in her little courtyard and looks after him every day, hoping he'll recover soon.

At first, the man often boasts, "As soon as my leg heals, I'm leaving. I don't want to stay in this dump for another minute."

Then one month passes, then two.

Three months...

His leg still doesn't seem to be getting better. Song Jin is worried sick, until one day she sees him kick a shuttlecock right into a basket.

Song Jin: You tricked me?

Furious, Song Jin throws all his things out.

The man pounds on the door from outside. "Song Xiaojin, open up! If I hadn't been worried you'd be all alone here, suffering with no one to comfort you, I'd have left ages ago!"

#The scumbag gets his comeuppance, the second male lead wins her heart#

#The male lead has a sharp tongue, but his actions say otherwise#

#The male lead is wonderful, a man of action who gives the heroine the best love and security#

Theme: Perseverance brings victory