Ren Shulan had transmigrated into a book for five years, all that time an insignificant nobody with no presence at all.
The original heroine was Zhaoyin, a commandery princess who was greatly favored by the emperor, proud and uninhibited. Shulan envied her more than anyone.
The original hero, Yan Ci, was a gentleman of refined elegance who always behaved with impeccable courtesy. Everyone regarded him as a snow-capped peak, and Shulan feared him more than anyone.
As a throwaway narrator whose only role was to praise the hero's looks, Ren Shulan had seen him three times in all. Each time, she happened to catch a glimpse of his other side.
This snow-capped peak and perfect gentleman in everyone's eyes was actually a black-hearted sesame rice ball. His insides weren't filled with learning, but with wicked schemes.
He could smile gently as he accepted a lovestruck girl's handkerchief, then turn around, toss it into the filthy mud, and step on it without mercy.
He sabotaged his own horse, causing Prince Tian to fall and become half-paralyzed when he tried to take Yan Ci's mount at the hunting grounds.
When his own older sister suggested to their parents that he study at Lushan Academy, he pretended not to notice as he exposed her secret affair with a poor scholar.
Shulan was just a minor character who would disappear into a crowd. She never thought she'd have anything to do with the hero. But one day, when her sisters asked her to deliver a love letter to Yan Ci, he looked at her twice and actually accepted it.
Shulan figured he'd just throw it away later, so she didn't think much of it.
The next day, however, she was ostracized by every young woman in Chang'an.
Shulan: What? So I'm the hero's next target?
The black-hearted sesame rice ball had too many cruel tricks up his sleeve. He drove her out of Chang'an and into Shuntian Prefecture, then followed her all the way to Lushan Academy in Shuntian Prefecture to become her classmate.
Shulan: Wait, hold on! I give up! I'll never do it again!
Yan Ci smiled, still relishing the game: I'll let you go, but only if you lose your memory.
He took such pleasure in tormenting her that when he later confessed his feelings, Shulan's first reaction was not to believe him: Are you trying to mess with me again?
Yan Ci: ...I'm telling the truth.
Shulan: You really are trying to mess with me?!
An unconventional chase-your-wife-to-the-crematorium story
A seemingly gentle but secretly scheming hero x a heroine who takes advantage of her lack of presence to gossip about everything
Theme: Always treat others with sincerity
