Shattered Jade

[Blurb] The worst thing Ningyu ever did was ask her father to arrange her marriage to Xie Yan.

That day, she thought Xie Yan would come up with an excuse to brush the matter aside. But to her surprise, he stood beside her, glanced at her briefly, and agreed.

She got her wish and married him.

To Ningyu, married life was ordinary but sweet.

She loved him passionately and never minded his cold, reckless nature, believing he had simply been born that way. She thought that if she were patient, she could eventually warm his heart, and one day he would be gentle with her.

Whenever she was disappointed, Ningyu comforted herself with the same thought, then carried on loving him with all her heart.

Until one day, the palace gates were breached. Her father hanged himself, her older brother went missing, and flames raged all around them.

She stood before the sea of fire and looked up. The man commanding an army of thousands was him.

“Was this why you agreed back then?” Ningyu asked, her tears endless.

Xie Yan looked down at her calmly, his peach-blossom eyes lowered slightly. He said only:

“Stop acting crazy. Come home.”

“Come home?”

She curved her red lips in a faint smile, as if she'd heard the biggest joke in the world. In an instant, her heart turned to ashes. Right in front of him, she walked into the flames.

The flames towered into the sky. Xie Yan rushed into the fire, but all he found in the end was a charred corpse.

Blood and tears streamed from his eyes as he laughed like a madman.

He had planned for everything, yet failed to account for her resolve.

A bird with broken wings can't fly away, can it?

Can't fly away, can it?

“Little Princess.”

“Little Princess.”

“Little Princess.”

Blood seeped from Xie Yan's heart as he called out like a madman

But his little princess would never answer him again.

PS: 1. The male lead will not change. The male lead is the one in the blurb.

2. The male lead is a madman, a deranged yandere. If you meet someone like him in real life, beat him to death (just kidding).

Theme: Cherish the people you have.