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Blurb

Rumor had it that Huo Li was twisted and mercurial.

After successfully reclaiming the throne, he exacted a horrific revenge on everyone who had once bullied him.

Luo Wanrou did not escape his vengeance. Within just five years, she died at Huo Li's hands.

When she awoke again, Luo Wanrou had returned to ten years earlier.

None of it had happened yet. All she wanted was to get this absurd, tyrannical man out of her estate as soon as possible.

But she never expected that the cold-blooded, domineering, ruthless emperor of the future was now merely a lowly slave with no memories.

Even soaked to the skin and kneeling before her, he still seemed like a beast poised to pounce.

When she returned his contract of servitude, his expression instantly turned lost and helpless, like a stray dog about to be abandoned.

Looking at the gloomy, pitiful man kneeling at her feet, Luo Wanrou realized that there was far more to what she had once overlooked than she could have imagined.

Remembering the revenge she had once suffered, she changed her mind and decided to toy with him. Her bright red lips curved in a cold, alluring smile as she murmured:

"Such a handsome servant."

"If you want to stay, you'll have to see if you can please me."

*

Huo Li had lost his memory. When he learned he was a lowly slave,

he nevertheless dared to harbor improper thoughts about the estate's second young lady.

He knew an abyss lay ahead, yet still walked step by step into the gentle trap she had set.

His base love for her kept growing as she alternately drew him close and pushed him away.

He was obsessed with dragging this lofty beauty down from her pedestal.

Until his memories returned, and the past became a thing of the distant past.

When she saw him restraining himself, his eyes bloodshot, she reached out first, wrapping her slender arms around his stiff neck.

Knowing she was about to deceive him again, he could only let her lips whisper by his ear, almost greedily:

"Don't you like me?"

"Then I'll give you that chance. Make me your empress."

*

Rumor had it that the new emperor had once been deceived in love by a beauty.

After he ascended the throne, she was brought to the palace, and everyone wondered when she would meet her end.

Instead, the new emperor made her empress, followed by a string of astonishing developments

The empress loved sweets, so half the imperial palace chefs were sent to Jiangnan to learn how to make desserts.

Winter was bitterly cold, and the new emperor missed morning court for several days in a row. While people wondered if he was ill, he was warming the empress's bedding in their bedchamber.

The roses in the imperial garden were all picked overnight. The finest petals were selected to make a rose wreath.

And in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the beauty everyone had expected to die soon was reclining lazily on a couch.

The new emperor was kneeling on one knee beside the empress's feet. As if lifting a priceless treasure, he cradled her pale feet and lowered them into a basin, then carefully asked in a tender voice no one had ever heard him use:

"Wan'er, is the water warm enough?"

The palace maids and eunuchs drew in a horrified breath.

The empress could not even be bothered to lift her eyes. She lightly tapped his broad palm with her toes, then deigned to say, "Mm. Go ahead."

Huo Li made her words come true.

If she wanted it, this life would give her anything she desired.

Reader's Guide:

* The heroine is breathtakingly beautiful, aloof on the outside but warm-hearted, and too proud to admit her softer feelings. She is an untouchable beauty.

* The hero is a mad, obsessive, untamed and wild yandere, devoted as a loyal dog.

1. The heroine is not abused. The hero loves her desperately in both lives, though in different ways. He was not responsible for her death in her previous life.

2. A reborn female rival appears, but the heroine's plot armor is stronger.

3. The hero is not quite right in the head and may do some crazy things.

4. At first, the heroine takes revenge by playing with the hero's feelings and even wants him dead. After their misunderstandings are resolved, they truly love each other and choose each other.

5. There is sex before marriage. Please take care if that bothers you.

Upcoming Novel Blurb

Autumn Waters Beauty

Marriage Before Love / Sweet and Cozy Romance / Lighthearted, No Angst

Wen Zhiqiu hid behind a screen and saw a handsome man with an icy expression.

He was He Yan, a brocade-clad guard commander from the capital.

He Yan's appearance, family background, and admirable virtue of keeping himself chaste were all beyond reproach.

Her family tried to arrange a match between them, but Wen Zhiqiu resisted.

He seemed dangerous from head to toe. She disliked men who were so domineering and cold.

Whenever he looked her way, she felt an inexplicable heat, as if she were being scorched by fire, utterly at odds with his icy expression.

Wen Zhiqiu could not understand what that look meant. Terrified, she forced herself to say, "I don't want to get married yet."

To her surprise, He Yan raised his eyes too. "Neither do I."

What? If you don't want to get married, why are you looking at me like that!

After discussing it, they decided:

He Yan would help her escape being forced into marriage by powerful people, and she would help him fulfill his grandfather's dying wish.

They reached an agreement: they would marry in name only for a year, then divorce.

*

Wen Zhiqiu thought their marriage was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

But after marrying into the He family, she kept feeling that things were not going as she had expected.

Old Master He had been bedridden the day before, but the next morning he was refreshed and even doing tai chi.

They had agreed not to interfere in each other's lives, yet little gifts kept appearing in her room every few days.

Before their wedding, He Yan had said that he was busy with official business and often had to leave to investigate cases, so he would spend little time at home throughout the year.

But after seeing him go out for just one day, then lounge around the estate for three days, and even knock on her door at night to keep up the act, Wen Zhiqiu asked, "Didn't you say you were busy? Why are you here again?"

He Yan explained, "The city has been peaceful lately. It's the first time since I took office that I've had so much free time. Let me in, or Grandfather will get suspicious."

Until one day, He Yan caught Wen Zhiqiu enjoying a lakeside outing with another man.

His composure and self-control collapsed completely. Without a word, he took away his beloved wife, who had been chatting happily with the man, his restrained fury on the verge of erupting.

Wen Zhiqiu panicked. "Didn't you say I could look for a man I liked while we were under contract? What are you doing?"

He Yan could only grit his teeth. For the first time, he lost his composure and shouted furiously in public, "To hell with the agreement!"

*

She was the longing that had long taken root in his heart. He carefully laid his plans and built a cage around her, so he could keep her by his side forever. It was the greatest thing his heart ever coveted.

* The heroine is gentle, soft, breathtakingly beautiful, and too proud to admit her soft heart. She flirts without realizing it.

* The hero is domineering and forceful, a walking embodiment of sex appeal, cold on the outside but warm inside, devoted and loyal.

Reader's Guide:

1. A lighthearted, sweet romance with no content warnings.

2. Happy ending, both leads sexually inexperienced, one-on-one romance.

Theme: Find out the truth and clear up misunderstandings.