My Husband Actually...

[Complete] Shen Susu dreamed about the future and was nearly scared to death by her own dream. She would be sent to the palace. Spoiled and not very bright, she would be framed over and over in the palace intrigues, brought to the brink of death. Then she would turn evil, tear apart the Noble Consort, and trample the former Empress underfoot, becoming the champion of palace intrigue. But what good would that do? The emperor's rule would eventually be overthrown, and she would only be empress for three days. In the end, she would die in the flames of war before turning thirty. Shen Susu woke with a start and immediately ran away. She wouldn't enter the palace, not even if she had to die! Her father, a county magistrate, told her, "You're pretty. If you don't get married, you'll end up in the palace sooner or later." Shen Susu looked around and noticed that the taciturn guard by her side seemed like a good choice. The guard was handsome, had a great figure, and had lost his memory. He looked easy to handle. By chance, Shen Susu had once saved him. Now it was time for him to repay her. Shen Susu suggested to the handsome guard that the two of them should team up and pretend to get married. His dark, deep eyes fixed on her as he answered, "All right." Shen Susu married down by taking a guard from the estate as her husband, becoming the talk of the town. She didn't care what people said. After all, her guard husband was quiet and obedient. Shen Susu was spoiled and often did bad things. When she climbed onto someone's roof to pry up their tiles, he was the one who brought the stepping stones. She was frail and often had cold hands and feet, so she used him as a human heater and held him while she slept all night. He never complained. When she wanted piping-hot pastries from the western part of the city, he used extraordinary lightness skills, and when he returned, the pastries were still hot. Shen Susu enjoyed a few happy years. Then disaster struck in Jiangnan, and rebels rose up to overthrow the court. This too was within Shen Susu's expectations. She planned to flee with her father and husband. But her guard husband had vanished, and Shen Susu cursed him as she ran. She kept running, with the rebel army chasing her all the way. Shen Susu had no idea what she had done to offend them. In the end, she couldn't outrun them and was surrounded by the rebels. On a warhorse at the head of the army, a general in silver armor reached out and lifted her onto the horse. Shen Susu was stunned. Because the damned... rebel leader was her husband. No wonder he'd chased (crossed out) her all the way. ★★★ Please add my upcoming novel "Whatever, I'll Mess It Up" to your reading list. Click my author page to see the blurb below. ★★★ While preparing to join a sect, Yu Rong discovered that she was the vicious female supporting character in a book. On top of that, she was bound to a System that would guide her through the plot. She heard that completing missions came with a monetary reward, so Yu Rong began working hard to play the vicious female supporting character. During the entrance trial, Yu Rong was assigned to the same group as the heroine. Her job was to slack off and cause trouble, holding the team back. Yu Rong: Lie down? Lying down is what I do best. But she was such a committed slacker that even the powerful heroine couldn't carry her. The two of them ended up as the lowest-ranking outer disciples. Jealous of the heroine's talent, Yu Rong secretly poisoned her spiritual pills. She spent the whole night trying to brew a poison that could get past the heroine's defenses, but failed. With nothing left to lose, she went to the black market and bought cheap poison. The next day, due to a series of mishaps, she ate the poisoned spiritual pill herself, vomiting and suffering diarrhea. The heroine was so worried that she even brought out the precious medicinal herbs she had been saving to rescue her. The male lead in the book had half-demon blood and a miserable life. Yu Rong was supposed to bully him, torment him, and capture him as a test subject for her medicines. She did spend money to buy him, but she was so incompetent that the male lead broke free of his seal. The male lead stared at her for a long time, his expression inscrutable, then said, "Thank you for saving me." At last, Yu Rong found the perfect opportunity. In the trial realm, the male and female leads were both trapped in a hopeless situation. All she had to do was block their only way out, abandon them, and make a quick getaway. But Yu Rong hammered away for ages and still couldn't bring down the stone gate outside the trial realm. After a bout of frantic fumbling, Yu Rong fell into the trial realm herself and kicked the male lead out of danger instead. The heroine: "Fine, so you want to die with me?" The male lead: "She saved me. She loves me so much." After playing the vicious female supporting character to the very end, Yu Rong asked the System with confidence, "So, are their affection ratings for me way down in the negatives? Off the charts, right?" The System trembled. "A-a new record!" Yu Rong was thrilled. "I knew it. I'm a genius villain." The System despaired. "Even when I was a heroine's System, I never saw affection ratings this high!" Theme: Believe in steadfast love