After Killing the Villain I Was Trying to Romance

Lu Hanxiu transmigrates into a cannon-fodder character blessed with nothing but a fox-spirit's face. She gives up on the male lead and sets her sights on the nth sickly, obsessive villain, Wen Yanzhang, a poor pig farmer as elegant as an orchid and jade. She never expected him to be the deposed crown prince of the previous dynasty, ambitious enough to dream of taking down the male lead and stealing the heroine. Lu Hanxiu: ...Yikes. Back then, he was gloomy and gaunt, cold and vicious. His thoughts were fixed entirely on revenge. He treated everyone except the heroine with icy disdain. Lu Hanxiu helped him, softened his heart, and became his most devoted admirer. She nurtured him until he was so graceful and peerless that countless women considered him their ideal man. At last, he was willing to raise his limpid eyes and smile as he coaxed her: "Hanxiu, I love you, and you love me too, don't you?" "When I reclaim the throne, you will be my wife." "Hanxiu, my leg hurts. I think an old injury has flared up. Would you take a look at it for me?" She froze, her heart racing. How could she possibly say no? * But his sweet words hid a dagger. Just as Lu Hanxiu was disgraced and left to wander the streets, a coup broke out and the imperial city was massacred. He had long been preparing to marry the heroine, while he handed Lu Hanxiu over to his enemy as a concubine. She fell silent. During the Lantern Festival, Lu Hanxiu jumped into a river to escape, only to twist her ankle and nearly drown. A poor scholar passing by rescued her, tended her injury, washed her clothes, then blushed as he asked her to marry him. She thought, this would be a good life too. But on their wedding night, Wen Yanzhang descended from the sky, his eyes full of menace. Dressed in a blood-red wedding robe, he raised his blade and struck. Quick as lightning, Lu Hanxiu grabbed the dagger he had once thrown away and, as he stared in astonishment, drove it into his heart with all her strength. Dressed in red like a blazing flame, she smiled like the sun: "I never liked you. Just like you, I was lying." Lu Hanxiu: I'm done pretending. Die already. * Wen Yanzhang was born a devil in human skin. He had long since accepted the world's eight sufferings and treated life as worthless. Just as he was about to raise an army, a notorious idiot barged in and ruined his plans. He despised her and often wanted to kill her. He only humored her because she was useful, exploiting her completely. He thought the pawn had outlived her usefulness, never imagining that his coal-black heart would accidentally become bound to her. That foolish little white fox used to flirt with him every day, unsettle his heart, then run away, and even dared to cuckold him. He sharpened his blade without a flicker of emotion. He was determined to catch her and slowly peel off her skin and break her bones. Even when she threatened him with her life, he became the one begging her to stay. He would never let go of that hand. Whether he lost his chance at reincarnation or fell into the Avici Hell, so be it. First he would devour her to sate his hunger, then bind himself to her for eternity, until death and beyond. Only then would his life in this world have been worthwhile. Tips: An old-school, melodramatic historical romance. An obsessive male lead, a born demon with serious issues, x an upbeat heroine with a heart of gold. Theme: Every challenge can be overcome with one final push