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[Marriage first, love later / Secret crush becomes mutual / Mutual healing]

Ming Tang grew up surrounded by luxury. At eighteen, she owned a private island, carried a diamond-studded Hermes Birkin, wore designer couture in her everyday life, and had bodyguards accompany her whenever she went out.

She never imagined that the tired old plot of a baby swap could happen to her.

When the real eldest daughter of the Ming family returned, Ming Tang's fiance, who had been betrothed to her since childhood, broke off their engagement in front of everyone.

Her fiance turned cold and heartless. "The person engaged to me is the eldest daughter of the Ming family, not you. But if you get down on your knees and say something nice to me now, I might consider forgiving..."

"Take a look in the mirror."

With all eyes on her, Ming Tang laughed softly, though there was no warmth in her eyes. "You're not worthy."

She casually pointed at someone by the door. "I forgot to tell you, he's the one I like."

The whole room fell silent.

And for good reason: the person Ming Tang had pointed to was Shen Congyan.

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Shen Congyan, head of the Shen family, was decisive and ruthless, feared and avoided by everyone.

No one had ever known that a heaven-blessed man like Shen Congyan had been secretly in love with someone for ten whole years.

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After the wedding, so no one would see through their act of being a loving couple, Ming Tang and Shen Congyan agreed on three rules:

We have to hold hands when we're out, and when I speak, you have to...

Before she could finish, Shen Congyan suddenly lowered his head. In the shifting light and shadow, his amber eyes were right before her.

Their fingers intertwined. Shen Congyan asked softly, "...Like this?"

Ming Tang's face flushed for a moment, but she pretended to be calm. "Mm."

"Can I hug you?"

"Y-Yes."

Later, after Ming Tang had been thoroughly devoured, she finally realized something was wrong: No, don't keep adding to the act!

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[Airheaded beauty * powerful authority figure] [The coward is all in the heroine's imagination]

Yu Youning was a genuine coward who had wandered the mortal world for decades.

She knew everyone was afraid of ghosts and held them in awe.

The first time she possessed someone, Yu Youning hadn't even had time to celebrate before she discovered she'd possessed a former dynasty's princess, whose country had just been destroyed, and who had lived in the Cold Palace for ten years.

And the new emperor was on his way to the Cold Palace with a sword in hand.

Rumor had it that the new emperor was cruel and vicious, a living King of Hell in everyone's eyes.

Not a single prince or princess of the former dynasty had survived.

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When the palace gates were thrown open, Yu Youning stood up shakily from the ground in a plain white brocade dress.

She tried to recall what the ghosts of old looked like when they frightened people. Then she slowly removed the plain hairpin from her temple, letting her hair fall to her waist.

She tilted her head and curled her lips at Shen Jingzhou.

Yu Youning: I'll scare you to death!

Shen Jingzhou: ...

Everyone thought Yu Youning would die by Shen Jingzhou's sword, but one day passed, then two...

With everyone watching, Shen Jingzhou looked expressionlessly at Yu Youning on the imperial carriage and said coldly, "Come here."

Yu Youning's eyes brimmed with tears as she turned her face away.

Everyone watched in trepidation, assuming that in the next instant they would see the beauty die in a spray of blood.

They saw Shen Jingzhou walk toward Yu Youning step by step, and then...

He knelt beside her, sighing helplessly.

"...My dear, are you still upset?"

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