Winning Over the Villain, One Splurge at a Time

[Full text revision in progress, the author has gone AWOL]

Song Xizhi transmigrates into an old-school angst novel, becoming the heroine who is abused physically and emotionally, yet ultimately still gets a happy ending with the male lead.

Song Xizhi: "..."

I'm fine. You're not good enough for me. Forget me. Next!

Just as she's about to turn around and run, she unexpectedly binds to a Villain Conquest System. If she can't successfully win over the villain within three years, she'll be forced to follow the original plotline where she loses the use of her legs and goes blind.

Song Xizhi: "..."

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To avoid the fate of becoming crippled and blind in this life, Song Xizhi charges in with her eyes shut!

She shamelessly sticks to the villain, fussing over him, bringing him extra clothes and food, and being as attentive as can be.

But...

All she gets in return is the villain's increasingly dark and unpleasant expression.

Song Xizhi panics. At this rate, could she end up dying at the hands of the great villain before she even has to follow the original plotline?

So, after dutifully working on the great villain's conquest for half a year, Song Xizhi packs her bags and runs away on a dark and windy night.

After fleeing, she puts her golden finger to work on her money-making skills and makes a fortune in less than six months.

Looking at her extravagant life now, then thinking of the life of blindness and disability awaiting her, Song Xizhi decides she can still try to save herself.

*

The land is in turmoil, and the fighting is draining both money and manpower.

Qin Chaoye looks at the person who vanished for half a year and has now appeared by his side again, his gaze dark and heavy. "One million taels, and you want me to write you some so-called sappy poetry and pretentious prose?"

Song Xizhi, flush with money: "Not enough? Then two million taels? Three million? Name your price!"

Qin Chaoye: "..."

A month later, Qin Chaoye captures an important city.

At the victory banquet, Song Xizhi makes a graceful entrance with forty horse-drawn carriages packed with silver. "Since you finally have some free time, let's have dinner together tomorrow. All this money is yours!"

Qin Chaoye: "..."

Much later.

After the two have experienced all the essential stages of romance, including love letters, dates, flirtation, and sweet nothings, the three-year deadline given by the System is almost up. Song Xizhi looks troubled as she gazes at the great villain, who has conquered the realm in just two years.

Song Xizhi sighs. "Power has arrived, making our already precarious financial relationship even more fragile."

The System responds impassively: [Congratulations, Host. Villain conquest progress has reached 100 percent.]

Song Xizhi is startled. Huh?

But then she leans back naturally in a chair carved from pure white jade. "As expected, there's nothing money can't solve, not even a villain."

Qin Chaoye, holding the chicken soup he spent ages making for her, brings it to her lips and lazily looks up. "Hmph."

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