Reborn Before I Humiliate the Aloof Male Lead

Synopsis: Only after Shen Yingyu died did she learn that she was the vicious female cannon fodder in a storybook. In life, she had been the powerful male lead’s fake mother, tormenting him in every way from childhood. Once he rose to power, she was the first person he made sure to destroy. Reborn into a new life. She looked at the bare walls of her home and the handsome young man before her, remembering how her story ended. She decided to turn over a new leaf! Through her efforts, her relationship with the male lead improved, and she was satisfied with her life. Later, a matchmaker introduced her to a tutor. She was just about to discuss building a life together with him when one mishap after another occurred. Something seemed wrong. Until one day. Someone secretly drugged her wine, and she stumbled by accident into a room. Only then did she realize what had been wrong, but it was already too late… A faint, fragrant scent drifted through the room, masking the heavy aroma of sandalwood. The woman’s features were lovely and refined, her eyes hazy. She staggered and fell to the floor, while moonlight happened to catch her graceful, slender figure. She tilted her head back, tears glistening on her delicate cheeks. “Help me…” The handsome young man before her, with his jade-like face and graceful bearing, gazed at her with a smile, then came toward her barefoot. He lifted her chin with a finger and placed a restrained kiss on the corner of her mouth. Through her haze, Shen Yingyu saw the corners of his eyes flush red. He was so beautiful he looked like a bewitching fox. As the drug gradually clouded her mind, she couldn’t help cupping his face and kissing him. The next morning. She hurriedly packed her things and tried to flee, but she was stopped before she could get out. The future powerful minister, now already as graceful as a crane and as pure as pine, was leaning casually to one side. He glanced at her panicked face and asked with a slow smile, “Where are you going with all that packed?” She clutched her bundle tightly and was about to answer when she heard him murmur, “That was you last night, wasn’t it?” His smiling gaze wandered over her stiff face and lingered on her without restraint, no longer hiding its possessive hunger. “Are you still sore? I lost control last night. I’ll be gentler next time.” Shen Yingyu was horrified. He was insane! She braced one hand against the wall and turned without hesitation to open the door. But… the door didn’t seem to open. No one knew of the darkness in Su Chenji’s heart. Everyone thought him a refined gentleman, graceful and courteous. Only he knew how much he wanted to swallow Shen Yingyu whole, and that he would do anything to possess her. “How can joy come from unwarranted longing?” Reader’s Guide: ★ Also known as: How Can Joy Come from Unwarranted Longing?; The Male Lead Keeps Poisoning Me, Then Turns Dark; Reborn Before the Male Lead Tries to Kill Me ★ The male lead was brought home by the heroine’s elder sister. They are unrelated by blood and do not share a household register. ★ The male lead has no career-related obstacles. Though the heroine is reborn, she doesn’t suddenly become clever or powerful; she still thinks like an ordinary person. ★ Everyone is a native of this ancient world. There is no transmigration or fantasy. ★ The leads are seven years apart. After she is reborn, they support each other; the story leans toward mutual healing. ★ Both are virgins; happy ending. ★ Tropes: rebirth + forced possession + running away while pregnant ★ Characterization: refined but depraved obsessive lunatic x gentle, reserved heroine Cover character artist: Today Coming Soon: Add to Your Wishlist, 1 A Cannon Fodder Who Drugs the Twisted Villain Characterization: A flirtatious, cautious, life-loving ray of sunshine x a gentle, refined, obsessive male lead Synopsis: On the day Tang Naoyi went to seek refuge with someone, she learned that she was a vicious supporting character… and a minor cannon-fodder character in a melodramatic story about obsessive madness. The villain in the story, Ji Zechen, had the merciful, compassionate face of a bodhisattva and was affectionately called “the Male Bodhisattva.” But this “Male Bodhisattva” was a total lunatic, a murderous psychopath who would kill everyone. Luckily, she was only a minor character in the book: the supporting heroine hated the male lead, and Tang Naoyi handed her a knife; when the supporting heroine wanted to frame the villain, Tang Naoyi helped by drugging him. She was just a sidekick who helped her do evil. As long as she followed the plot and finished her part, she could escape the story. But by the time she arrived, her cousin, the supporting heroine, was already in danger. Now she had to play not only her own part, but her cousin’s too. Taking on two people’s roles wasn’t a big deal. But… no one told her before she drugged him that it was the wrong drug, and she’d given him the wrong one! She looked at the beautiful Male Bodhisattva before her. His face was flushed, his breathing ragged, yet his eyes brimmed with murderous intent. She swallowed despite herself. Not because she was tempted, but because she was terrified. “What did you give me?” Ji Zechen asked, his impossibly beautiful brows lifting slightly. He wore a gentle smile, as though he were speaking to a lover. Yet he had a sharp dagger pressed to her throat. Run! She nervously calculated how to escape, but the next second he seized her chin and stuffed a handful of medicine into her mouth. She gasped and turned her head, trying to spit it out, but the medicine dissolved as soon as it touched her tongue. Ji Zechen leaned lazily to one side and watched her with a faint smile. “There. You’ve taken it too. Now hand over the antidote.” A moment later, her face slightly flushed and her breathing ragged, she looked up with tears in her eyes. “I’m sorry. I offended you. I’m the antidote now.” Coming Soon: Add to Your Wishlist, 2 The Chambermaid Who Ran Away Characterization: A greedy, flirtatious temptress of a maid vs. a cold, celibate, obsessive master Synopsis: A Xian was a slim horse girl sold from Yangzhou to the capital. By good fortune, she was taken into the marquis’s residence and became a maid in the heir’s courtyard. Looking at her monthly wage of five hundred coins, she turned her attention to the noble man everyone praised as pure and upright as pine and jade. A Xian knew she had a radiant, captivating beauty, especially when she looked at people through her misty eyes, leaving them weak in the knees. Surely seducing that cold, celibate man wouldn’t be difficult. Through her hard work, she finally became his personal maid. But A Xian still wanted more. She kept pushing her luck and seducing him until she successfully became his bedchamber maid. At last, she had saved enough money. While he was away, she openly bought her freedom from the steward, then left the capital with the child in her belly… . Pei Qingji had never been caught up in romance, and A Xian was the only maid by his side. Later, he accidentally realized that she seemed to love him deeply. Though A Xian was only his bedchamber maid, it wasn’t as if she couldn’t become his principal wife. But one day, when he returned from an outing, the courtyard was empty. Not only was she gone, but so were all the valuable little trinkets he had given her during their intimate moments. The usually aloof and handsome young man furrowed his brow slightly. He rolled the snow-white bodhi beads around his wrist and lowered his eyes in thought. It took him a long while to realize. His little bedchamber maid had run away. In an instant, the bodhi beads snapped between his fingers, scattering like snow across the ground. No one who dared provoke him had ever gotten away unscathed. Theme: With enough effort, you can succeed