Cheng Huan was tricked by a friend into a detective game. From the start, she had a System, and her task was to identify the culprit in each case and kill them.
In the first round, she was a servant in a prince's manor, pretending to be meek and keeping her sharp edges hidden.
He was a cold, self-controlled prince, suspicious of everyone, yet somehow fell for her.
She had another reason for getting close to him, and he knew it, but willingly let her use him.
What she hadn't expected was that the person closest to her was the culprit hiding in plain sight.
Fake death +1
In the second round, she was a widow whose husband had died on their wedding night, fleeing in a panic under the accusation that she had murdered him.
He was the ruthless, reckless third-in-command of a bandit stronghold. He should have left her to die, but he still fell for her.
She planned every step only to escape, even stealing a map of the routes down the mountain and selling him out.
As he lay dying, unwilling to let her go just like that, hatred reddened his eyes. With trembling hands, he aimed his knife at her heart.
"Let's die together. In the underworld, we can still be husband and wife."
Fake death +2
In the third round, she was the beloved junior disciple of a cultivation sect, and accidentally discovered his secret.
A Demon Lord who would bring calamity to the world was sealed inside him. He should have focused on his cultivation, but kept getting hurt for her. When he finally confessed his feelings, she chose to retreat.
The patient, steady man was driven to madness, all because he saw in her memories a man who looked exactly like him.
"There's someone in your heart, but that person... isn't me."
In the fourth round, she was imprisoned by a bloodthirsty, brutal Demon Lord, and spent her days in tears.
He was a Demon Lord who stole other people's bodies, sharing all their experiences and feelings with the bodies' original owners. Before long, he developed a shameful desire for her.
Every time he saw her, he could only hope she would fall in love with him again because of that face.
"Since you love this face, then loving me is the same thing."
(The Demon Lord's arc has an intense forced-possession vibe. The heroine isn't tormented much, and the Demon Lord gets his comeuppance soon.)
Multiple versions of the hero, both leads are each other's first
[Please add Bind a Husband and Take Him Home to Farm to your to-read list]
[Married first, fall in love later + farming + family life]
Ji Qian transmigrated overnight from a small business owner on the verge of success into a pitiful village nobody who did nothing but freeload. To her surprise, however, everyone saw the solitary woman as a prize worth fighting over.
The village bachelors eagerly courted her, and the matchmakers nearly wore out her doorstep.
Ji Qian thought about it all night and finally came up with the perfect excuse.
The next day, a notice was posted on a low wall beside a busy street in town:
"Ji Qian of the Ji family is looking for a husband. The man must be handsome, virtuous, diligent, and good at managing a household. If you can be my steadfast support and help me rise to great heights, I'll repay you with ten million in gold!"
Once the notice went up, all the men who had been interested in her ran off in a flash.
Late that night, just as she was congratulating herself, a handsome man covered in blood stumbled into her house like a stray dog, bringing with him the night's icy chill.
Ji Qian stared at him, practically drooling.
--
Gu Min was born to a concubine and had never been acknowledged by his father. When he had finally been welcomed into the family, he was falsely accused of murdering his stepmother.
The insults from everyone around him left him with nowhere to go. Fleeing the authorities, he escaped to Qi County.
Beneath the deep night sky, he was desperate and chose the remotest village in the county, then pushed open the gate of its most dilapidated courtyard.
"Miss, may I stay here for one night? I'll leave at dawn."
The young woman inside smiled brightly, her beautiful, sly eyes reflecting his bewilderment.
"You can't stay the night, but you can marry me."
He had just escaped the tiger's den, only to walk straight into the wolf's lair.
Bound hand and foot, Gu Min was forced to sign a marriage contract, his whole body radiating murderous intent.
It seemed he was about to add another life to the tally of those he had killed.
But after their forced marriage, he increasingly felt that the young woman had him wrapped around her little finger.
When she smiled, his spirits lifted.
When she cried, his heart broke.
He began looking forward to every day they spent together, only for her to ask for a divorce.
"I don't want to hold you back. Let's divorce."
The last thread of his self-control snapped.
"You're the one who made the first move. You can't just dump me now!"
--
At first, Ji Qian had only been attracted to Gu Min's good looks.
But to her surprise, he could do everything: guard the house, catch chickens, herd ducks. He could even cook a delicious meal.
When she was starving, a bowl of hot soup her husband had made especially for her sat on the table. She sipped it, savoring the food's delicious flavor as its warmth soothed her tired heart.
She turned to look at the man busy inside the house, tears glimmering in her eyes.
"It's so good to have a home."
Theme: Stand firm in defending justice and crack down hard on evil forces
Hello everyone, my name is Zhao Ciyun I'm numb now
It has the same name as a supporting character. .