Zhi Hui transmigrated into the historical romance novel Life's Embrace, becoming a young woman equipped with a System and martial arts skills.
She thought her mission would be like everyone else's: as a transmigrated heroine, she'd have a special advantage, break up the original leads, and take the male lead for herself. But the truth was nothing like that:
When the leads got married, the System sent her to watch;
When the leads had a disagreement, the System told her to smooth things over;
When the leads were in danger, the System urged her to secretly step in and save them.
Zhi Hui: ???
Other people transmigrated to stir up love triangles. She, on the other hand, had become this ill-fated couple's personal bodyguard and relationship counselor.
Not only was she forbidden from stealing their romance, she also had to grab her sword and clean up the mess whenever the plot went off course. Fine. Once she finished this job, she'd go back to the bureau and demand a promotion and a raise. It wasn't a bad deal.
With every adjustment to the plot, her bond with the leads grew deeper.
Later, the missions the System issued gradually began to contradict the ending. The leads growing distant, the male lead dying, and the second male lead taking his place were all events that shouldn't happen in this book. The System even hinted that the second male lead's rise was the “correct” choice.
Zhi Hui: I found out my boss is acting strange while working this job. Can I quit and run?
Liu Xuan's early life had been smooth sailing. As a young man, he was renowned as a poet and immortal, came first in the imperial exams, and entered the court. Of the Eight Scholars of Qing'an, he was the one the world had the highest hopes for. Gentle and modest, he was praised by all as a refined and virtuous minister. His success was also the result of everyone lifting him up, step by step.
During their time together at Qing'an Academy, they often bickered, but their quarrels were warm and affectionate too.
But later, Zhi Hui devoted herself entirely to the affairs of the male and female leads. Her actions grew increasingly mysterious, and she often set off alone into dangerous situations.
He was afraid and confused. He feared Zhi Hui might die, and wondered what she hoped to achieve by doing all this.
He didn't know that someone had come from outside the book, nor that an invisible command weighed on her shoulders.
That command weighed on everyone, and no one could escape it.
Theme: To write of joy and splendor fading into emptiness, and glimpse the fate of love in this mortal world, ever-shifting and uncertain.
