The First Bloom of Spring

Xue Nanyi was born into nobility and doted on from childhood, growing up spoiled and domineering. Whatever she wanted, she always got.

In April, as the successful candidates in the imperial examinations paraded through the streets, she inexplicably fell in love at first sight with the newly crowned third-place graduate.

After that, she resorted to every possible tactic, using both threats and enticements.

After a long campaign, she finally got the aloof, self-possessed third-place graduate to give in a little and agree to marry her.

But on the day of their engagement, the third-place graduate's first wife arrived in the capital.

She looked haggard, her every word stained with tears and blood, as she demanded of Xue Nanyi:

"There are countless men in this world, plenty of good ones. Why did you have to steal her husband?"

Xue Nanyi suddenly understood.

That's right. Apart from his handsome face, this third-place graduate was vicious and thoroughly rotten to the core.

Why should she waste her life on such a crooked tree?

Meanwhile, the woman before her claimed she was saying her final farewell, but her eyes were full of an affection she couldn't sever. She was a much better match for this hypocritical third-place graduate. What a perfect couple.

A match made in heaven.

Respect. Blessings.

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Fu Jin led his army to a great victory over the barbarians. On the day he returned to the capital, he came across a heavenly book along the way. Everything it foretold came true.

More terrifying still, the book was a romance novel.

And he himself was the mad second male lead who loved the heroine but couldn't have her, eventually snapping and forcing her to be his.

After being set up by the male lead, he was forced into a miserable marriage with the villainess.

Fu Jin couldn't help looking at Xue Nanyi, the villainess in the book, his future wife, and the woman he'd secretly loved for years.

She lifted a cup of warm wine and offered it to him with a bright smile.

Remembering all the censored descriptions in the book, Fu Jin's ears turned red. Still, he downed the drink in one gulp. His Adam's apple bobbed as he asked in a restrained, hoarse voice, "What did you put in this? I'm so hot..."

"Hot water."

"Add whatever you want."

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Basically, a story about the villainous male and female supporting characters coming to their senses.

The original story was a groveling-after-the-divorce kind of plot.

2025-02-06

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