Wang Baochuan: The Temptation to Go Home

Wang Baochuan's Revenge / First-person coming-of-age story

A good-natured chancellor's daughter x a jobless husky of a man who thinks he's the chosen one

Reborn, I met a man named Long Aotian. He kept saying he would help me escape Xue Pinggui and free me from a life of digging for wild vegetables.

But before I'd even met Xue Pinggui, he'd already made me think through every awful thing I'd done in this life.

--What on earth did I do to deserve having to play out a redemption story with someone like him...

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Everything I went through with him was beyond anything I could have imagined across both my lives.

And the embarrassing things we did together were too numerous to count:

I watched Long Aotian grin smugly, lift a shriveled little cucumber on a crowded street, and loudly say, "Baochuan, repeat after me..."

"A man who doesn't respect himself is like a rotten cucumber!"

Me: "..."

Long Aotian: "Baochuan, don't be shy. It's fine to repeat after me. I'll help you be yourself."

Me: "..."

Just who was trying to be himself here? I fought the urge to roll my eyes.

He raised his voice even louder, lifted the cucumber higher, and waved his other clenched fist. "A man who doesn't respect himself is like a rotten cucumber!!"

I gave in. I thought through all the awful things I'd done across both my lives, cleared my throat, and shouted even louder than he did.

Me: "A man who doesn't respect himself is like a rotten cucumber!!!"

Reading guide:

1. Wang Baochuan is reborn, and the male lead is a transmigrator.

2. Wang Baochuan is reborn at the start of her years of waiting in the cold kiln.

3. A joke-filled story with plenty of personal liberties. If it's not your thing, feel free to use the block function.

4. Updates according to the rankings. Comments are welcome, and all reader suggestions are accepted.

A friendly reminder: This is a silly story, so read it without overthinking.

Theme: Reject being blinded by love.