The Scheming Widow's Rise to Power

The main story is complete. My next story will be Gold Digger. Here is the blurb: At first, Qilan was only attracted to Bai Yan's looks and wanted to spend one night with him. She spared no expense or effort. She renovated the academy he attended and pretended to be sweet and gentle in front of him, but who could have guessed he was completely immune to her advances? Later, Qilan was thrown into prison and faced execution. This man showed up just before her death, apparently for reasons of his own, just to humiliate her. Furious, and determined to die with a lover's abandon, Qilan decided to go all in. She drugged him unconscious and fulfilled her long-held desire... But after that, things seemed to take a strange turn... When Bai Yan first met Qilan, he thought she was just a woman with a pretty face, trying to show off her petty cleverness in front of him. He watched her act coldly. She renovated the academy for him, embroidered a handkerchief for him herself, and was tender and sweet in his presence. Her intentions were practically written all over her face. She was just an ignorant country girl. They could never be together. Until one day, he learned that this woman had dared to kill for money and had been thrown into prison. He never imagined that she would be even more audacious... Qilan drove a dagger into Bai Yan's abdomen with her own hands. To get back at him, she also carved a few large words into his collarbone: Qilan's Dog. How could the high-and-mighty heir endure such humiliation? Qilan thought she was going to die for it. But he only gave her a long, dark look, then calmly pulled the knife from his abdomen and pressed a handkerchief to the wound. His expression didn't change in the slightest. "You bastard!" Qilan cursed angrily, then ran out without a second thought. Only then did his usually unshakable composure crack. "Who are you going to see?" Although you're fake, shallow, vulgar, and useless, I still like you. Note: 1. The heroine is not a virgin, while the male lead is. The aloof beauty comes down from her pedestal. 2. The heroine isn't truly good or kind, and she has an ambiguous relationship with a supporting male character early on. Upcoming Story Title: Top-Tier Heartbreaker Achievement System After being dumped by men 99 times, Xu Ruxin transmigrated into a campus Mary Sue melodrama and got a romance-addicted System called "You'll Die If You Don't Fall in Love." In this angst-filled story, she was an antisocial, gloomy, vicious rich girl who weighed 200 pounds. She had to win over four men blessed by fate to survive. Xu Ruxin: You want me to die? System: You have only 1 hour of life energy left. Hurry and increase your intimacy and affection scores with the targets! Right in front of her stood the first target, a cool, aristocratic campus heartthrob. He lifted his chin, his smile mocking. "Xu Ruxin, what are you up to now?" Xu Ruxin suddenly braced one hand against the wall, tugged down the tie of the uniform of the guy who was a head taller than her, and spoke in a seductive voice: "I'm playing with you." System: Wall pinning complete, intimacy +1; life energy +1. After exhausting herself, Xu Ruxin finally won over all four targets. The men tore into each other, each wanting her to choose him. Xu Ruxin: Whatever. The System would take her away anyway. But gradually, she realized something was wrong. This didn't seem like a romance-addicted System that would kill her if she didn't fall in love. It seemed more like... A Top-Tier Heartbreaker Achievement System. Note: 1. Campus Mary Sue story, everyone has a one-sided crush on the heroine. 2. A battlefield of male rivals. Core idea: Stand on your own feet and make yourself strong.