The Ferry to Worry-Free

A life adrift like duckweed, tossed about by fate, with no say in one's own destiny.

She is a hidden pawn in someone else's hand, a deadly blade.

She longs for freedom, but love becomes her shackles.

The Imperial Preceptor holds immense power and plans every move.

Yet he is defeated by a woman.

That woman is the moonlight he has cherished for years,

but she has forgotten him.

He can only watch as she falls for someone else.

His restraint, his quiet anger, his obsession,

are all for her alone.

[Love rivals fighting over the heroine, with character growth. If that's not your thing, don't read.]

Reading Guide:

1. Beautiful, powerful, tragic, devoted Imperial Preceptor x inscrutable, aloof, and elegant assassin

2. Happy ending, sexually inexperienced couple, sweet and angsty, with plenty of male rivals

Coming next: Historical rebirth novel, "A Cup of Fragrance in Jade Capital"

[Devoted, loyal dog x lovesick black lotus]

In her previous life, Shen Shuning spent most of her life fighting for power.

In the end, a dagger kissed her throat. What could be more tragic?

Winter plum blossoms, snow, and a graveyard stretching ten miles.

A dream of a fleeting life, and then all was over.

Pei Shixu has a woman hidden in his heart.

He has seen her high above others, noble and radiant.

He has also seen her destitute and weeping blood as a prisoner.

He has always known that she would never love him.

That heartless woman has mocked him, used him, and deceived him.

In the end, she even forgot him.

And yet, he has no regrets.

Shen Shuning has no heart, and even after being reborn, she still has none.

The failures of her previous life taught her one thing:

People are the least reliable things in the world.

If she can't hold on to something that belongs to her, she'll destroy it.

But there is one person she cannot control.

One day, she holds a sword to threaten him.

"Pei Shixu, if I tell you to marry me, will you agree or not?"

This man is always deliberately provoking her, too.

"Your Highness, please forget about me."

Theme: Love is devotion and letting go