Saving the Beautiful but Tragic One

Shen Qing craves beauty more than life itself, and falls for Xue Wuya, a cold-hearted demon lord. She goes to great lengths to win his favor and provoke him, hoping to get him to so much as glance at her. But he doesn't even look up. With a mere flick of his finger, he takes her life.

He treats her as carelessly as an ant, tiny and worthless.

Shen Qing wakes up and discovers that she has been reborn a hundred years in the past.

She pulls apart a pile of corpses and digs out Xue Wuya, barely alive beneath them.

A hundred years later, everyone will fear him as the demon lord. But now, he's a weak and helpless wretch.

The girl watches Shen Qing warily, whimpering in her throat like a wounded mad dog, her fangs not yet fully grown.

Shen Qing pries those fangs apart, draws the trembling, cowering girl into her arms, and comforts her softly. When the girl clings to her, Shen Qing's lips curl up, her eyes churning like the tide.

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Shen Qing takes Xue Wuya back to her sect.

Xue Wuya awkwardly tries to win her favor. Shen Qing treats her with the same cold indifference Xue Wuya once showed her, then kisses the corner of her lips when she cries.

Seeing Xue Wuya's bewildered expression gives Shen Qing a small taste of revenge.

Shen Qing is determined to raise Xue Wuya to be useless, so she can't leave her.

But the helpless girl grows up to become the demon lord after all, and regains her memories of her past life.

Shen Qing, who has deceived her in body and heart, thinks she's done for.

Xue Wuya approaches her, surrounded by demonic energy, just as she did on the day she killed Shen Qing in her past life.

Resigned, Shen Qing closes her eyes and lifts her head, baring her throat, unwilling to see the other's icy expression again.

But instead, Xue Wuya gently nibbles and licks her earlobe, her voice frenzied and obsessive: "Qingqing, look at me."

Theme: Make amends for what can still be made right, while there's still time