A Sweet Repayment

★My next book is The Seventh Year Without My Wife. Please add it to your collection!★ They had been childhood friends for over a decade, until one day she betrayed him. Ning Yun Jian hated Cui You Ning with all his heart. At long last, he fought his way back to the imperial capital just two days before Cui You Ning's wedding. Before he could take revenge, she set herself on fire to atone for her sins, dying in the flames. For the next year, Ning Yun Jian couldn't sleep a single night. He thought Cui You Ning was every bit as heartless and cowardly as he had imagined. She had the nerve to poison him, but not the courage to face him. Later, while inspecting Nanyang, Ning Yun Jian encountered a maid who risked her life to stop his carriage. She fell to her knees, weeping and begging him to save someone, then tremblingly gave him the name of her dying mistress: "The legitimate youngest daughter of the Cui family, Cui You Ning." Just eight words, and his heart shook to its core. * When they met again, the once-radiant beauty had fallen ill once more. She lay on the brink of death in a ramshackle wooden hut. Cui You Ning had betrayed him, then faked her death to deceive him. Killing her with a single stroke would be far too kind. He would keep her alive and torment her slowly, until she spent every night weeping and repenting for her sins. Only then would his hatred be satisfied. So he had to save her life and take her back to the palace. It absolutely wasn't because he still loved her. Absolutely not. [Reading Guide] 1. A romance-brained story. I'm talking about the male lead. 2. Reunited after a breakup, SC. The heroine is controlled by a parasitic insect early on and does some bad things. There's a tiny bit of angst for the male lead, but it should still count as a sweet romance. 3. The blurb is from the male lead's perspective, while the main story is from the heroine's. Theme: Even if you believe you're guilty beyond forgiveness, I will still believe you are innocent.