Yun Yao was an ultimate fan who died in an accident on her way to her idol's concert.
After waking up, she found herself in an old-fashioned rebirth novel as the vicious female supporting character.
The System tasked her with saving the novel's beautiful, strong, but tragic villain, Yu Jing.
Prince Chen Yu Jing was blessed with celestial beauty, but his legs were disabled. Beneath his transcendent appearance, he was an utterly gloomy and deranged man.
They say that on the Flower Festival, he once lit thousands of lanterns across the imperial capital, illuminating the whole city as bright as day and drawing crowds from everywhere.
Only later did people learn that he'd slaughtered his enemies' entire family and made the lanterns from their skin and bones.
Yun Yao: ...
Thanks for asking. Let's just destroy the world.
But she had no choice. If she wanted to go home, she had to give it her best shot.
She planned to use her acting skills to convincingly play the part of a devoted lover. But before she could even put her performance to the test, she unexpectedly discovered that this villain looked nearly identical to her idol!
The first time she saw him, he was holding an entirely white cat, sitting quietly in a wheelchair with a solemn, distant expression. Dressed in a plain white robe, his features were as beautiful as a painting, like an immortal banished from the heavens.
Yun Yao stared, stunned, for a long time.
System: Host, are you ready to begin your performance?
Yun Yao came back to her senses, both shocked and delighted: Why bother acting?
Her target was practically a younger, ancient-era version of her idol! She could just pursue him for real!
But as she chased after him, the plot began to veer wildly off course.
It gradually turned into this:
Yu Jing kills someone, and she hands him the knife.
Yu Jing sets a fire, and she cleans up afterward.
Yu Jing massacres a city, and she leads the charge.
The System was on the verge of tears: Do you even remember your mission is to stop him from becoming evil? Why are you turning evil along with him?!
Yun Yao killed the crown prince with an arrow and narrowed her eyes: My A-Jing did nothing wrong. These people deserved to die.
System: ...
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Yu Jing had been imprisoned ever since birth, living in a world of darkness where everyone trampled on him. He knew nothing of love or warmth. He clung to life only so he could kill his enemies and wipe out everyone who had once humiliated him.
Including his own closest relatives.
No one knew how cold-blooded and mad he was beneath that gentle, transcendent face.
Until a bright, beautiful woman in red burst into his barren world.
"My name is Yun Yao. Yun as in 'autumn clouds stretched to the horizon.'"
She took his hand in the darkness, picked flowers for him, brushed away the dust, prayed by lantern light, protected him by standing in front of him, pointed her sword at his enemies, and helped him exact revenge and seize the throne.
Together, they cut a path of blood all the way to the heavens.
...So Heaven had not treated him poorly after all.
Even if the way she looked at him seemed to see someone else, even if she knew he was only a substitute, he accepted it.
As long as she would stay by his side forever.
#She was his god, and his boundless salvation#
Reader's guide:
1. The useless System doesn't do much.
2. The male lead is genuinely deranged. He's in a wheelchair early on, but will walk later.
3. Fictional setting, with countless original details. Please don't overanalyze.
4. An overpowered female-lead story with a satisfying, feel-good tone, some household intrigue, a moderate amount of political scheming, and a strong romance.
Blurb written on June 8, 2023, and screenshotted. It may be revised when the story officially begins.
Theme: Love is boundless salvation.
