The Villainess Died and Came Back to Life

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[Mutual redemption + unattainable beauty. The "died" in the title does not mean the character actually dies]

Shen Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book and became Shen Junzhi, the duke's legitimate daughter, a cannon-fodder character.

The young lady was arrogant and domineering, mistreated the heroine, and diligently served as a tiny obstacle in the heroine's quest for revenge.

So the first thing Shen Zhaozhao did after arriving was cling to the heroine.

The advantage of clinging to the heroine was that she could find out early how she was going to die in a flood.

But despite all her careful planning, she was swept away by a mudslide on her way home.

Shen Junzhi watched as the muddy water rose to cover her nose and mouth. She closed her eyes and accepted her fate. In her despair, someone grabbed the hand she had reached out for help.

How could it be her fiancé, the young General Ji, the very man who had nearly ruined her reputation to break off their engagement?

In the rain, Ji Xianchuan was covered in dirt and looked utterly disheveled. But his gaze was just as clear and gentle as she remembered, like a brilliant glimmer of light breaking through the darkness.

She had endured torrential rains and bitter cold. She knew how hard it was to fight for a way to survive. She had struggled and refused to give in, her proud spirit battered until she was covered in wounds. And then, for the first time, someone told her:

"You are not meant to die."

*

Ji Xianchuan's life was sometimes a blade in the emperor's hand, and sometimes a mountain standing before the people.

He had long since decided to spend his life alone, so when he broke off his engagement with the Shen family, he felt no guilt.

Later, framed and thrown into prison, he calmly accepted the emperor's order that he be executed after the autumn harvest. He had always known what fate awaited the emperor's "blade."

The man sat cross-legged on a straw mat, covered in wounds, his expression calm, as if he had already accepted death.

He never expected Shen Junzhi, whom he had once saved on an impulse, to sneak into the prison.

He had assumed she had come to say goodbye, and he was already grateful for that.

But they were soon to be separated by life and death, and he could only say, "I am a condemned man. Miss Shen need not concern herself with me."

Instead, the woman before him smiled brightly. "Ji Xianchuan, you are not meant to die. I'm returning your own words to you."

Notes:

1. Every supporting character has a soul of their own. The female lead and the original heroine are not rivals.

2. The story the female lead transmigrates into was only published as a blurb. Apart from Shen Junzhi, all the characters retain their original settings, and the plot is completely unknown.

3. Set in an alternate world.

Upcoming novel: A Survival Handbook for Middle-Aged Villainous Couples

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Blurb:

They say a wife follows her husband wherever he goes. But what if she marries a corrupt clerk who rises to great heights?

Yu Lier weighed the silver ingot in her hand and smiled. "Then I'll just have to make do with a life of luxury."

But she had barely enjoyed the good life before it was time to settle accounts.

She could not keep what she was entitled to, and had to swallow every loss she did not deserve. More than a decade of work had come to nothing, leaving only emptiness behind...

If she got another chance, how would she make a life for herself?

*

Yu Lier woke in a pavilion. Without even saying goodbye to the noblewomen present, she dashed home like a wind with no roots.

"Lier" sounded like a lowly name for a child, but she was already thirty-two.

The last time she had run so fast might have been more than ten years ago.

She pushed open the door. The person she wanted to see was by the window, painting a picture that he would never finish.

"Yuan Lang."

She thought she would be overjoyed to see the man she had spent every day and night with again.

But with one glance, she realized that the love in the eyes of the husband she had been married to for twenty years had already faded, worn away by the petty details of daily life, five years before they died.

The man looked up and glanced at her disheveled appearance.

"You've lost your composure."

Theme: Heaven moves with vigor, so the noble man strives unceasingly