My Vengeful Self Was Won Over by a Sweet-Talking Schemer

[I reviewed this arc and realized it has a huge amount of information. It was difficult to write, so updates will be irregular. I'll post when I've written enough, t v t.]

*Former title: Wild Mountains and Seas

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*The heroine isn't obsessed with romance. I'm working on an episodic plot-driven story! Please add it to your collection!

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Chu Cen had spent sixteen diligent years being a lazy idler as the second young lady of the Chancellor's residence. While sleeping in a tree, she accidentally witnessed a murder.

Blood rained down, and the victim was instantly reduced to mincemeat, dying a gruesome death.

Chu Cen looked down again and saw that the killer was Xie Yunqi, the sickly Imperial Preceptor rumored to be gentle and aloof.

On the surface, he took her identity into consideration and erased her memory. Then he said, with impeccable courtesy, "I have offended you today."

After Chu Cen escaped the woods, an arrow struck her shoulder.

You're ruthless.

Chu Cen struck back with a knife to his tail, cutting deep enough to expose bone.

#Tit for tat, happily trying to kill each other#

[Sickly Imperial Preceptor vs. Vengeful Heiress]

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Xie Yunqi was a once-in-a-century genius of the fox clan. His life should have been carefree.

But disaster struck his clan without warning. In a single night, three thousand foxes vanished, leaving him as the only survivor.

He killed without blinking and planned for every contingency, all to find the fox clan's whereabouts.

But Qingqiu had always kept itself hidden, and its entrance was constantly changing. Even he couldn't pinpoint it.

Only a sage could.

Later, a great fire broke out at the Chu residence in the capital. The magical beasts within a hundred li lost control of their bodies and all rushed to put out the flames.

The sage could command all beasts. Only then did Xie Yunqi realize whose wound he had caused.

To make matters worse, Second Miss Chu was the vengeful sort.

So he apologized, acted frail, and played the victim.

Chu Cen said her shoulder hurt.

His peach-blossom eyes filled with emotion, and he was about to sever one of his own arms. "It was my fault. Allow me to make amends."

Chu Cen ordered the beasts to shun him.

He brazenly sidled up to the girl and said pitifully, "You know I lost my parents right after I was born."

Chu Cen told him to get lost.

He tugged at the girl's clothes with his tail. "You know I have a weak constitution. Cough, cough..."

When it came to Chu Cen, if you were gentle with her, she would be gentle in return. But if you were harsh, she would turn to stone.

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Later, on that day in the Ghost City of Fengdu, Xie Yunqi mercilessly abandoned her, leaving her to face three thousand vengeful spirits with nine tails on her own.

Xie Yunqi said, "She's just a woman. Kill her if you like."

He thought he had planned for every contingency, and that his words would extinguish the vengeful spirits' desire to kill.

But he never imagined that, right in front of him, the girl would throw herself from the city wall and plunge into an illusionary realm that no one had ever escaped in a hundred years, disappearing without a trace.

Xie Yunqi, who had been as serene as a clear breeze and bright moon his whole life, scrambled to stop her.

But he couldn't even catch the corner of her clothing.

Reading Guide:

1. Most magical beasts are based on Records of Mountains and Seas and The Classic of Mountains and Seas. There are even more made-up details than mountain peaks.

2. The heroine really does take revenge for every slight. If the hero touches her even once, she has to touch him back.

3. The hero only pretends to be sickly. He's healthy after the first arc and fakes it from then on~

4. Plot first, romance second. Before the fox catches on, it's a 70/30 split (affirmative nod).

5. 1v1/HE

Theme: One good turn deserves another