Heart Ripped Out (Both Reborn)

[Coming soon: "Nightfall (Dual Rebirth)" and "The Spring Tide Ebbs, Then Rises Again". Visit my author page to bookmark them!]

[Updates whenever inspiration strikes]

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What Luo Shuyu regretted most in her previous life was believing that Si Qingxuan loved her.

When she was fifteen, she fell into the water at a banquet. He couldn't swim, yet still rescued her. The next day, he sent a betrothal notice, taking her as a concubine.

Her birth mother had died, and as the second daughter of a concubine, she was unloved in the household. Everyone said she'd married into a powerful family and would enjoy endless wealth and glory from then on.

What a fine case of love at first sight. Who was Si Qingxuan?

The third legitimate son of the Si General's household, the dream lover of countless young women in the capital. With a sweep of his sword and a flutter of his sleeves, he seemed otherworldly, like a heavenly being descended to earth.

How could someone like him love her? She was simply foolish enough to believe it.

Later, she willingly became the medicine needed to save the woman in his heart, giving her life as the final ingredient: the blood from her heart.

That night, the rain poured, and thunder and lightning filled the sky. As Luo Shuyu watched him rush over, she took the sword he loved most and plunged it into her own chest.

"Don't dirty your hands, my lord. I'll take the blood from my heart for you myself."

Her voice was resolute and vicious amid the thunder, her eyes filled with regret and hatred.

She said, "One life for another. I don't owe you anything anymore."

The pain nearly made her faint. Si Qingxuan gradually faded from view. Blood welled out, filling the air with its heavy, metallic scent.

Then she thrust the sword through herself and fell to the ground, closing her eyes.

She was wretched and bloodied, a trail of blood winding all the way to Si Qingxuan's feet.

No one knew that Si Qingxuan held her, bleeding without end, in his arms for an entire night. No one knew he suffered nightmares every night, seeing her dead in every dream.

All they knew was that a year later, the young master took his own life in the freezing snow, clutching the jade pendant of his deceased concubine.

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When she opened her eyes again, Luo Shuyu had been reborn.

At that moment, she was falling from the edge of the pond. She saw a hand reaching out from the bank, her gaze darkened, and she gritted her teeth and dragged its owner into the water with her, hoping to drown him.

She thought she'd see Si Qingxuan panic, but instead his eyes were red as he pulled her into his arms, as if she were a priceless treasure.

His voice trembled as he said, "Yu'er, you're alive."

Luo Shuyu's heart quivered. Tears fell at once, and she drove a silver hairpin hard into the hollow of his neck.

Blood spread, just like the blood that had fallen into the puddles that rainy night.

* A friendly reminder before you read ^O^

1. The previous-life storyline is long, but it's finished. The rebirth begins in the next volume.

2. The leads are six years apart in age. Both are virgins, and their previous-life marriage was in name only.

3. It could have a happy ending, or it could have a tragic one.

4. Reading should be fun. If you're not enjoying it, run!

5. I'll add more if I think of anything. Hope you enjoy reading!

Next story

"Nightfall (Dual Rebirth)"

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Jiang Muyao was beautiful and captivating, with skin as fair as snow. She was chosen to be the heir's wife.

But she was only the medicine needed to save the woman in his heart. She died on her nineteenth birthday, on her wedding night, her body covered in blood, with no one the wiser.

Five years later, her adopted younger brother, Jiang Jingyan, personally killed the heir to lay her spirit to rest.

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When she opened her eyes again, Jiang Muyao was back three months before her nineteenth birthday. It was just as Jiang Jingyan, who had spent his youth recuperating in the mountains, returned to the household.

The eighteen-year-old stood tall as a pine before the gates, his dark sleeves fluttering like those of an immortal.

Before she could reach him, he rushed over and pulled her into his arms, his voice trembling. "Sister, it's been so long."

Jiang Muyao's eyes reddened, and she nearly burst into tears.

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Although she did everything she could to avoid the heir, she still ran into him at the Hundred Flowers Banquet.

After he set her up and poisoned her, Jiang Muyao escaped halfway there. Barely conscious, she went to find her younger brother and beg him to save her.

In her panic, she pushed open his door. Her face was flushed, her thin clothes damp with sweat, and her watery eyes glimmered as she looked at him, unable to speak.

Unexpectedly, her usually composed and aloof younger brother came to her, interlaced his fingers with hers, and pressed his forehead to hers.

In the deep darkness of night, their breaths mingled. His gaze was alluring as he coaxed her, almost seductively: "Sister, beg me."

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The crown prince, missing for many years, was found. Jiang Jingyan changed his surname to Li and chose his adopted elder sister as his crown princess, causing an uproar in the capital.

To protect her younger brother's reputation, Jiang Muyao fled the Crown Prince's residence and came upon the heir, unconscious.

When she awoke, she saw her adopted younger brother, his expression sinister, severing the heir's tendons, his fingers stained crimson.

Then she was imprisoned on the bed. As she struggled, she heard Li Jingyan sigh softly, a wounded look spreading across his cool, refined features.

"I told you not to leave me behind." He nuzzled her neck and murmured, "Sister, you've been naughty."

How could I let myself lose you a second time?

Notes:

1. Dual rebirth, both virgins, happy ending

2. Soft and gentle beauty x obsessive young man

3. The male lead turned dark in his previous life; this life is a sweet romance

4. I can't think of anything else for now. I'll add more if I do.

Theme: Cherish the person in front of you.