[Rich playboy who flirts when he sees a beauty] [Straight male bottom vs. Pretending to be frail, truly beautiful Demon Lord top]
The villain, Huai Yuan, is a famous tragic beauty in the book. Driven out of the immortal sect as a child and left with his parents brutally murdered, he fought his way through countless hardships for revenge, then went mad from his obsession with vengeance.
Gu Qing had just passed his pharmacist exam when he stayed up all night reading the novel and transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder character with the same name.
The System gave him a simple, blunt task: destroy Huai Yuan before he kills any more people.
The first time, Gu Qing pretended to be Huai Yuan's honest, loyal guard while secretly conspiring with his enemy. On the night of the full moon, Huai Yuan sentenced him to death with a cup of poisoned wine.
The second time, he decided to oppose Huai Yuan outright. He was secretly assassinated before he had even been alive for three days.
After dying twice without understanding what had happened, Gu Qing was reborn for the third time and decided to return to his old line of work: making medicine.
And not just any medicine. Poison, deadly poison with no antidote.
So, reborn for the third time, Gu Qing dutifully worked at a little apothecary. He painstakingly researched, adjusted the ingredients, and refined his concoction until at last he had made a poison unlike any other in the world.
But he faced one big problem: he had never even seen Huai Yuan's real face. How was he supposed to make him take it?
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One day, he found a little beggar by the roadside.
The beggar looked sickly, but after Gu Qing took him home and cleaned him up, he turned out to be stunningly beautiful.
From that day on, besides making medicine, Gu Qing had another job: taking care of the beautiful invalid.
He painstakingly set his trap, luring Huai Yuan into it step by step. At last, Huai Yuan revealed his true identity, and Gu Qing was speechless when he saw the same face as the little beggar's.
He would take the poison, but Huai Yuan had one request: "Feed it to me."
Gu Qing: "?"
After taking the poison, Huai Yuan raised a hand and touched the corner of his lips twice, as if savoring the warmth of Gu Qing's fingers. Under Gu Qing's expectant gaze, he gave a wicked laugh. "This poison... tastes pretty good."
Hey! Nobody told him this guy had evolved into a demon already!
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The soldiers were a formidable force, and the palace was resplendent. At a single command from Huai Yuan, these people would gladly die for him.
Huai Yuan smiled. "Marry me, and I'll give you half the empire."
Gu Qing gave a couple of perfunctory laughs, then sincerely asked, "Before I marry you, could you die for a bit? I have a peculiar habit. I like being a widow."
Huai Yuan: "?"
1. Both leads are each other's one and only, one-on-one romance, happy ending.
2. The setting is entirely fictional. At its heart, this is an indulgent, feel-good sweet romance.
Theme: Live life to the fullest