Beautiful, insecure puppy-like man x sunny, resilient heroine
After Shen Yuzhong transmigrated, she discovered she’d become a wicked supporting woman in a melodramatic story.
In the book, she was the legitimate wife of the heir of the Yongchang Marquis household. She repeatedly framed the mute heroine, Rao Qianqian, causing her and the heir to misunderstand each other and fall into a tortured romance. In the end, once the heir learned the truth, he flew into a rage and tortured her to death.
Shen Yuzhong woke in a cold sweat.
She was furious. What kind of affection was this? Why did she have to fight for it?
Luckily, the heir had just returned to the household, and the plot hadn’t started yet. She hurriedly devised a plan to survive!
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So, just after dawn, Shen Yuzhong arrived at the little courtyard next door, dressed neatly and brimming with sincerity, ready to offer some warmth.
Her knock was followed by light footsteps.
The door opened. Shen Yuzhong looked up and met Rao Qianqian’s cool, wounded eyes, red and damp. She was instantly struck by her beauty.
Shen Yuzhong, a certified beauty lover: “You...” Good?
What a delicious beauty! To hell with tortured romance, she wanted this beauty for herself!
From then on, they grew closer day by day and were inseparable. Life finally seemed to hold promise.
Who could have guessed that a purge after the Mid-Autumn Festival would ensnare countless people, including the Yongchang Marquis household?
On the night of the purge, the little mute tugged at her, urging her to flee. Shen Yuzhong impatiently shook her off, about to say that she still had some private money to pack.
Suddenly, pain shot through the back of her neck, and everything went black. Just before she fainted, she saw the delicate young woman looking at her with wounded reluctance.
When she opened her eyes again, she was inside a carriage. Rao Qianqian, now dressed in handsome men’s clothes, was keeping watch by her side.
Seeing her wake, Rao Qianqian spoke, tears in her eyes. Then a low, warm masculine voice reached her ears: “Sister Shen, are you really that reluctant to leave that useless heir?”
“A m-man?!” Shen Yuzhong was struck like lightning. Her body jerked, and she fainted again.
Shen Yuzhong couldn’t understand how her soft, sweet little cake had turned out to be a man.
Bonus scene:
The undercover agent Rao Qian failed a mission, so he improvised and infiltrated the marquis’s household to gather evidence.
That night, flickering firelight illuminated half his face as he held a corner of a letter between his fingertips. Suddenly, someone knocked. In the moment he was distracted, the flames licked up over the paper.
Rao Qian was inevitably burned. He calmly hid his hand behind his back and brushed away the ashes with a finger, then turned to open the door.
There stood the heir’s wife, stern and imposing, decked out in jewels, wearing a stiff, phony smile.
Rao Qian: “...?” What an intimidating welcome!
Theme: Everyone deserves a chance to turn over a new leaf