After Being Deceived in Body and Heart

[Currently being revised. I'll replace it with the latest chapters as I go.]

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There was once a man you met when he was at his lowest, and saved from a desperate plight.

You pitied him, loved him, protected and cherished him.

Before the Marriage Stone, you became husband and wife, pledging to love each other forever.

But one day, he returned from the summit, his battle robes drenched in the blood of your family.

He told you that you were a fool.

He was a demon, and you were human. Your two races were enemies, divided by a sea of blood and hatred.

Only then did you learn that he had approached you for your family background, your connections, and your clan's inherited cultivation techniques. You were the only thing he hadn't wanted.

And yet this man was far more powerful than you.

Before him, you were as powerless as a mantis trying to stop a chariot or an insect trying to shake a tree.

What could you do?

Dou Panpan hadn't figured out the answer when she was reborn. She returned to the time before she met that man, back into the body of her old self, a useless person who relied on her family's power and status for everything.

She thought: If you have even a little hatred, then force yourself to become seven times stronger.

She would use her own strength to surpass that man fair and square. If he came at her with a blade again, she'd use her spiritual power to slap him across the face seventeen or eighteen times first!

After Mo Xu met Dou Panpan, there was one question he dreaded being asked:

How could the mighty young lord of the demon realm fail to win over even one woman?

He was cunning, so she was perceptive. He was gentle, so she was cold. He held himself back, so she kept him at arm's length.

For some reason, no matter how many secret identities he tried, he could never reach her heart.

Only later did he learn that she had always kept someone in her heart: someone who had deceived her, yet whom she would remember for the rest of her life.

At first he thought: It's only an ex. It'll take three or five days at most, or a few dozen at the outside. I'll take his place.

Later, his eyes reddened, damp strands of hair falling by his ears. His thin lips trembled, and his voice dropped to a humble whisper. He said: "I don't care who he is. Let me be his substitute, okay?"

He treated you terribly. I'll treat you better than anyone.

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*A sweet romance about two leads who fiercely get the measure of each other!

*The xianxia setting is just a fantastical backdrop, so don't overthink the details.

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Theme: Hate those who are powerless, and be angered by your own weakness. Use your determination to grow stronger.