No Lights in This World

[Yandere heroine x gentle, scheming, abstinent daddy]

Pei Yu had once been a favored daughter of heaven. Her name was renowned throughout the capital, and she was extraordinarily gifted. She had parents, a younger brother, and a childhood sweetheart. But a devastating fire destroyed everything. She escaped death and became an orphan, while her fiance hurried to the emperor to call off their engagement.

The person who rescued her that night was Jiang Huanzhi. Firelight illuminated the sharply defined features of his face as he crouched down and said, one word at a time, "From now on, you are part of the Jiang family."

From then on, Pei Yu became Jiang Yu. Her only family was Jiang Huanzhi, known as the "Jade-Faced King of Hell," and she herself became a rat that had to live in the shadows. Then one day, Jiang Huanzhi told her, "I'm taking you back to the capital."

Back in the place where everything began, Jiang Yu resolved to take revenge. She killed her enemies with her own hands and stirred up the court... She sought revenge in order to live, and she lived in order to seek revenge.

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To Jiang Huanzhi, Jiang Yu was the orphan entrusted to him by a dear friend from the past. He had to raise her, support her, and be the elder who was like an older brother and father to her. Jiang Yu, however, didn't see it that way. At some point, she began to harbor improper thoughts about her older brother, wanting nothing more than to tie him up and have her way with him.

One night, Jiang Yu witnessed the usually composed Jiang Huanzhi grieving over a woman, drinking alone beneath the moon. She suddenly understood: Jiang Huanzhi wasn't naturally cold and heartless. He had a heart, and one that loved more deeply than anyone else's.

From that moment on, Jiang Yu secretly resolved that from then on, every stirring of Jiang Huanzhi's heart and every moment he lost his composure would be for her alone.

--She turned herself into a ball of fire. Her hatred was fierce, and so was her love. Like a flame, she would scorch and consume everyone around her. That was the only way to make the most of her life...

Please note:

1. The male and female leads are seven years apart in age.

2. The older brother has never loved anyone else.

3. There is a childhood sweetheart as the second male lead, and he's in for a groveling-after-the-wife plot.

[Blurb dated 2023.12.6]

Theme: Grow toward the sun, the path to redemption