[Scheming Heroine * A Hero Even More Scheming Than the Heroine]
Xie Rao is a low-born concubine-born daughter. She has always been cautious in the household, living by watching everyone else's expressions.
Even so, the mistress of the household is plotting to offer her as a concubine to a short, fat petty official in exchange for a bright future for her younger brother.
No one wants to escape the fate of being at others' mercy more than Xie Rao does.
So she sets her sights on the newly crowned top scorer in the imperial examinations, who has frequent dealings with the Xie family.
The top scholar is in the service of Duke Dingguo, Lu Ze. He accompanies the duke everywhere, and his future is limitless. He is Xie Rao's best chance to escape her predicament.
She painstakingly engineers all kinds of chance encounters, hoping to grow closer to him.
But she never expected her blatantly obvious intentions to catch the eye of Duke Dingguo, standing nearby. All she gets in return is his contemptuous scoff.
*
With her arranged wedding date drawing near, none of Xie Rao's plans have made the slightest progress.
She has no choice but to risk ruining her reputation and make one last desperate move.
The room is dim. The gauze curtains sway gently, and fragrant smoke fills the air.
After hearing the longed-for sound of someone falling to the floor, followed by a muffled groan of pain and restraint, Xie Rao emerges from her hiding place, her heart pounding like a drum.
But in the faint light, she sees an unexpected face: Lu Ze.
Lu Ze holds a high position, is deeply calculating, and is exceptionally ruthless. Anyone who schemes against him will meet a terrible end.
Xie Rao panics and flees through the door.
She doesn't notice the man's expression darkening abruptly behind her as she turns away.
The next instant, a scorching large hand grips her ankle and drags Xie Rao back, leaving her no room to refuse.
*
When Lu Ze opens his eyes, he finds himself back ten years in the past, at the time when his future wife is scheming every which way to marry him.
But this time, he watches helplessly as she uses the very same tricks on someone else.
Lu Ze: "..."
Since she refuses to behave, he has no choice but to catch her and make her understand the consequences of angering him.
- A couple with eight hundred schemes each, doing battle online
- Both are reborn. The male lead remembers everything, while the female lead gradually starts to remember
- She only looked at someone else for a moment. The rightful wife can only be me
Blurb saved on 2025.11.17, screenshot preserved.
Theme: If we were not fated in our past life, may we make a new vow in the next.
