The Person I'm Saving Keeps Pursuing Me

Sorry, everyone. Winter has passed, and this story has been on hold for too long. I can't get back into the mood I was in when I wrote it. It will be automatically unlocked later.

For the first sixteen years of her previous life, Wang Shu was a noble young lady from a prestigious family, radiant and beautiful, peerless in grace and charm. Whenever she went out, servants and splendid carriages surrounded her, drawing everyone's attention. At home, she was surrounded by gold, jade, fine silks, and precious treasures.

And to top it all off, she was engaged to the man every woman in the Great Ye dynasty wanted to marry: Pei Xueyin, heir to the Duke of Jingguo.

When she was sixteen, a rebellion sent Wang Shu plunging off a cliff. Both her legs were broken, and she was paralyzed for life.

The once-glorious young noblewoman fell from the clouds into hell, subjected to scorn and ridicule.

Her parents abandoned her and supported her younger sister, Wang Rou.

Pei Xueyin abandoned her and married her own younger sister instead.

Her heart filled with resentment. She hated everyone.

She stopped at nothing. If she couldn't be happy, then no one else would be happy either.

Wang Rou thought she could laugh at her?

Then Wang Shu would take the person Wang Rou loved, that refined, aloof, and spotless heir to the Duke of Jingguo, and drag him down into the abyss with her.

She schemed to ruin Wang Rou and Pei Xueyin's wedding plans.

She made Pei Xueyin marry her instead.

He loathed and hated her, yet could do nothing about it.

She tormented Pei Xueyin and everyone else.

In the end, she grew tired.

It all seemed pointless. Tormenting Pei Xueyin was pointless. Tormenting herself was pointless. Living was pointless.

On a snowy day, she buried herself.

If she was filthy from head to toe, she might as well bury herself in the vast white earth and leave this world clean.

But she never expected to come back to life.

And on the very day she schemed against Pei Xueyin.

When Pei Xueyin came to, he clamped a hand around her throat, his entire body radiating cold fury. "You're asking for death."

Wang Shu couldn't stand his aloof, otherworldly look. She teased, "What do you have to be so angry about?"

She got into her wheelchair and left without a backward glance.

*

Pei Xueyin thought Wang Shu had schemed against him because she wanted to marry him.

But she left without a backward glance, and when they met again, she treated him like a stranger.

Even the third time, the fourth time, there was never a trace of him in her eyes.

*

Later, Pei Xueyin asked Wang Shu with red-rimmed eyes, "A Shu, what is it you want?"

Wang Shu replied indifferently, "Nothing in particular."

She thought she was ultimately just wicked and vindictive. She remembered every way Pei Xueyin had wronged her. If she couldn't be happy, then no one else would be happy either.

But in this life, she had learned to let go. Pei Xueyin was the one who couldn't.

[Reborn, Lazy, Black-Hearted Lotus VS Obsessive, Aloof Beauty]

The heroine's legs will heal | HE

The blurb for the next novel I want to write, also set in Bianliang.

The Reborn Concubine's Lazy Days

Wu Yin is the daughter of a minor sixth-rank official in Bianjing. In her previous life, like countless other women, she obeyed her parents' wishes and the matchmaker's arrangements and married Song Ye, a poor candidate preparing for the imperial examinations. She diligently served her elders, stretched every penny, and managed the household. At long last, just as Song Ye rose to the third rank, he told her to demote herself to a concubine and make way for the position of principal wife for the woman he loved.

Wu Yin: ...

She was so furious she fainted.

When she woke, she had returned to the age of fifteen.

Her stepmother and father patiently tried to persuade her to marry the notorious playboy of Bianjing, a member of the Xie family, whose ancestors had served as officials for generations.

In her previous life, she had refused without hesitation.

Faced with her stepmother and father's anxious expressions, she seized her stepmother's hand. "I'll marry him!"

Xie Ruxue, Bianliang's number-one playboy, loved luxury and excitement. He spent his days cockfighting, hunting dogs, and loafing about, squandering money and indulging in extravagant pleasures.

Wu Yin: Isn't this the life I've always dreamed of?

*

Xie Ruxue heard that his parents had arranged a marriage for him. His bride was the daughter of a minor official, and he didn't particularly care either way.

On their wedding night, he left his new bride behind and went out to enjoy the night on the Bian River.

He assumed Wu Yin would cry and cling to him like so many other young ladies, so from the start he resolved to keep his distance.

But as they spent more time together, Wu Yin showed her true colors. She was even lazier than he was and knew how to have even more fun.

What a curious woman. He couldn't help paying more and more attention to his new wife.

One day, while strolling through the Great Xiangguo Temple, he bought an inscription carved in the Northern Wei style. Then he saw a candidate speaking with her.

She was smiling, looking thoroughly pleased.

Suddenly, he felt a pang of discomfort.

Later, he realized his wife was different from all the other young ladies. She was carefree and took nothing to heart.

Who could have guessed that he would be the one who couldn't stop pursuing her?

Reading the guide:

One-on-one romance + HE

1. The tone is lighthearted. The heroine transmigrates, while the hero and the second male lead are reborn.

2. After being reborn, the hero plays the pig to eat the tiger, secretly plotting to seize power.

3. The heroine transmigrates through The History of Zhou.

4. The hero has never been in love with Shang Zhi.

5. The setting is inspired by the Han dynasty, but many details are fictional and there are plenty of original worldbuilding choices. Please don't nitpick historical accuracy.

6. Please don't send writing advice. There's no need to tell me if you drop the story.

7. The hero and heroine both grow over time, and neither of them is perfect at the beginning.

8. The story updates Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Monday and Wednesday are days off.

Advance Follow: After Becoming the Cannon-Fodder Princess in a Doting Romance

[Reclusive, Cold, Ruthless Spy Guard X Carefree, Lie-Flat, Easygoing Princess]

Si Yue often complained about reborn doting-romance novels. After dying in an accident, she transmigrated into the reborn doting-romance novel she had just reviewed, How the Emperor Dotes on Me.

She even transmigrated into the body of the identically named cannon-fodder princess, whose kingdom was doomed to fall.

She had been deceived by Nangong Jing, the spy guard from an enemy kingdom who had protected her for ten years. From the start, it wasn't long before enemy forces surrounded the capital, and she eventually jumped from the city wall to her death in front of everyone.

The heroine, Su Rouyun, was the sort of character found in countless novels:

After dying a tragic death in her previous life, she discovered that the hero, Nangong Jing, would become emperor in the future and that they had a connection dating back to childhood. Reborn in this life, she deliberately got close to Nangong Jing and used her fragile appearance to win his affection, beginning a happy life together.

Si Yue glanced at Nangong Jing, the enemy spy lying low at her side, who was carefully peeling an apple for her.

...I'm tired. This guy is way too calculating. I'm going to lie flat.

The kingdom's fall was still a long way off. She had people secretly dig tunnels in the palace, planning to sneak out with all the money when the time came.

In the meantime, she could secretly watch the hero and heroine fall in love. It was practically a livestream, heh~

But she couldn't stop herself from making sarcastic remarks, and kept getting caught by the leads.

When Su Rouyun "accidentally" stumbled in front of Nangong Jing, Si Yue couldn't help herself from behind a tree.

"Tsk, tsk, the ground is so flat and she still manages to trip. That gaze, so soft and tender! What a delicate little beauty!"

Su Rouyun: ...

When Su Rouyun brought out a childhood keepsake to reunite with Nangong Jing, Si Yue, hiding behind a door, said:

"Tsk, tsk, is there really anyone who would fall for someone after just one meeting and decide she has to be the one?"

Nangong Jing: ...

As the days went by, the relationship between Si Yue and Nangong Jing began to grow strange, though no one knew when it had started.

*

On the day the kingdom fell, a fire suddenly broke out in Si Yue's chambers. In front of the enemy soldiers, she leaped into the flames.

Nangong Jing arrived too late. He tried to rush inside, but the soldiers held him back, layer upon layer.

"No!!!" He knelt in the courtyard, eyes wide with anguish, and watched helplessly as the fire consumed the palace.

After ascending the throne, Nangong Jing desperately sought out talented people throughout the land, hoping to bring Si Yue back to life. All his efforts failed.

*

Later, a woman appeared in a certain town, claiming she had been abandoned by a heartless man. With nothing to do, she spent her days lounging in the courtyard, sunbathing and watching young performers sing and play music. Life was wonderful.

One day, the Imperial Guards surrounded the courtyard, keeping it under tight security.

Nangong Jing held back his anger and looked at the person leisurely eating grapes on a rocking chair.

"I heard you've been spreading rumors everywhere that I'm a heartless man. You're the one who slept with me and refused to take responsibility."

Si Yue: !!!!

(Don't believe rumors, and don't spread them.)

Reading guide:

One-on-one romance + HE

1. The tone is lighthearted. The heroine transmigrates and fakes her death.

2. The hero has never been in love with the original heroine.

3. The heroine's kingdom is doomed and cannot be saved.

4. The story focuses mainly on the romance.

5. "Doting" and "sweet romance" are not the same thing!

Blurb captured on August 14, 2024.

Theme: Through self-reliance and perseverance, change a fate that seems certain to end in death, never realizing it was already destined.