My Archenemy Insists on Marrying Into My Family

A morally bankrupt, broke landlord who loves to put on an act x a wealthy, lovesick deputy prefect who upholds the law impartially

(This story has some Republican-era elements.)

(A god who kills but never saves x a sensitive, softhearted great demon)

Chong Bai jolted awake in terror, and the System Tianshu's resounding voice rang in her mind:

Host, your tribulation has failed. Please prepare to try again.

Your identity this time is a landlord, and your objective is to slaughter your own clan.

Also, for privately reversing time, your punishment is to capture ghosts and demons and earn 150,000 merit points, or slaughter 100,000 people.

In her previous life, she reset time, hoping to return to one month before the great battle, but Feng Li framed her, and she was reborn five years in the past.

She thought enslaving Feng Li would set things right again.

Who could have known that Mu Yi, Yangcheng's second-in-command, would arrive, advocating an end to superstition and able to read demons' minds?

He repeatedly had her thrown in jail and wanted nothing more than to get rid of her, throwing a wrench in her plans to overcome her tribulation.

After learning her lesson the hard way, Chong Bai decided to cling to Mu Yi and rely on him to find great demons and earn merit.

But after learning of her "scheme," Mu Yi reminded her with a sigh, "A landlord lowering herself like this, is it to curry favor with the powerful, or have you developed other feelings for me?"

Chong Bai was taken aback. "You needn't worry, my lord. This humble one likes soft, fragrant women. I would never harbor improper thoughts about you."

Could he have figured out she was a woman from all the rumors among the demons?

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Is he hinting that he wants me as his sworn younger brother?

A sworn younger brother? The way he looks at me really is hard to read...

*

Mu Yi had thought the two of them would remain in an ambiguous relationship for the rest of their lives, but he accidentally discovered Chong Bai's true identity as a woman.

His love for her grew wildly, and even though he knew she would only marry a man who joined her family and that she was already engaged,

he steeled himself, forced himself on her, and relentlessly pursued her, willing to become her concubine for love.

*

After they married, she discovered that Mu Yi was nothing more than a clone of Feng Li.

Was it all for revenge and ascension?

Hadn't she set things right again?

Reader's guide:

1. One-on-one romance. The heroine is beautiful, powerful, and only pretends to be miserable; everything is under her control. The hero says one thing and means another, and is a lovesick fool who talks himself into falling for her.

2. A growing-up story with a melodramatic romance.

3. Content warning: The hero forcibly takes the heroine. They are enemies who love to fight in the early stages, he talks himself into falling for her in the middle, and later he has to win her back.

4. Little romance in the early stages, mostly the two of them scheming against each other. It gets a little sweet later on.

5. The heroine has lots of secret identities. The hero has clones, and that's intentional.

6. The hero is a martial arts expert with profound inner strength who can hear demons' grumbling. Once they enter the xianxia world, he relies entirely on the heroine's health bar to deal damage.

Theme: Strive to grow stronger and take control of your own fate