A quirky beauty who loves and hates fearlessly x a gentle, calculating prince fighting for the throne
A story about a powerful man being lured into becoming an obsessive, love-struck maniac! Super sweet, teasing romance at first, then the male lead desperately begs for love and goes mad.
Female Lead's Perspective:
Xie Qing'an, only daughter of the Minister of Revenue, was born to a family of military commanders on her mother's side. With her ethereal beauty and graceful bearing, she was a high-born young lady from a family of generations of officials. She was supposed to marry a good man, manage the household, and live a peaceful life as its mistress.
But when Xie Qing'an was four, her parents divorced. Her eldest brother stayed with their father in the capital, while she went with her mother to her maternal family's home on the frontier. In the windswept deserts of the northwest, she learned martial arts as a child and went into business as a young woman. Rebellious and unconventional, she forged an entirely new path for herself.
Xie Qing'an was straightforward. One day, while doing business, she met a handsome young gentleman with a radiant, noble air and was instantly smitten with his looks. She never expected him to be of the imperial family and deeply calculating. The shock brought her to her senses, and from then on, she only talked business with him, never romance.
She used his influence to open up trade across the borders and seas, spreading her business throughout the land. The unfortunate part was that once she had succeeded, she couldn't shake him off, no matter what she did. He clung to her for the rest of her life.
Male Lead's Perspective:
Li Mingru was an exceptionally promising man. From the start, he was a prince dealt a terrible hand: his father didn't love him, and his mother was dead. Yet he carved out a path to the throne with his own hands.
But that road was full of setbacks. He survived an ambush in a bamboo forest and assassination attempts on the battlefield, each one deadly. Fortunately, a young lady dropped from the heavens, saving him from danger and cherishing him like a precious treasure.
Li Mingru, who had never been one to indulge in love, fell for her too. The two traveled together, fought on the northern frontier, and reformed policies at court. Yet this talented young lady, who was always playing tricks on him, used every means at her disposal to escape.
The powerful man, who had always been starved for affection, was finally driven mad. There is nothing more frightening in this world than having something once, only to lose it forever.
The female lead is an adorable and fascinating ENTP, the villain character in the MBTI personality types!
No one-dimensional villains: they simply have different paths and cannot work together.
Every character will get a happy ending. Come join us, add it to your reading list, and leave a comment! Love you~
Theme: I want freedom, freedom, freedom!
