[Enchanting, master-thief goddess with miraculous hands x cold on the outside, warm-hearted and calculating prosecutor]
Marriage first, love later: top-tier romantic tension born of knowingly crossing the line
Both devoted and powerful, happy ending, everyone is wicked but clever
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Rumors ran rampant, and the Lin family was destroyed, leaving only Lin Qingge, daughter of a disgraced blacksmith, alive in the world.
With no way back, she had to steal to survive.
Eight years later, her name was infamous. The legendary thief Tiling had burst onto the scene.
To find a powerful patron who could help her avenge her family, she set her sights on Ren Langci, an Imperial Censor.
But an unexpected turn of events made her his lawful, wedded wife.
Lin Qingge: "I'm a thief! If I marry him, won't I be walking right into a trap?"
She would pretend to fall in love with him, making this act the most dangerous wager of her life.
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Ren Langci had known all along that the woman he brought home as his wife was the very female bandit he had sworn to capture and bring to justice.
In public,
the whole city praised him for doting on his wife. He lowered his eyes with a faint smile and neither confirmed nor denied it.
In private,
he idly played with a pair of shackles, watching her performance with keen interest.
"My lady, that hand of yours doesn't look like a refined young lady's. It looks more like..."
The words made Qingge's back stiffen, but he was already kissing her with a smile.
He handed her the evidence she wanted and personally paved the way for her revenge.
He was the only support she had.
She was the hunter he had carefully cultivated.
From the very beginning, it had all been a scheme in which they used each other.
Neither of them knew that the love growing amid all those misunderstandings was beginning to run wild...
As the truth teetered on the verge of being exposed, those bloodstained hands shielded her tightly, and he said in a hoarse voice:
"Lin Qingge, if you're going to use me, then use me for the rest of your life."
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Theme: He knows she's using him, and he loves it
