Lie to Me Again

Qi Yuqiu transmigrates into a novel as a minor actress who shares a name with the story’s vicious villain. Because she bears some resemblance to the villain’s crush, the villain, furious after being rejected, threatens her into becoming a stand-in for the woman she loves. With no way to fight back, the penniless actress can only use her acting skills to convincingly play the part of someone in love.

The villain is cold on the outside but starved for affection within. She gradually becomes drawn to Qi Yuqiu and loses herself in her, but when the contract expires, Qi Yuqiu walks away. The actress leaves nothing behind in her home, not even the faintest trace of her presence...

Jiang Songtang watches coldly as the actress laughs and chats with other people, only to turn away as soon as she sees her. Her rejection could not be clearer.

No one knows that the chairwoman of the Jiang Group is a crybaby in private. Through all the days and nights since her stand-in left, she has cried alone under the covers until dawn, then had to wear sunglasses to work the next day.

No one knows how much she loves that stand-in, either. Countless times, she has stared at the chat window where she’s been blocked, wanting so badly to borrow someone else’s phone and call, to tell her to come back. She could ask for money, or anything at all. As long as she kept loving her, even if it was a lie.

Includes a groveling-and-redemption arc. Ten-year age gap.

Qi Yuqiu x Jiang Songtang

Coming soon: Pampering the Fallen Heiress

Jiang Huai is a country girl from Zhao Family Village. She makes a living hunting and enjoys women’s love, but she doesn’t have the surname Zhao, so the villagers ostracize her at every turn. She is in her twenties and still unmarried. Then one day, while selling game in town, she sees a girl locked in a cage, dressed in rags and covered in injuries, with timid, fearful eyes.

Whether she was drawn to the girl’s beauty or moved by the fear in her eyes, Jiang Huai couldn’t help taking out most of her money and buying her.

The girl was born into wealth. She was delicate and demanding, and at first she was too timid to speak to Jiang Huai. But as time passed, she started making all sorts of requests. Fish today, chicken tomorrow, even though she couldn’t cook! Jiang Huai grumbled and regretted marrying such a pampered wife, all while scaling fish, gutting them, plucking feathers, and boiling water to make the fish soup and chicken soup the girl loved.

Lin Wanhe was the daughter of an official. Her father was falsely accused and imprisoned, and her clan was sent into exile. She was sold to a trafficker. She thought she would be mired in the mud forever, with no chance of escape, but then a very good woman bought her and said she would marry her.

The woman was always fierce and seemed to dislike her, but when thunder rumbled, she held her close and comforted her, telling her not to be afraid. She brought her the most expensive pastries in town. Though she was only a farmer, she gave Lin Wanhe everything she had. All the village women envied Lin Wanhe, and she was overjoyed, too.

Then one day, her father was cleared of the charges and her stepmother sent people to find her. Her wife said she would send her back so she could live a good life. Terrified, Lin Wanhe clung to her wife’s arm and begged her not to send her away. She promised she would never be jealous or act spoiled again. She didn’t want a good life. She wanted to be with the woman she loved, and to be protected in her arms.

After all... how could the mother who pushed her out to take the blame for her legitimate daughter ever give her real love?

Fierce country girl, top x pampered young lady, bottom

Theme: You have to work hard to get what you want.