The Villainess's Guide to Self-Preservation

Zhao Jiale transmigrates into a book, becoming the wicked princess who torments the male lead until he wishes he were dead.

The male lead is her young bodyguard. She beats and berates him, forcing him to do things he hates every day.

She arrives just after the original owner has finished whipping him. Remembering that he will one day have her torn apart by five horses, Zhao Jiale trembles and asks, "C-can you still stand?"

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Zhao Jiale cares for him and helps him only because she wants him to spare her life later.

But then she realizes that the way he looks at her seems to be getting more and more... strange~

A cold, aloof male lead who becomes a yandere big boss × a heroine who'll bend without breaking to save herself

Theme: Caring for others is a way of saving yourself