Lazing Around Beside the Gloomy Villain

[Survival-minded, easygoing heroine who knows how to soothe people x self-conscious, mad dog hero with double pupils and a very strange way of thinking]

After Xiao Minzhu died suddenly by accident, she transmigrated into a book. But she had no System, no golden finger, and no idea where the plot was headed.

On top of that, the original owner was a frail orphan from the main branch, whose parents had died young. So Xiao Minzhu took it easy, lay flat, and waited for death while enjoying whatever food she could get.

When she reached marriageable age, her aunt found her a "good" match: she was to marry Wei Jiao, the Marquis of Yan.

Refuse? Her aunt controlled her marriage. If she refused this time, what would happen the next time?

Run away? As a helpless young woman, abandoning her family's protection and fleeing with money and valuables would hardly let her make a living in a world torn by chaos.

In just a few days, Xiao Minzhu had persuaded herself to lie flat somewhere else. She packed her bags and married into Youzhou.

Xiao Qingyan had a prophetic dream. She learned that her seemingly gentle and easygoing younger cousin would become empress, while her own marriage would be unhappy and her ending tragic. So, as soon as she woke, she rushed to switch their betrothals, making the other girl marry Wei Jiao, that cruel and tyrannical madman.

She, meanwhile, got her wish and married Cui Yan, who had been her brother-in-law in her previous life. But only after the wedding did she discover how difficult married life could be.

Xiao Qingyan could only console herself by thinking that, compared with what her cousin would have to endure, she had it much better.

The emperor's birthday banquet was attended by the feudal lords from every province, who had come to Luoyang to offer their congratulations.

As Xiao Qingyan left the banquet, she happened to spot Xiao Minzhu and her husband. Almost instinctively, she lingered in the shadows to watch them together.

She saw her cousin refuse to move, tugging at Wei Jiao's sleeve and claiming her feet were tired.

At those words, Xiao Qingyan nearly sucked in a sharp breath. Her cousin actually dared to act coquettishly toward that fearsome man. Wasn't she afraid that...

"You're going to be lazy to death."

Then Xiao Qingyan watched in astonishment as Wei Jiao actually crouched down in front of her.

Xiao Qingyan was stunned.

Xiao Minzhu's married life was rather carefree, except that the vicious dog at her bedside was always baring its teeth and getting on her nerves.

One day, the "dog" went crazy again.

"If you dare look at those young scholars again, I'll..."

Xiao Minzhu was sleepy and didn't want to hear him ramble, so she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulled him down, and planted a flurry of kisses on his "dog face."

Then she even scolded him: "Be good. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Only then did he finally calm down.

She had thought life would just go on like that forever. Until one day, she hit her head and remembered everything.

It turned out she was living inside a book. Wei Jiao was the early-stage villain, sensitive, suspicious, obsessive, and violent. He was the greatest obstacle to the male lead's quest to conquer the Central Plains, and in the end, he would be shot dead by a storm of arrows on the battlefield.

Seeing that Wei Jiao's cause was lost, Xiao Minzhu tenderly saw him off as he set out for the battlefield, then turned around and packed up her money and valuables to run away.

On the twenty-ninth day of her escape, Xiao Minzhu saw Wei Jiao again in a remote town.

His expression was as sinister as an evil spirit crawling straight out of hell, yet he smiled and said, "Didn't we agree you'd wait at home for me to return victorious?"

Reader's guide: 1. The hero is a dark, crawling-around-like-a-mad-dog type. His mouth is the most stubborn part of him, and his brain isn't quite right. He's a bit of a dog early on, but later he'll spoil her with his life. 2. The story weaves in elements of past and present lives. The heroine won't learn about the plot of her previous life until the middle or later part of the story. 3. Set in an imaginary world, not suitable for historical fact-checking. The author's writing is limited, but this is a satisfying, sweet little story.

Theme: Healing and growth