How to Stay Alive After Betraying a Mad Villain

[Next up: The Prince's Runaway Concubine], a chase-your-wife story. Blurb at the end~

Blurb:

Fake-hearted, laid-back heroine x obsessive, lustful hero

When Yan Hui first transmigrated, the remnants of the rebel Prince Xiang's forces had kidnapped the Shen family's only son and were fleeing.

Driven by her mission to return to the modern world, Yan Hui risked her life and rescued the Shen family's only son, Shen Xingsu, amid flashing blades and flying arrows.

The horse was temperamental. Yan Hui awkwardly tugged at the reins with one hand while lowering her head to check.

One look nearly sent her tumbling off the horse.

The dazed child in her arms looked up at her. Beneath his thick brows, his eyes were bright and black, yet there was a sharpness that resembled Prince Xiang's.

Yan Hui racked her brain before remembering that, amid the chaos, another child had fallen off a cliff. That one seemed to have been the real only son of the Shen family.

With her mission failed, Yan Hui had no choice but to wander through the troubled times with the boy. In the end, she decided to let the mistake stand and returned him to the Shen family.

When Yan Hui woke again, eight years had passed. She was still in this era, now a young maid in the Governor's manor.

The child she had returned to the Shen family had grown up and completely taken over Shen Xingsu's identity, usurping his place and living a life of ease.

If Yan Hui wanted to return to the modern world, she had to undo the harm caused by her mistake all those years ago.

Shen Xingsu was born into a powerful, aristocratic family. He was extraordinarily handsome, with an innate nobility.

A flight from danger when he was young left him with a first love he kept buried deep in his heart.

One day, during a lavish birthday banquet at the Governor's manor, Shen Xingsu and Yan Hui met again. Though the years had passed and their appearances had changed, he recognized her at a glance.

Overjoyed, Shen Xingsu believed every lie Yan Hui told him.

She said she had returned for his sake, and he believed her without question.

She said she wanted to enter the Shen household and stay by his side forever, and he promptly gave her the position of his principal wife.

That is, until soldiers stormed the Shen manor and uncovered evidence proving he was the son of a rebel prince.

Shen Xingsu was thrown into prison, a condemned man awaiting execution.

Before he left, he glared at Yan Hui with eyes that seemed ready to bleed.

Fueled by that hatred, Shen Xingsu clawed his way out of the mire, step by step, and rose to power again, achieving even greater status than before.

Yan Hui, now held by the wrist in his grasp, looked terrified and tried to appeal to their past affection to make him spare her.

Without her former aura of glory, Yan Hui was no more than a woman of fair looks.

Shen Xingsu's gaze was cruel as he gently toyed with her trembling red lips. He sneered, "If you can please me, I might consider sparing your life."

Notes:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, one-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. Includes coercive possessiveness.

3. The hero is extremely obsessive and unscrupulous.

Upcoming Story

Clear-eyed beauty x rebel general

A Yun was the legitimate daughter of the city lord, born into nobility with a face as lovely as jade.

Later, the rebels broke through the city gates and slaughtered and plundered as they went. Her mother pushed A Yun into a crowd of refugees, but in the panicked escape, she became separated from her twin brother.

She could have fled on her own. Clutching her brother's gold lock pendant in her palm, she resolutely turned back. Amidst flying flames and arrows, she saw with her own eyes as a deputy general lifted her brother and slammed him down, demanding to know his identity.

A Yun hid the gold pendant among the corpses by the road, then deliberately let herself be captured and confessed her identity, successfully saving her brother.

At that moment, a sharp gaze from behind made her wince.

A tall man in armor rode up on horseback and looked down at her against the light. His voice was cold: "You're the city lord's daughter?"

Blood, still warm from the blade, dripped onto her face.

A Yun stared without blinking at the butcher who had ordered the city massacred: Xiao Ting.

Seeing the hatred in her eyes, Xiao Ting suddenly chuckled. He leaned down, grabbed her, and hauled her up beside his horse. Galloping around the field, he shouted, "The old fool Qin En knew he couldn't win and killed himself. His daughter will be offered to everyone at tonight's victory feast!"

A Yun slowly shook her head at her struggling younger brother.

That night, she swallowed her blood and tears, endured the humiliation, and climbed into Xiao Ting's bed.

Pingcheng fell. Xiao Ting, a rebel general, heard that A Yun, a prisoner of war, was the city lord's most beloved daughter. He planned to use her as a reward for his troops, then offer her as a sacrifice before attacking the next city.

He thought that, as the city lord's daughter, A Yun would face death with pride and dignity. He never expected her to climb into his bed of her own accord, displaying every ounce of her seductive charm.

After that night, Xiao Ting kept her in his tent as a plaything for his leisure.

He mocked A Yun for being shameless, ridiculing her for letting men paw at her like a camp prostitute despite her noble birth.

After the previous dynasty fell, Xiao Ting was rewarded for his accomplishments and became Prince Xuan, a ruler who dominated his own territory. A Yun's status never changed. She remained the most despised person in the manor, someone everyone could bully.

Xiao Ting was soon to take a princess consort. Before the wedding, he rubbed A Yun's moist red lips and sneered, "Since you're so eager to serve me in bed, I might reward you with the position of concubine after my princess consort arrives."

A Yun bowed deeply before him, overflowing with gratitude.

But the next day, A Yun disappeared, along with a nameless servant from the manor.

Only then did Xiao Ting learn that A Yun had offered herself to him not out of greed for his wealth and power, but for the sake of her younger brother, the only one left alive after the war.

That usually docile woman had dared to betray him.

Wearing his bright red wedding robes, Xiao Ting charged out of the prince's manor and galloped away. Blinded by rage, his eyes bulging with fury, he searched for her along the road like a madman.

He would personally capture A Yun, the woman who had dared to deceive and toy with him.

Every torture instrument in the room was ready. Once he caught A Yun, he would force her to reveal every secret.

Little did he know that in the end,

her soft touch would become a blade of steel, cutting him to the heart.

Holding her cold, impassive face in his hands, he prayed with all his heart:

He did not want the world. He wanted A Yun.

Theme: Face setbacks with a positive attitude and win a brighter future.