After Marrying My Arch-Nemesis

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Sixth Princess Rong Jinyao is blessed with otherworldly beauty and a sweet, winsome charm. Everyone says she is gentle and obedient. But her mother abandoned her when she was young, and she never won her father's favor. Now she is about to be sent away in a political marriage.

When Rong Jinyao learns that she has become a disposable pawn, she refuses to sit around and wait for her fate. Instead, she sets her sights on her sworn enemy: the young general, Chu Yi.

He is dashing and spirited, with a pair of impossibly handsome, tender eyes. Unfortunately, whenever he looks at her, his gaze is as sharp as a hawk's, as if he would love to strip her bare.

Rong Jinyao thinks that if her father hadn't happened to be arranging a marriage for Chu Yi, she would never have schemed to marry him!

To keep Chu Yi from calling off the engagement, Rong Jinyao puts up with his relentless tests and pretends to be infatuated with him, doing everything she can to seduce him.

She pouts, kisses him, throws her arms around him... and brazenly pushes at his limits.

One day, when Chu Yi tests her yet again, Rong Jinyao grits her teeth, steels herself, and plants a kiss on the corner of his mouth.

The young woman's almond eyes brim with affection. "Do you believe my feelings for you are genuine now?"

Chu Yi gives a scornful laugh and pushes her away without mercy, coolly tossing out three words:

"Pretty average."

*

At first, when Chu Yi discovers that Rong Jinyao had helped engineer their betrothal, he decides to peel away her disguises layer by layer and see the real face of this little white rabbit.

But for some reason, Rong Jinyao's attitude toward him suddenly changes. Not only does she kiss him first, she deliberately calls him "big brother," and after they marry, she treats him with tender affection.

Over time, Chu Yi starts to think that marrying his sworn enemy isn't as bad as he'd imagined.

Until one day, while they are boating on the lake, Rong Jinyao tells Chu Yi through her drunken haze that she had planned this marriage all along to escape being sent away in a political marriage.

In the ensuing silence, their eyes meet.

The young general, usually calculating and confident that everything is under his control, instantly turns cold.

The wind along the river ripples the water, while warm waves and the scent of peaches fill the cabin.

When Rong Jinyao wakes the next morning, she is surprised to find a bright red bite mark on her neck...

[Reader's Guide]

1) One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first, a healing, sweet romance with no melodrama

2) The characters are not flawless. The romance comes first

3) Dashing young general x bright and charming little princess

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Yan Tong, daughter of the wealthiest family around, falls in love at first sight with a poor scholar.

Though he is aloof and cold, repeatedly keeps her at arm's length, and often makes her cry, he is stunningly beautiful and exceptionally talented. And he never calls her stupid.

Yan Tong makes no secret of her feelings for someone.

She takes advantage of her wealth and free time to force her way into his life. When pursuing him relentlessly gets her nowhere, she simply starts throwing money at him. In any case, she loves him with all her heart and makes no effort to hide it.

The scholar does her proud: he passes the imperial examinations with top honors, astonishing the whole city.

Yan Tong gleefully waits for him to marry into her family and repay her for recognizing his talent.

But to her utter shock, he turns around and courts powerful connections, arranging a marriage with her sworn enemy!

When Yan Tong demands an explanation, the man sneers:

"You were born into wealth. All you do is spend money like water and indulge yourself. The Yan family may have a fortune, but it has no power or influence to help me rise to the top. Why would I choose you?"

Yan Tong is so furious she nearly faints. "I'm gorgeous, witty, generous, and loyal... Lu Shiting, you're the one with no taste!"

*

After breaking things off with Lu Shiting, Yan Tong goes to a temple outside the city to cultivate her character.

She also burns incense every day and prays that a certain someone will have a rocky career and an unhappy marriage.

A strange Taoist priest sees how much resentment she holds, makes a calculation, and gives her five talismans.

"Since you have a knot in your heart, I shall grant you an opportunity."

"Write the faithless man's name on a talisman and burn it on the night of the full moon. You will transform into someone by his side. Your gender, age, and identity may vary. But after all five chances are used up, there will be a small side effect..."

The spoiled young lady is bent on revenge:

So I can do bad things without getting caught? A gentleman's revenge is never too late!

So on the first full moon night, Yan Tong eagerly uses her first chance.

A flash of white light, and she opens her eyes, full of anticipation.

She sees that her arms have become extraordinarily "muscular."

Aaaaaah!

Why has she turned into Lu Shiting's personal bodyguard?

He's a huge, burly man with a fierce, terrifying face!

After using up all five transformations, Yan Tong returns to her real body, only to discover that she has been imprisoned on a bed, with iron chains around her wrists and ankles.

Heat courses through her body and an unbearable thirst consumes her. Only then does she realize that the strange Taoist's "side effect" has taken hold.

Theme: Equality first, love after