When Swallows Nest Beneath a Precarious Eave

[Transmigrated heroine x wolf in sheep's clothing]

[Heroine]

After an accident, He Miaoguan transmigrates into a novel as a cannon-fodder supporting character.

Her mission is to stop the villain from turning evil and keep him from harming the male lead.

They first meet at a mass grave. The young man is dressed in shabby clothes, his face pale, and a gang of local thugs are humiliating him. He looks utterly pitiful.

He Miaoguan realizes: she must have returned to the novel's prequel, before the villain, Yan Zhiyu, has turned evil!

She cups the young man's delicate face and says gently, "Young Master Yan, I'll be here from now on. No one will ever bully you again."

The young man is silent for a moment, then quietly answers, "All right."

After bringing Yan Zhiyu home, He Miaoguan loves admiring his beautiful features and arranging his hair with flowers and hairpins. He repays her tenderness with a warm gaze and a gentle smile:

"If you hadn't saved me that day, Miaoguan, I'd be a pile of bones in the mass grave by now."

"Miaoguan, love me forever, in this life and every life to come."

But the longer they spend together, the more He Miaoguan senses that something about her "poor little thing" is strangely off...

A relative she casually complains about breaks a leg not long afterward.

The young master of the Gu family, who had been discussing marriage with her, is taken to Chang'an under guard and disappears without a trace.

She thinks it must all be coincidence, until one day, blood flies everywhere. The young man casually kicks an assassin's head aside, then looks up at her with tears in his eyes.

"Miaoguan, why are you looking at me like that...?"

Only then does He Miaoguan realize what kind of treacherous minister lies beneath that seemingly harmless exterior: a man who would kill his father and brothers and stop at nothing to get what he wants.

And a cage she must escape.

[Male Lead]

From a maidservant's son to an adviser in the prince's mansion, and then a close confidant of the emperor, Yan Zhiyu has more than a hundred deaths on his hands.

He never imagined anyone would be foolish enough to slight him.

Just as he decides to punish the scoundrels, a young woman rushes out of the crowd.

She kicks the thugs to the ground and solemnly promises that no one will bully him again.

Yan Zhiyu's lips curl into a smile. Finding it amusing, he quietly says, "All right."

Whether she has ulterior motives or some other agenda, she'll eventually give herself away. Until then, pretending to be a weak, innocent flower sounds rather nice.

Then the young woman kisses him and smiles as she wishes him success in his official career. He can no longer tell pretense from sincerity, so he decides to conceal his identity and live out his life in peace.

But on the day he's prepared betrothal gifts and plans to confess his love, assassins ambush him.

Amid the flash of blades and rivers of blood, he kills the enemies himself. When he looks back, he meets the young woman's horrified gaze.

The tenderness that once filled her eyes has been replaced by fear. He Miaoguan refuses to let him touch her and tremulously says she'll go find her childhood friend, the one who keeps getting in the way.

The young man is heartbroken. On their wedding night, with the red candles burning bright, he smiles and offers her the jade hairpin that sealed their love.

"Miaoguan, as long as I draw breath, I won't let you become another man's wife."

"Unless... you're willing to kill me with your own hands."

[One couple | Both leads have no prior romantic or sexual relationships | Happy ending]

Theme: Never lie to the person you love.