After Mistaking Him for Someone Else, the Hawk Who Served Me Taught Me How to Win Him Over

Jiang Ying is innocent and pure, proud and delicate. At times she is brave, at others a coward, and she always acts on a whim. One day, an accident forces her to save a stern young man. With his beautiful face and sharp tongue, he claims to be a low-ranking bodyguard under Xiao Congqian, the emperor's fearsome and ruthless lackey of legend.

Jiang Ying is taken with the man's extraordinary skills and handsome looks, so she often says outrageous things to him. Who would have guessed that this reserved, solemn little bodyguard is unusually pure-hearted? Before long, he wants to confess his feelings to Jiang Ying.

Jiang Ying, with an innocent look: "But I have a childhood sweetheart who is also my fiance, and we're getting married soon."

The little bodyguard turns deathly pale. Feeling mocked, he angrily cuts ties with Jiang Ying.

A few days later, Jiang Ying is jilted by her childhood sweetheart, who has fallen for someone else. Then a brutal old prince sets his sights on her. With a tiger's jaws about to close around her, Jiang Ying panics and has no choice but to find a husband who can protect her.

After weighing her options, she settles on the emperor's notorious lackey, Xiao Congqian.

Rumor has it that this lackey is devious and as ugly as a demon, but he wields great power. Jiang Ying tries every trick she can think of to win him over, but his heart is hard as iron. She gets nowhere and can't even catch a glimpse of him.

With no other options, she remembers the little bodyguard. When she learns that he's still serving under Xiao Congqian, Jiang Ying gets a wicked idea.

She wears him down with pleading. Though she knows the little bodyguard likes her, she pretends to be clueless and asks him for advice on how to win over Xiao Congqian.

The little bodyguard grits his teeth and agrees. Jiang Ying feels a rare pang of guilt, but forgets to ask anyone else what Xiao Congqian looks like.

As the days pass, Jiang Ying's seduction starts to pay off, thanks to the little bodyguard's help in arranging meetings and teaching her how to flirt, and how to win the man over when the springtime passions are running high.

The day she gets her wish, Jiang Ying thumps her chest and promises that one day she'll find the little bodyguard a good match, too.

As she says this, she watches him pause, then lower his eyes and smile.

His smile is heavy with meaning, but Jiang Ying doesn't understand.

Not until her wedding day, when she lifts the veil...

Her groom wears a familiar face and gives her a cold smile, brimming with the triumph of finally getting his way and a surging desire.

Everyone respectfully calls him "Lord Xiao." Jiang Ying understands it all, gritting her teeth as the truth dawns on her.

Xiao Congqian endured hardship from a young age. A devil who clawed his way out of a mountain of corpses, he has a heart as cold and hard as stone. Yet he fell for Jiang Ying at first sight and could never look away.

By day, he's Commander Xiao, who keeps women at arm's length and won't even spare Jiang Ying a proper glance. By night, he's the little bodyguard, so lovestruck he loses his senses, indulging in every kind of intimate, amorous moment with her.

He cherishes Jiang Ying's sweet, proud innocence, yet resents that she can't see how much he loves her. He's delighted that her attitude toward him is changing, yet laments that she treats him as nothing more than a handy tool.

But on cold nights, lying beneath chilly quilts, he thinks it over and realizes that what he hates most is himself. Why did he pretend to be a poor little bodyguard back then? He wasted so many precious spring days with his wife.

"I'm teaching my wife how to seduce me"

In reality, this dog of a male lead is going to great lengths to make his wife happy 😋

Also: A truly airheaded girl 🤗 and a fake grump 😡 are made for each other.

One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are each other's first and only.

[Fated Encounter - Reunion After a Long Separation - Long-Planned Scheme - Winning the Beauty's Heart]

Theme: Face life's difficulties with optimism