The Mad Villain Who Was Driven to His Death

This novel will enter VIP starting from Chapter 23 on August 9. Hope you'll keep reading~ [Scheming, sharp-tongued prime minister top vs. sickly, deranged court favorite bottom] Shen Zhaoxue is the reviled, treacherous villain of Great Yan, a man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants and has taken countless lives with a single word. After his rebellion fails, he is left with a nearly broken body, drenched in blood. Amid the falling snow, he slits his own throat with a sword. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to the age of twenty. In his previous life, his parents and relatives abandoned him. He was fostered by the Wan family for three years, enduring their contempt and neglect. Only Wan Shenghan treated him well. After returning reborn, he watches as his cousin from the Wan family throws the jade pendant that symbolized his love for Wan Shenghan into the pond. Shen Zhaoxue braves the bone-chilling cold and dives in to retrieve it. But Wan Shenghan, unlike the gentle man he had been in his previous life, watches coldly as Shen Zhaoxue is humiliated. Unable to accept the change, Shen Zhaoxue, burning with a fever that won't break, smashes the pendant to pieces in front of Wan Shenghan. He doesn't see the shock in Wan Shenghan's eyes. * Shen Zhaoxue wants revenge. He wants to destroy everyone who ever bullied him. But he lives at the Wan estate, where the young head of the family treats him as his possession and controls his freedom and choices. One day, a fire suddenly breaks out, and the two become entangled. The next morning, Shen Zhaoxue vanishes without a trace. * A natural disaster in Lingdu forces them to spend their days and nights together once more. One stormy, sleepless night, Wan Shenghan accidentally lets slip the secret that he, too, has been reborn. In his previous life, Shen Zhaoxue destroyed his family and ruined his future with a single sentence. He had hated Shen Zhaoxue to the bone, and spent ten years helping the crown prince bring him down from his lofty position. Then he spent another ten years searching for the gift Shen Zhaoxue had left him. Now Shen Zhaoxue has casually sentenced him to death with another single sentence. “You say you love me?” Shen Zhaoxue leans close and whispers in his ear. “Everyone who hated me in my previous life has told me they love me in this one.” “Why don't you wager with me? Will I choose them, or will I choose you?” * Reading guide: 1. Both are sexually inexperienced; one-on-one 2. The bottom had his reasons for everything he did in his previous life 3. Revenge after being reborn 4. The romance isn't angsty, though it is a little melodramatic. They love each other so much 5. Imperfect characters; both have their flaws 6. An unconventional hated-by-all-to-loved-by-all story 7. Don't nitpick the logic; this is wish fulfillment Coming soon: My Brotherly Bond with the Crown Prince Su Lingshen is an adopted son, a sickly mute who has never been welcome in his family and is constantly bullied by his classmates at the academy. Though he can't speak, he never lets a slight go unavenged. As he grows older, he accidentally discovers that his adoptive younger brother and classmates are conspiring with court officials to murder him. Su Lingshen knows he is powerless and has no one to back him against high-ranking officials. He has no chance of winning. If he wants to survive, he has to make someone else do the killing for him. As luck would have it, the Su family has offended the crown prince. Rumor has it the prince is violent and ruthless, and anyone who crosses him meets a grim fate. The entire family is on edge, waiting for the enraged prince to punish them. At this moment, Su Lingshen volunteers to take the blame. The reason is that the night before, he dreamed the crown prince was searching for a beloved younger brother he had lost many years ago. And Su Lingshen looks remarkably like the prince's brother. With a few clever tricks and a show of obedience, Su Lingshen successfully impersonates the prince's brother. He discovers that the crown prince really does dote on his younger brother. Whatever Su Lingshen does, the prince willingly covers for him. With the prince backing him, Su Lingshen can slap a mere court official whenever he pleases. But gradually, Su Lingshen senses that the brotherly bond between them is starting to cross a line. The way the crown prince looks at him no longer seems to be the way he looks at a young brother starved of love. It is as though he is looking at someone else through him. Su Lingshen feels his scalp crawl under that gaze. A man as ruthless and brutal as the crown prince would surely kill him if he learned that Su Lingshen had lied about who he was. So on the night his secret is exposed, Su Lingshen packs up and runs without a backward glance. But just a few days later, the crown prince and his men corner him at a military camp in the mountain pass. Inside the tent, the candlelight is dim. The crown prince pins Su Lingshen beneath him. Hidden among the folds of their elaborate sleeves, Su Lingshen holds the tip of his knife against the prince's stomach and silently mouths: [Let me go, or I'll kill you, too.] The crown prince acts as if he doesn't notice. The blade sinks into his flesh as he leans down and bites Su Lingshen's neck, lightly grazing it with his teeth. “I don't understand why you've changed, Su Xiangxiang.” “Last time, I hated you and ignored you, but you insisted on staying by my side. This time, I love and protect you, but you want to leave me?” [Supremely devoted, gloomy, deranged crown prince top vs. sickly beauty bottom with a hidden dark side] Reading guide: 1. Both are sexually inexperienced and each other's first love; one-on-one, no blood relation, older top who dotes on the bottom 2. An unconventional hated-by-all-to-loved-by-all story 3. The bottom is mute but will be cured later Theme: A good mindset can turn a terrible situation into an opportunity