Xuxu Startles Spring (Reborn)

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Scheming, brooding, and vindictive man * aloof, bewitching, delicate beauty

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Lin Xu was stunningly beautiful and born into a prestigious family. Though she had never applied herself to her studies, she had an engagement that made every noble young lady in the capital envy her: she was the beloved of an imperial merchant's son, a man as graceful as a jade tree.

But her enviable good fortune ended when her father was falsely accused by a villain. She died at the very moment when everyone in the world despised her for being foolish and ignorant, and her fiancé, who adored her, loved her for her bold, carefree ways.

On the day of her betrothal, her whole family was slaughtered.

Lin Xu was lucky enough to live again. Unwilling to let others mold and mistreat her in this life, she gritted her teeth and rejected her noble, upright fiancé. Instead, she cast aside her pride and tried to get close to the son of her enemy

Dou Yanxun, a notorious playboy in the capital, rumored to frequent brothels and live wildly and without restraint.

But this playboy had seen it all. He saw through Lin Xu's clumsy attempts to seduce him at a glance, then rejected and threatened her without hesitation, driving her away for good.

Until an accident left Lin Xu gravely poisoned while saving his life, bringing her to the brink of death.

As her consciousness faded, she secretly saw the man holding her in his arms wearing an expression of panic and helplessness, almost madness, for the first time. Satisfied, she closed her eyes.

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After marrying Dou Yanxun as she had wished, Lin Xu gradually put her schemes aside. To the outside world, she was a capable noblewoman who managed her household well. In private, she was a lovesick woman devoted to her husband.

By day, she had to deal with the schemers and villains of the great clans. At night, she had to pretend that she and Dou Yanxun were whispering sweet nothings and basking in a passionate romance.

She had thought their marriage was nothing more than an arrangement that suited them both.

She had even decided long ago that once she had avenged her family, she would end this ridiculous marriage.

Yet, as she climbed ever higher, attached herself to the powerful, took charge of the household, and cultivated ties with the princes... even as she plotted how to survive in the future and seize dominion over the realm

the eyes that had once looked at her with nothing but coldness and disgust had gradually begun to hold feelings she could not quite understand.

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As the discarded son of a treacherous minister, Dou Yanxun had spent years living like a weed, giving himself over to despair.

Yet he was exceptionally handsome, with an almost divine bearing. Every gesture attracted countless infatuated admirers, but he had never lingered with any of them. He had lived half his life as a carefree, irreverent drifter.

No one expected a woman whose behavior was utterly outrageous to suddenly barge into his black-and-white world.

He despised her. He disdained her.

Yet she also brought a ray of light to his hopelessly bleak life.

He had thought he could remain happy like this forever,

until one day he searched everywhere for her, only to find traces of her in the private residence of an imperial merchant who loved her deeply, along with a divorce agreement.

The woman who had once gazed at him with admiration now carried his child, believing that a flimsy piece of paper could make her disappear from his world forever.

Dou Yanxun had never hated anyone so much.

He searched every corner of Mujing like a madman, and would have dug up the earth itself if that was what it took to drag the faithless woman back.

He would imprison her and punish her.

It did not matter that she was surrounded by admirers, or that she had never loved him.

Reader's Guide:

1. Plot-driven, four volumes, with a heroine's independent growth arc. Married life begins in Volume Two.

2. The main plot follows the heroine's revenge for her family, interwoven with several cases and plenty of foreshadowing. The hero's reputation as a playboy has a hidden story behind it. Deep down, he is insecure and gentle, and very good at saying one thing while meaning another!

3. A little political intrigue, ensemble cast, and mystery.

4. Set in a fictional world modeled on the Tang dynasty, with relatively liberal customs.

The next novel is The Obsessive Emperor Took Me by Force~

A timid, adorable maid who loves her life × an emperor who is cold and heartless in public, obsessive and unhinged in private

The powerful one lowers his head | Devoted love | Wish-fulfillment romance | Obsessive love

Jiang Mu had been a beauty from a young age, but her family was so poor that her otherworldly beauty became a burden. She was adopted by Madam Wang from her village, who planned to marry Jiang Mu to her foolish son once he recovered from his illness.

It happened that the new emperor had just taken charge of the government. The palace was short of consorts and the empress's seat was vacant, so the Empress Dowager, hoping to ensure the royal family would soon have more heirs, issued an edict summoning beautiful young women from across the realm.

The eunuch sent to recruit them refused to overlook even the most remote village in the Great Yu. When he saw Jiang Mu's face, he was delighted, but his expression turned troubled when he heard she was half-deaf and mute.

Before long, Jiang Mu entered the palace in response to the edict...

And became a hardworking fire-tending maid in the imperial kitchen.

She thought that if she worked hard and ate well every day, she would soon be released from the palace.

But by chance, the long-neglected Lady Wang noticed her pretty face. Lady Wang wanted Jiang Mu to sneak into the emperor's bedchamber at night so she could use the affair to win his favor. After all, everyone thought Jiang Mu was a meek girl who could not speak.

She was only a palace maid. Once the deed was done, Lady Wang could give her some money and send her out of the palace.

But when Jiang Mu heard Lady Wang's plan, she was horrified and could not sleep all night

How could she keep anyone from discovering that she had long since regained her hearing and could speak, and was not mute at all?

What Jiang Mu did not realize was that someone else had seen through her long ago

Every day, he behaved with grave propriety, dressed impeccably. But every night, he would persistently and subtly try to lure her into his bed.

Even after she had rejected him again and again, and nearly swore to die rather than give in, this man who ruled the realm began watching her in silence with bloodshot eyes. At last, he snapped and went mad.

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced.

2. The hero is obsessive and will take love by force. He dotes exclusively on her later in the story.

3. A wish-fulfillment romance set against a palace-intrigue backdrop.

Theme: Human will can triumph over fate.