Xie Shenwei, just like her name suggests, has always been cautious and meek as the unwanted true daughter of the family. Yet she died at eighteen.
After being reborn, she was grateful for Heaven's kindness and cherished her life even more.
It took six rebirths for her to understand that Heaven wasn't kind. It was downright cruel!
No matter how many times she was reborn, she would always die on the Ghost Festival.
If that's how it is, to hell with being cautious. She won't live much longer anyway, so she might as well drag everyone down to the underworld with her!
On her seventh rebirth, the fake daughter pretended to be delicate and claimed she was too ugly to show her face. Xie Shenwei abandoned her usual honesty and kindness: "Exactly. Not only are you ugly, you're shameless too. Otherwise, why would you knowingly stay in my home after the mix-up and refuse to leave?"
Fake daughter: "?"
Her ungrateful younger brother had racked up gambling debts and was sobbing as he begged her to help him avoid having a finger chopped off. Xie Shenwei: "Who are you? One finger isn't enough. They should chop off your whole hand."
Younger brother: "??"
Her stepmother accused her of poisoning her. Xie Shenwei: "No need to make false accusations. If you're looking for death, I'll gladly oblige."
The stepmother, who was poisoned after her accusation backfired: "???"
Before long, everyone in the household reached the same conclusion: The Second Young Lady had gone mad.
Xie Shenwei was reckless not only at home, but outside as well. She gave away her entire fortune, stood up for the helpless, and even went to confess to her sworn enemy. With tears in her eyes, she claimed she would marry no one but him and would die of heartbreak if he refused, hoping to disgust him.
At last, the Ghost Festival came around again. When the time arrived, Xie Shenwei, who had gotten quite practiced at getting into position to die on her seventh try, found that... she didn't die.
Xie Shenwei: "?"
Then she discovered that she had given away all her money.
Even more terrifying, every one of her creditors had come knocking at once.
Most terrifying of all, everyone she had offended was gnashing their teeth and looking for revenge.
Xie Shenwei: "I'm done for. Honestly, I might as well just die!"
With nowhere left to turn, Xie Shenwei prepared to end her own life. Just as she had set out a little stool, her sworn enemy, whom she had confessed to out of spite, kicked open the door and swept in with eighteen tables of betrothal gifts.
"I never rejected you. I was only a quarter of an hour late with the betrothal gifts. Did you really have to try to kill yourself?"
Xie Shenwei sat bolt upright, though she was at death's door.
Wait... Maybe she could still be saved?
CP: [A calm, crazed heroine vs. a tsundere who talks himself into falling for her]
Theme: Refuse to be a people-pleaser
