After drowning while saving someone, Nong Huan was bound to a life-extension System. She could trade the gratitude of the children she rescued for two extra years of life, and ended up surviving after being transported to the Great Qi Dynasty. Now, two years have passed, and her life points are about to run out. She has to keep collecting gratitude to stay alive.
Collecting gratitude isn't hard, but extending her life a day at a time? When will she ever get to live in peace?
System: Host, there's no need to worry. Unlocking the gratitude of destined connections will double the life extension. Winning the gratitude of your fated person can avert disasters and bring you a long life.
Nong Huan: Why didn't you say so sooner?
[Ping! Congratulations, Host! You helped the young mistress escape from the General's Residence. Lifespan +1 year.]
[Ping! Congratulations, Host! You cleared the name of the accountant whose entire family was massacred. Lifespan +2 years.]
[Ping! Congratulations, Host! You fulfilled Deputy General Ding's dying wish to end the war. Lifespan +10 years.]
Nong Huan diligently completes her missions, happily collecting life points one by one. At last, she saves up a hefty amount and enjoys a wonderful life.
Then an accident lands her in the dungeon, where the Marquis of Yubei, the current emperor's right-hand man and her master, mistakes her for a spy. Not only is she tortured during interrogation, but her lifespan is cut down to just ten days.
[Reminder: Host's life points have fallen critically low. Collect gratitude as soon as possible!]
Nong Huan spits blood. "Why can my life points go down, too?!"
System: The System is designed to allow that. It only applies to your fated person.
"How does someone who drank my blood count as my fated person? Are you sure you got it right?!"
System: Only he can reduce your life points. How could he not be your fated person? Even a disastrous match is still a match.
Who wants a connection with a bloodthirsty butcher who kidnaps women and kills without blinking? You useless System, get lost!
She can't stay alive by sticking around the Marquis's Residence, so Nong Huan decides to give up on her so-called fated person and run away.
The day she tries to escape, the Marquis of Yubei stops her.
"I'm accompanying the emperor on his tour of the south, and I'll be going to Linzhou. Why don't you come along?"
Nong Huan: o.O?
This bastard wants to chase me down and kill me!
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Feng Wujie has borne the weight of a blood feud for years. Just when he is about to avenge his family, he is unexpectedly poisoned and given little time to live.
At first, he keeps Nong Huan around because he hopes she can help him find the Ghost Doctor. If he can cling to life for even one more day, he'll have another day to seek revenge.
But then he reconsiders.
Half-dead as he is, how can he protect her and make sure she lives to a ripe old age?
He will have his revenge, and he will have her, too.
#The Killer Marquis Is My Survival Buddy#
#What Do I Do When My Life-Saving Charm Is Even Shorter-Lived Than Me?#
Theme: Cherish life and love living
