[Silver-Tongued Liar x Merciless Madman]
Jiang Lingyi found an exceptionally handsome man by the river.
After finally hauling him from the riverbank back to her little wooden cabin, she found him a renowned doctor and gave him precious medicinal herbs. At last, the beauty opened his eyes.
Before Jiang Lingyi could properly admire him, the beauty forced himself upright and plunged a dagger he had somehow produced into her heart...
When she opened her eyes again, Jiang Lingyi had been reborn to the moment before the man woke up. The precious medicinal herbs were still in her hands.
She hesitated for only a second, then promptly dumped the medicine, turned, and went back to her bedroom. She planned to throw him back into the river before he woke.
She had just lifted the man's upper body when a pair of cold, narrow eyes opened without warning and stared straight at her.
Jiang Lingyi was scared out of her wits. She immediately let go and leaped eight meters away.
The beauty was caught off guard and slammed onto the bed, his face deathly pale as blood surged from his mouth.
As she admired the beauty coughing blood, Jiang Lingyi couldn't help regretting that she hadn't knocked him unconscious with the fall...
After a torrent of sweet talk and much coaxing, she finally managed to allay the beauty's suspicions.
That night, Jiang Lingyi packed her things, planning to flee this troublesome place under cover of darkness.
She had barely opened the door when the beauty appeared beneath the moonlight, hair disheveled and robe loosely open, his phoenix eyes seductively alluring.
"In the middle of the night, where are you planning to go, Miss Jiang?"
Held in Xie Fei's power, Jiang Lingyi served him tea and water, kept her head down, and played the meek subordinate. The few months she spent by Xie Fei's side felt longer than the first twenty-three years of her life.
At last, an opportunity to escape presented itself, and Jiang Lingyi left without a backward glance.
The air of freedom was so wonderful. Jiang Lingyi wandered around the street, completely caught up in the moment. When she spotted a set of expensive jewelry, she called out, "Yun Shu, pay for it."
Oh, right. Yun Shu was one of Xie Fei's maids. Jiang Lingyi silently put the jewelry back.
When some clueless young master from an official's family harassed her, Jiang Lingyi blurted out, "Ji Yang, beat him half to death for me!"
Nothing happened after she called out. Only then did Jiang Lingyi remember that Ji Yang was Xie Fei's guard.
After running into one obstacle after another, Jiang Lingyi gave up.
Forget it. She might as well go back and be a lazy couch potato. All she had to do was sweet-talk Xie Fei and say a few nice things. It wasn't like it took much effort.
It was just in time for dinner. A table full of her favorite dishes awaited her, and Xie Fei leaned lazily against the doorframe as he waited. His phoenix eyes held a teasing smile, the red mole beneath them was captivating, and the faint lift of his lips made the flowers filling the courtyard pale in an instant.
Jiang Lingyi threw herself into his arms. Xie Fei's voice came from above her head. "Are you going to run away again?"
"..."
Theme: Keep a positive outlook
