Don't Toy With the Pretty Cannon Fodder

(The main story is complete. The ongoing novel is A Dutiful Widow Claimed by a Transmigrated Man) Princess Anning woke from a nap and stared at the bed curtains. New memories had appeared in her mind: the man she loved most had stolen her brother away. That man would later usurp the throne and seize her father's kingdom. And she would suffer an even worse fate, leaving not even a corpse behind. To win her brother back, she decided to strike first and poison her future love rival. But then morning came. The little princess lay limp, gazing through tear-filled eyes at the handsome young man beside her, her cheeks flushed. She cried out loud. Sob, her rival had toyed with her until she was covered in bruises. Xu Huainan lazily half-opened his eyes, picked up a rumpled peach-blossom undergarment, and draped it over his handsome, chiseled face. Even his attempt at comfort sounded nonchalant. “Stop crying.” Anning glared at him through red-rimmed eyes. “Xu Huainan, how dare you toy with this princess!” Xu Huainan lowered the little garment from his face and pointed, with a knowing smile, to the indecent pictures covering the walls. “Little Princess, take a good look. This is what it means.” Anning glanced at the pictures, still stunned. Xu Huainan finished admiring them, then pointed to one titled “Worshipping the Gods.” “Yesterday, at most, I was simply laboring… worshipping the little princess all night.” . After that, Anning made several more attempts to harm her “rival,” but every one ended in failure. At last, one day, she could take no more. Her voice was weak with exhaustion, but she snapped, “You insolent bastard! Toy with me again and I’ll have your head chopped off.” The tireless young man lifted his handsome face and kissed her swollen lips, his eyes hazy. “Little Princess, I’m only… worshipping you.” (User guide: ① The heroine is a silly beauty who thinks she is wicked beyond measure, but is actually a sweet, soft little cake. Every bad thing she tries to do fails, and she gets caught every time. ② The male lead and the second male lead are both die-hard straight men. They can't stand each other and go all out to ruin one another. They are genuine rivals who feel no admiration for each other. There is no male-male romance; the heroine's perspective is simply mistaken. [Important, underline this] This is just a very ordinary, innocent romance. ③ In this story, girls come of age at eighteen. ④ All male characters are virgins. ⑤ Character types: an evil, sweet little cake; a mature, handsome villain; a sickly brother. ⑥ See Chapter One for more reading guidance. Also titled The Cannon Fodder Coveted by Her Rival and Crossing the Spring Breeze) Blurb recorded: posted on Weibo on 2024.8.1 Coming Next Title: After an Ordinary Me Got a Special Incense Synopsis: Zhu Jinzhao was an unremarkable young lady from a minor family. After saving a princess, she was brought to an academy full of nobles to serve as her study companion. Everyone there looked down on her, though they were always impeccably polite. She was like a gloomy little mouse who had wandered into an immortal's paradise, forced to hide even her hatred of them for fear of being discovered. One day, while praying at an incense burner for those privileged nobles to meet with misfortune, she unexpectedly received a special illusion-inducing incense stick from a wandering Taoist. Light an incense stick infused with someone's aura in front of them, and you could do anything you wanted to them in their hallucinations. Zhu Jinzhao planned to make them relive the hardships she had endured. Her first target was the seemingly gentle but actually arrogant, cold and aloof son of the Marquis Mingyu, a high-and-mighty beauty. At first, everything went normally. But the more time passed, the more she realized that beneath his aloof exterior, he was anything but normal. Several times, she ended up being the one bullied. When the incense burned out, she fled the scene on trembling legs, steadying herself against the wall. She absolutely couldn't target him again. Zhu Jinzhao turned her attention to the general's son, who sneered at her and was so strikingly handsome that he was known as the capital's dream lover. Just like before, when the incense burned out, she returned to her room with a scarlet face and gasping breaths. She held out a bitten, reddened finger and viciously crossed out his name. She refused to believe she could still be bullied in a hallucination, so for her next target, she set her sights on the most honored crown prince's son… After running out of the divine incense, Zhu Jinzhao went looking for the old Taoist, but couldn't find him. Since she had already taken such thorough revenge on those people, she decided to call it quits. Unexpectedly, when she returned to her room, there was an incense stick burning inside… Character types: an unremarkable, gloomy little mouse; all kinds of noble scions Theme: Know my darkness, and grant me a spring dawn.