After Faking My Death and Ascending, the Dragon-Proud Male Lead Went Crazy

[The extra chapters will be updated from time to time.]

[Here's an upcoming contemporary romance, "Flower of Thorns" (marriage first, love later). The blurb is below.]

After failing her tribulation, Shi Hua became bound to a System.

The System eagerly pitched its deal: [Complete the villainess storyline, and I can help the Immortal Venerable fake her death and ascend.]

Shi Hua raised her sword. "Where's the male lead, the chosen one?"

*

Shi Hua thought the mission wouldn't be too difficult.

Until she realized the male lead was working against her.

She focused on following the plot and completing the mission, while the male lead, utterly shameless, turned tail and ran, leaving behind nothing but empty air and the System's cold electronic voice.

[Mission failed!]

Shi Hua laughed in disbelief.

He thinks he can avoid following the plot just by running away?

Shi Hua grabbed him by the head and forced him to play out the scene. Ignoring his furious glares and curses, she sealed his mouth with a spell.

She dug out his golden core and knocked him off a cliff. Her movements were smooth and practiced.

She waited for the male lead to make a triumphant comeback three years later and humiliate her, at which point the System would announce that she had completed her mission.

But three years later, the male lead returned unharmed, his golden core still safely inside him. Shi Hua stared in silence at the male lead kneeling at her feet and tenderly kissing the back of her hand as if she were his Dao companion.

Shi Hua smiled brightly. She wasn't crazy.

She turned around, grabbed the System, and asked, "Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your male lead?"

*

An accident brought Shi Hua and the male lead together.

Shi Hua promptly arranged her affairs, ready to fake her death and ascend.

Just before her consciousness faded, she saw the male lead stumbling toward her.

His hair was disheveled, his eyes bloodshot, and he roared something at her.

She could no longer hear him.

Never mind. This time, she was the one who had wronged him.

*

Wei Shizhou had known for a long time that he was living in a storybook.

As everyone around him moved through the story's plot like puppets on strings, he suddenly noticed someone who had broken free of her original storyline.

At first, he only wanted to see what tricks this villainess was up to. Later, moved by the sight of her standing before him to protect all living beings, he thought she didn't seem all that villainous after all.

Later, under the plot's control, he killed her with his own hands.

At that moment, his heart felt as if it had been torn apart. He wanted nothing more than to draw his sword and follow her in death.

Two thousand years later, he watched a young woman fall from the sky, and his heart raced wildly.

He knew his Shi Hua had returned.

He hid her away.

That way, she could only see him, and she would never disappear again.

#Why Must the Strongest in the Cultivation World Play the Villainess? #

#The Male Lead Went Mad After I Died#

#He's a Lunatic!#

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine is the strongest fighter in the whole book. There is no "strong heroine, even stronger hero."

2. There is a touch of ensemble cast. If you enjoy vivid, well-rounded supporting characters, this is a lively, spirited tale of young cultivators.

3. No women competing against women, but there is a little male rivalry. It appears later, so please skip if that's not your thing.

-- Upcoming novel: "Flower of Thorns"

[Cold, thorny rose X professor who's all restraint and propriety]

Nan Yu followed her parents' wishes and married a man she'd only met three times.

On their wedding night, she was busy entertaining guests and left her husband alone in their new home. Her parents lectured her and ordered her to take a month off to build a relationship with him.

*

Nan Yu didn't even know her husband's name.

When she saw a man emerge from the kitchen wearing a pink apron, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted in a casual white shirt, offering her a spoon with considerate warmth, she froze, at a loss.

That night, water rushed in the bathroom.

Distracted, Nan Yu dried her hair and returned to the bed. She saw her husband with his eyes half-lowered, droplets of water falling from his hair. Hearing her, he looked over, his bathrobe revealing just enough to tease.

His gaze behind silver-rimmed glasses was deep, and his handsome lips parted and closed.

"President Nan."

Nan Yu's throat went dry. Her slender fingers gripped the man's chin as she pressed one knee between his legs and looked down at him.

The man obediently closed his eyes and tilted his neck up, taking the initiative to kiss her.

*

Nan Yu had actually met He Xun before.

The first time was at a friend's bar.

He Xun had a cool, distant air about him. He looked down at the woman in the booth and gently advised her to go home, only to be mocked and tormented by her. She ordered him to finish an entire bottle of liquor.

Nan Yu's gaze paused. She heard her friend's teasing voice.

"His name is He Xun. He's married."

"President Nan, have you taken a liking to him?"

The second time, He Xun's wife humiliated him in public.

The man said nothing, patiently waited for her to cool off, then left the banquet with her.

Nan Yu saw the hand he held at his side clench in restrained anger.

She suddenly found herself intrigued.

This time made their third meeting.

*

He Xun was a professor at A University, refined and courteous, disciplined and proper. He was also a pawn the He family had groomed since childhood to curry favor with the powerful.

To save the He family from bankruptcy, he was forced to agree to an arranged marriage.

After Nan Yu once stepped in to help him, rumors spread that the newly appointed President Nan of the Nan Group had taken a liking to a married man.

As soon as He Xun divorced, the He family eagerly set their sights on Nan Yu. After testing the waters several times, they packed him off to marry into the Nan family.

A twice-married man was destined to become a woman's plaything, there to be humiliated.

Everyone was waiting for Nan Yu and He Xun to get divorced.

He Xun himself expected Nan Yu to ask for a divorce.

Theme: Have the courage to pursue your own goals