After Catching the Love Gu with My Ex-Husband

Soft, sweet, unhinged, growth-oriented heroine × aloof on the surface but possessive to the max hero / older man / guiding lover / love and hate in equal measure

Blurb:

Yu Shiwan has been entangled with three men.

One is Dongfang Jue, her partner in crime and no better than she is.

One is her White Moonlight, the gentle and kind eldest son of the Dongfang family.

And one is her ex-husband, Pei Huaizhen, a sanctimonious, repulsive member of the righteous sects.

Yu Shiwan was taken back by the Dongfang family at fifteen. Before long, she was married off to Pei Huaizhen as a tool for a political marriage.

Yu Shiwan hated Pei Huaizhen's hypocrisy and sanctimoniousness, and she hated his constant restrictions even more.

He made her practice calligraphy and read, taught her to be good, and cut off her relationship with Dongfang Jue.

But all she cared about was studying poisonous Gu. She hoped Pei Huaizhen would die soon, so she could take control of the Pei family's fortune and, together with Dongfang Jue, seize control of both the Dongfang and Pei families.

She didn't get to see Pei Huaizhen die. Instead, a divorce agreement arrived.

Yu Shiwan had a dream. In it, she became the head of the Dongfang family.

She drugged her White Moonlight, left him disabled, and forced him to marry her.

Just as Yu Shiwan was gloating, Dongfang Jue suddenly tricked her and had her surrounded. Her White Moonlight also stabbed her in the back.

After all her glory and triumph, she died in a miserable, wretched state. The Gu poison had backfired, making blood stream from every orifice, and no one came to collect her body or lay her out for burial.

Just then, someone unexpected appeared.

Pei Huaizhen set down an umbrella, covering her disfigured face.

Yu Shiwan suddenly wanted to see Pei Huaizhen again, but saw that another woman was standing beside him, a woman who seemed to suit him perfectly.

For some reason, Yu Shiwan suddenly felt a deep hatred.

When she woke from that absurd dream, it was the day after her divorce from Pei Huaizhen.

By rights, she should have gone to find Dongfang Jue, but for some inexplicable reason, she went to the place where Pei Huaizhen cultivated.

Suddenly, an ambiguous, hazy aura drifted over.

As she looked at Pei Huaizhen, sweating profusely, his clothes half open and the corner of his mouth bitten until it bled...

Yu Shiwan suddenly thought, This is bad--

She and Pei Huaizhen had both been infected by a love Gu.

Yu Shiwan thought Pei Huaizhen would hate her for her treachery and scheming. But in the dead of night, he would bite her earlobe, wanting to possess her, even though the love Gu had already been removed.

1. The hero seems like an aloof, self-possessed flower on a high peak, but in reality, he loves the heroine's pathological possessiveness and madness.

2. The heroine is only soft and sweet on the surface. At first she pretends to be obedient, but later, when she goes mad, she'll stab the hero and ask him if he loves her.

3. This heroine is still a bit tsundere. I can't help it, the author has a bit of a tsundere fetish and just loves this type. Shrugs~

4. Although the heroine eventually becomes a ruler, this is essentially a romance-focused novel. The political scheming is very light. It's not a story about a great female protagonist or a strong heroine. The main focus is love and hate, with tangled feelings.

5. Lastly, thank you for reading and adding this to your favorites. I hope you enjoy it.

Theme: Keep growing upward, even in a fallen world