After My Nemesis's White Moonlight Lost Their Disguise

[Revising the plot and building up a backlog. I'll probably come back to finish this once about 80% of the main story is drafted!]

Includes: Chasing his wife to the crematorium, the white moonlight's identity being exposed, a male lead who gives in easily, and a female lead who charms people without realizing it

[Strong-willed, sharp-tongued, high-attack, high-defense femme fatale heroine] vs. [Self-deluding, awkward, love-brained reborn male lead]

#MyNemesisWasRebornAndNowWon'tStopChasingMe

#TheBlackMoonlightAndTheWhiteMoonlightAreTheSamePerson

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After escaping the palace, Qi Yao spent four years under a new name, keeping a low profile in the capital and never making enemies.

That was until Song Yanjie appeared out of nowhere.

The heir of the Marquis of Ding'an's residence was a nobleman from a powerful family who had only recently returned to the capital.

They had nothing to do with each other, yet on his first night back, he intercepted the person she wanted to save and declared that he had come for Qi Yao.

Beneath the pale moonlight, his peach-blossom eyes glittered like stars as he curled his lips into a mocking smile. "She and I once shared a bond forged through life and death."

Qi Yao: ?

She clearly didn't know him!

Knowing Song Yanjie was deliberately luring her in, Qi Yao still had no choice but to play along to save her trusted subordinate, and ended up imprisoned at his residence.

Song Yanjie kept saying he wanted revenge, yet she was living more comfortably by the day. Aside from losing her freedom, she hardly seemed like a prisoner at all.

She only had to put up with Song Yanjie bouncing around in front of her like a barking dog from time to time.

"Fish builds your brains. You don't eat any?"

"No wonder you keep coming up with terrible plans."

"The fifteenth is coming up. The Lantern Festival fair in the capital is lively. You can come with me."

"It's my birthday today. Can't you be just a little nicer to me?"

She realized that this man was all bark and no bite.

He also held the late Princess Jiang Wangshu in especially high regard.

He said, "The person I've chosen is wonderful no matter what. Even if they have bad intentions, they're still the best person to me."

Qi Yao felt conflicted. Did he know that the best person he was talking about was standing right in front of him, listening?

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Qi Yao's identity was her most carefully guarded secret, one that concerned life and death.

Unless she was truly desperate, she would never reveal it to Song Yanjie.

One wrong move could cost her everything. She couldn't take chances, and she didn't dare trust Song Yanjie.

So she called him by his nickname with a bright smile, just as she had when they first met at the academy.

While Song Yanjie was stunned, she plunged her knife into his chest.

As blood sprayed into the air, she froze for a moment, then felt her heart slowly turn sour.

He had his good moments, too.

When she kissed him against his will while he was under the influence of an aphrodisiac, he complained miserably:

"You don't even like me, so why are you kissing me?!"

"Don't settle for me."

Song Yanjie didn't have to die.

But when it came to this, she couldn't afford to take any risks. She had no choice but to break his heart and be merciless.

She would just have to live with the guilt.

"I'm sorry."

As she turned to leave, a bloody handprint landed on her shoulder and held her firmly in place.

Drops of blood fell one by one.

"Even when I'm dying, I can't take up a little more space in your heart. I hate that."

Her knife had missed its mark. He survived.

*Happy ending, one true pairing, one-on-one

*The setting is fictional and not meant to stand up to close scrutiny. The male lead is reborn.

Theme: Stay emotionally grounded and live well.