After Failing to Win Over the Brooding Villain

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[Blurb for this story]

[Black-hearted heroine pretending to be a cheerful sweetheart x sinister hero pretending to be a gentle family head]

As a veteran employee of a time-travel company, Cui Ruoying accepted a mission to win someone over.

Her target, Yin Zhuzhi, appeared to be a gentle and upright gentleman, but was actually cunning and suspicious, taking pleasure in stirring up conflict. He was a sinister villain who lurked in the shadows.

Faced with such a ruthless character, Cui Ruoying eagerly set to work and drew up a whole series of plans in advance.

First, create a romantic from-the-start scenario where she saves the beauty. Then, build a classic sunny-girl persona, heal the villain's dark heart, and truly reach into his heart.

She pulled out all the stops, but his affection rating was minus fifteen.

Staring at the villain's negative affection rating, Cui Ruoying sank into deep thought for a long, long time.

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Her plan to win him over was a complete failure, so Cui Ruoying gave up and accepted a mission to kill the villain instead.

She chose an auspicious day and, using an embrace as cover, decisively plunged a short blade into his heart, then buried his body right there.

The notification that the mission was complete rang out at the same moment as his final heartbeat.

Cui Ruoying thought the villain was dead.

Until one day, his figure appeared again amid the bustling crowd. The scattered lantern light could not illuminate Yin Zhuzhi's gloomy face. His deep-set eyes were filled with damp shadows like spring mist.

Cui Ruoying: "?!"

...Oh no!!

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Yin Zhuzhi had known all along that Cui Ruoying had ulterior motives, and he was happy to play a romance game with her.

Once the game was over, he would tear off his gentle disguise and deal her a fatal blow in the cruelest way possible.

So he played along with her, walking side by side through the breeze, mountain mist, and drizzle.

Yin Zhuzhi harbored murderous intent, while Cui Ruoying remained oblivious.

Beneath the bright moonlight, she quietly turned back and brushed a hazy kiss against his forehead. Her crafty eyes held his reflection, rippling in their depths.

Love spread like mountain mist. Yin Zhuzhi lowered the sword in his hand, his heart in turmoil.

He thought that if Cui Ruoying loved the gentle and upright version of him, then he was willing to play that role for the rest of his life.

The very next day, he died at Cui Ruoying's hands.

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After coming back from the dead, Yin Zhuzhi sought Cui Ruoying out again.

"I can play the role for a lifetime. Whatever kind of person you like, I can be."

Under Cui Ruoying's cold gaze, his fingertips trembled and his body turned into a blue-gray tide, wrapping tightly around her. Every word he spoke was a heartbroken plea.

"Yingying... don't abandon me."

[Content warnings]

> The heroine really does kill the hero

> The hero is submissive. Readers who are devoted to the hero, beware

> Sweet romance, happy ending

[Blurb for a forthcoming story]

As the newly appointed leader of the righteous sects, Jiang Yaoguang fell off a ten-thousand-foot cliff during a battle with a demon and was left gravely wounded and near death.

At the brink of death, a handsome young man suddenly appeared.

Jiang Yaoguang immediately called for help. "Fellow cultivator, save me."

"Me? Save you?"

The young man stared at her strangely for a few seconds, as though she'd said something absurd. Then he crouched down and held out a slender hand.

He smiled.

"Sure."

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The young man was a rogue cultivator who lived in seclusion at the foot of the cliff. He was detached from worldly affairs and devoted all his attention to Jiang Yaoguang.

She was badly wounded, so he treated her and changed her bandages.

When she couldn't sleep at night, he played the flute and the qin for her.

In the hazy moonlight, he picked wildflowers and gently tucked them by her temple, then lightly kissed the corner of her lips.

She exchanged tokens with him and became his Daoist partner. They shared the same interests and were the perfect match.

Until Jiang Yaoguang's injuries began to heal and she decided to return to her sect and continue fighting the demonic cultivators.

The night before she left, her Daoist partner held her tightly and pleaded in a low voice.

"Jiang Yaoguang, forget about going back to your sect. Stay here and be with me forever. Wouldn't that be better?"

Jiang Yaoguang firmly refused.

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The next day, the demon, having learned what happened, pursued them to the foot of the cliff.

The young man was killed by the demon while protecting her, and Jiang Yaoguang escaped back to her sect alone.

She hated the demon with all her heart.

As soon as she recovered, she went to the battlefield and fought the demon to the death.

But the demon was powerful and incredibly cunning. He fought her using puppets and never revealed his true form.

She battled him for months, trading victories and defeats, but never managed to cut him down with her sword.

Jiang Yaoguang's hatred only deepened. She trained day and night, determined to kill the demon and avenge her dead Daoist partner.

At last, she found an opportunity. With one stroke, she shattered the demon's puppet and forced him to reveal his true form.

Sword energy swept across the battlefield, and fragments of the puppet fell like snow.

Driven into the sunlight, the demon looked up in panic, revealing a familiar face.

Only then did Jiang Yaoguang realize that the person who had reached out to her at the foot of the cliff had never been some rogue cultivator who wanted nothing to do with worldly affairs.

He was the demon who had pursued her all the way to the foot of the mountain, intent on killing her.

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Theme: Life is about daring to make choices.