After Giving Up on Forcing My Archenemy to Love Me

Tan Jingchun had lived a carefree life for more than a decade when the System suddenly told her she was the younger sister of the male lead in a forced-possessive romance novel.

In the book, her older brother was an expert at taking what he wanted by force.

Every day, it was the same story: she ran, he chased, she couldn't get away, along with some R-rated scenes that couldn't be shown on screen.

And she herself was even better at it than he was. She'd directly forced herself on Jiang Huaichuan, a future powerful official.

Looking at Jiang Huaichuan, unconscious in the side room, and imagining how he'd later plot revenge against her, send her off to marry a foreign ruler, and leave her to die in a strange land, Tan Jingchun's hand shook three times as she picked up the drug.

For the sake of a peaceful life, Tan Jingchun decisively gave up on Jiang Huaichuan and secretly started picking out other suitable young men to complete the plot tasks.

Only...

Whether she went to a boat banquet for the newly named top scholar or accepted an invitation to ride in the countryside with a cheerful young general, Jiang Huaichuan was always there.

His cool gaze followed her like a shadow. When a famous performer fed her peeled grapes, Tan Jingchun inexplicably felt a chill run down her spine.

At last, she reached the final plot point: drugging a man to force herself on him. She went to the agreed meeting place late that night.

She didn't know why the man was hiding his face, but when she watched him drink the aphrodisiac powder she'd prepared without a trace of suspicion, she was overjoyed that she could finally escape her predetermined ending.

Unexpectedly, he gripped her chin and fed the aphrodisiac back to her.

The moment she swallowed it, Tan Jingchun saw the face of the man opposite her. It was Jiang Huaichuan!

Her mind went blank. She turned and ran, but the man pulled her into his arms.

Once they'd both swallowed the aphrodisiac, Jiang Huaichuan kissed her lips again and again, his face flushed with satisfaction.

She heard him murmur at her ear, his voice filled with barely restrained delight.

"This time, you didn't force yourself on me."

"Is it because you don't like me anymore?"

*

Jiang Huaichuan was pure and refined, noble and elegant.

He'd always been impeccably chaste and kept his distance from women. Who could have guessed that one careless mistake would leave him humiliated by Tan Jingchun and at her beck and call?

After living his life over again, he looked at the little princess, who had no idea what was going on, and felt nothing but disgust.

The little princess pursued him just as obsessively as in their past life, while he watched coldly and did everything he could to push her away.

He succeeded.

Then one day, the little princess stopped chasing him.

She took a fancy to the top scholar who had earned first place in the imperial examinations, offering him a delicate flower branch with a shy, sweet smile.

That scene burned into Jiang Huaichuan's mind, turning his eyes blood-red.

The image of a proper, upright man shattered completely.

At last he understood: what he disliked was seeing her look at someone else that way.

*

In a quiet residence,

the little princess lay on a soft couch, her hair damp and her eyes slightly red and glistening. A gold-beaded chain circled her slender ankle beneath an oversized man's robe.

Jiang Huaichuan leaned over her, affectionately brushing his thumb across her flushed cheek as he spoke softly:

"This time, I'll be the one to take the princess by force."

[Before You Read]

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. A timid, obedient little princess who just wants to survive x a well-spoken, depraved official who turns dark.

3. Romance-focused. Everything in the plot serves the romance, and logic follows the feelings. The setting is wildly fantastical, the prose is plain, and neither lead is perfect. Thank you for your support, sending hearts.

Theme: Make the best of whatever comes your way.