Jiang Ran had always been the kind of girl other parents held up as an example: obedient, sensible, top of her class, and never one to make a scene.
The boldest thing she ever did was fall in love at first sight with Pei Chaojian in the library, then try to win him over.
She thought her month-long pursuit would end in failure. But just as she was about to give up, Pei Chaojian accepted her confession.
They got together naturally.
As time passed, their feelings grew stronger. Jiang Ran became increasingly unable to be without Pei Chaojian. He was wonderful in every way as a boyfriend, except that he was extremely jealous.
One day, Jiang Ran's childhood friend returned from abroad and came to visit her at Jing University. Remembering how jealous Pei Chaojian could get, she decided it was better to avoid trouble and didn't tell him that they had met.
After seeing her childhood friend off and returning home, Jiang Ran thought everything would carry on as usual. Then, in bed, Pei Chaojian asked in his usual calm voice, "Where have you been, baby? Why do you smell like another man?"
"Did you go see your first love, baby? Why didn't you tell me? Am I really less important to you than your first love?"
She was shaken. She had never told Pei Chaojian about her first love.
How had he found out?
After that day, Pei Chaojian seemed like a different person: suspicious, sensitive, and prone to overthinking.
If she went out for a meal with a friend, Pei Chaojian questioned her about every last detail, down to the exact second she would be back.
If she returned even a second later than she had told him, he would immediately bombard her with calls: "When are you coming home, baby? It's late now. Are you really coming home tonight?"
Unable to take it anymore, she told him to stop calling.
He stayed quiet for five minutes. Five minutes later, he appeared in front of her, his brows drooping like a big dog who'd been abandoned. "Are you sick of me, baby? After you get sick of me, are you going to go find your first love?"
After living like this for a while, she felt exhausted.
She suggested that they take a break from each other.
The word "break" seemed to set Pei Chaojian off. He clung to her, squeezing so tightly it was as if he wanted to merge their bodies. "Baby, we're not breaking up. We'll never break up."
"You're only allowed to be with me. Don't even think about anyone else."
On the night she first brought up taking a break, Pei Chaojian carried the sleeping Jiang Ran into a bathtub full of blood. The ritual was halfway through when she woke up.
In her eyes, Pei Chaojian's beautiful face now looked like that of a demon come to claim her life. The demon didn't realize it, and whispered in her ear, "Baby, I'm so happy. Just a little longer, and we'll never be apart again."
Crazy! She absolutely refused to become like Pei Chaojian. Jiang Ran struggled desperately to escape his grasp, smashed the bathroom mirror, grabbed a shard, and plunged it into Pei Chaojian's chest.
Amid the splattered blood, Pei Chaojian kissed the tear falling from the corner of her eye and pushed her hand forward with all his strength:
"Baby, deeper."
"That's how you'll really kill me."
*
After Pei Chaojian died, it was as if he had never existed in the world.
Jiang Ran was relieved she wouldn't have to go to prison, but at the same time, she felt a little bereft.
She attributed that feeling to not wanting to let go. After all, Pei Chaojian had really treated her well.
Soon, time buried the past, and Jiang Ran began a new life.
But six months later, Pei Chaojian came back.
[A law-abiding, straightforward good girl x a love-brained, darkly possessive, jealous husband.]
P.S. 1. The leads are perfect for each other. Both are sexually inexperienced and devoted to one another.
2. Sweet romance, HE. Real death, real murder, real ghost 👻.
3. The events in the synopsis take place before the male lead was fixed. The time he spent dead was actually spent getting treatment.
Theme: Take it one step at a time
