A flirtatious, dashing heroine who is actually a timid drama queen x a gentle and refined villain who is actually a possessive, unhinged loyalist
Wen Qiuchi transmigrates into a book, an old-school, melodramatic wuxia novel. The System gives her a mission of hellish difficulty: disguise herself as a man and win over the original heroine, while also helping the yandere villain complete his descent into darkness.
Wen Qiuchi: "...?"
Even more outrageous, right after she transmigrates into the book, she gets too close to the villain and is run through the heart by his sword.
As she dies, all she sees is the man unhurriedly wiping blood from his blade, smiling gently. "You dirtied my clothes, so you can pay with your life."
The System forces her to reload. Wen Qiuchi takes the lesson to heart: This time, I have to keep my head down!
This time, she disguises herself as a wandering swordsman and uses her knowledge of the plot to join the protagonists' group. She intends to quietly raise the heroine's affection for her, but the villain, who was supposed to be ruthless and cruel, starts looking at her in increasingly strange ways.
She saves people, and he watches from the shadows.
She lies, and he smiles without a word.
She tries to win the heroine's favor, and he insists on getting in her way.
Wen Qiuchi trembles. "System, what's going on? Is he going to kill me!?"
The System watches the alarm blare and falls silent for a few seconds. [Warning! Villain's favorability is abnormal! The plot has seriously deviated!]
Wen Qiuchi is close to tears. I just want to finish my mission. I never meant to win the villain over!
Later...
At the martial arts tournament, Yin Wuji corners her. His fingers stroke the bloodstained front of her clothes as he chuckles. "Young Master Wen, or should I perhaps call you... Miss Wen?"
Wen Qiuchi: !!!
Later still...
She fakes her death and escapes, but rumors spread through the martial world that Yin Wuji has gone mad.
He massacres an evil cult, slaughters all his enemies, and searches every inch of the land for someone who is already dead.
When they meet again, he grips her wrist tightly, his eyes filled with hurt. "You deceived me once. How dare you run away a second time?"
Wen Qiuchi trembles. Is it too late to say the System made me do it?
One day, Wen Qiuchi suddenly asks:
"Yin Wuji, which do you like, the me dressed as a man or the real me?"
"Is there a difference?" He smiles softly, using the tip of his sword to lift her chin. "If you're alive, you're mine. If you die, your ashes still belong in my coffin."
Reading Guide:
1. In the original story, the male lead never liked the original heroine. The original heroine is not vilified.
2. The male lead is no good person. He looks gentle on the outside but is dark inside, a complete lunatic who falls for her on his own.
3. Confinement warning.
Theme: Love is salvation, not a cage.
