Raising a Down-and-Out Villain into a Real Sweetheart with Gacha Cards

Xie Yinzhou transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, a breathtaking beauty had her pinned beneath her. Before her heart could even skip a beat, the beauty's delicate fingers clamped around her throat, every move aimed at killing her. The beauty was Sheng Mingyuan, the current Prince Yan, whom the original owner had humiliated in every way and who was now down on her luck. According to the original story, Sheng Mingyuan would skin Xie Yinzhou alive and bury her fifteen days later. Luckily, Xie Yinzhou had bound herself to a card-drawing System. To stay alive, she was gentle and attentive by day, serving tea and water, offering fragrant beef jerky during the famine, and wrapping Sheng Mingyuan in a thick down comforter in the snow. Everyone thought Xie Yinzhou was head over heels for Sheng Mingyuan. Sheng Mingyuan herself was the only one who didn't believe it for a second. Until, in the depths of winter, Xie Yinzhou carried her across the freezing Han Shui River and fell into its dark, icy waters. Only then did Sheng Mingyuan truly panic. Three years later, in the bustling city streets. Xie Yinzhou, now living under a new identity, was seized in broad daylight and carried back to the manor by Prince Yan, who was already betrothed to the Wei family. The doors to the side hall were shut. They said Prince Yan was inside, eyes red and voice trembling as she demanded of Xie Yinzhou, “If you were alive, why didn't you come find me?” Reunited after so long, Xie Yinzhou's heart pounded wildly. After a long pause, she stammered, “You... you were betrothed to the Wei family. It wouldn't have been appropriate for me to come looking for you.” Later, Prince Yan broke off her engagement to the Wei family and chose Xie Yinzhou as her wife. The whole world thought Xie Yinzhou had married above her station and was merely a convenient excuse for Prince Yan to reject an alliance with the Wei family. But no one knew that Xie Yinzhou, a hopeless romantic through and through, was perfectly content. So what if she was being manipulated? So what if she was being used? Without it, how could she have made it into Prince Yan's bed and kissed the lips her beloved had long dreamed of? 【Bonus scene】 On their wedding night, the red veil had barely been lifted when Sheng Mingyuan tied Xie Yinzhou up tight before she'd even finished kissing her, then stuffed a handkerchief in her mouth. Beneath the red curtains, Sheng Mingyuan's expression softened as she smiled. “I don't like making love too often. From now on, you may come to my bed only on the first and fifteenth of each month. If you don't agree, shake your head.” It was only the second day of the month! Just twice a month?! Muffled, Xie Yinzhou looked horrified and shook her head furiously. Sheng Mingyuan's lips curved as she slowly blew out the candle. “Since you nodded, I'll take that as your agreement.” Xie Yinzhou, tied up like a dumpling and forced to nod: ??? There was no need to twist my words like that! Coming soon: After Selling My Wife for Glory, My First Love Turned Dark Mei Rang transmigrates into the body of a doomed minor character, framed by the protagonist and destined to die riddled with arrows. Her beautiful, clever child bride, Wen Fei, will one day be claimed by the protagonist and become one of her harem. To escape the fate of losing her family and her life, Mei Rang retires from the army and returns home. Before the protagonist can make a move, she strikes first, using her past kindness as leverage to marry Wen Fei and put an end to the protagonist's hopes. Outsiders call her a homewrecker who stole someone else's love, forcibly tearing apart a perfect couple. After the wedding, the two share a bed but not their dreams, maintaining a polite distance. Mei Rang, too, believes that a forcibly plucked melon cannot be sweet, and that Wen Fei must hate her domineering ways and broken promises. Then Prince Yong comes to the capital to find his daughter, and Mei Rang realizes that no one will ever be able to force Wen Fei to become someone else's concubine again. Unwilling to keep hurting them both, Mei Rang gives Wen Fei a divorce letter and lets her go. It reads: “Having borne no children, I request a divorce.” But she'd planned for everything, except Wen Fei's love, and she'd underestimated the depth of her hatred. In Wen Fei's eyes, Mei Rang's insistence on marrying only her and the affection behind it were lies. Her barely contained embarrassment was an act, and even their awkward marriage was nothing but a bargaining chip in Mei Rang's scheme to exploit her noble birth and secure a future for herself. She hated her bedmate's lies, and hated even more Mei Rang's self-righteous decision to leave her. When they meet again, Mei Rang has been promoted and ennobled, and matchmakers are practically breaking down her door. She's about to marry again. That very night, the newly titled princess has her forcibly bound and dragged back to her residence. Reeking of alcohol, Wen Fei straddles her and pours drink down her throat, her eyes wild with reckless abandon. “I want to see just how many honest words you, who always claim to be acting for my sake, have left in you when you're drunk.” “Isn't this bright future what you've always wanted? If I insist on keeping you here, you'll spend the rest of your life serving me alone.” Theme: Cherish the one by your side