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

Xie Yinzhou transmigrated into a book.

As soon as she opened her eyes, a breathtaking beauty was pinning her firmly beneath her. Before her heart could even start racing, the beauty's slender fingers were already clamped around her throat, each move meant to kill.

The beauty was Sheng Mingyuan, the reigning Prince Yan, whom the original owner had humiliated in every way. Now he had fallen on hard times.

According to the original plot, in fifteen days Sheng Mingyuan would skin Xie Yinzhou alive and bury her.

Luckily, Xie Yinzhou had bound herself to a card-drawing System.

To save her life, she served tea and water with gentle consideration by day, offered fragrant beef jerky during the famine, and wrapped Sheng Mingyuan in a thick down comforter in the snow.

Everyone thought Xie Yinzhou was madly in love with Sheng Mingyuan. Sheng Mingyuan was the only one who didn't believe it for a second.

It wasn't until the depths of winter, when Xie Yinzhou carried her across the freezing Han Shui River and fell into its dark, icy waters, that Sheng Mingyuan finally panicked.

Three years later, in a bustling marketplace, Xie Yinzhou, now living under a new identity, was abducted right off the street and taken back to the prince's residence by Prince Yan, who was engaged to the Wei family.

The door to the side hall was 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?"

After their long separation, Xie Yinzhou's heart raced wildly. After a long pause, she managed, "You... aren't you engaged to the Wei family? It wouldn't have been right for me to come looking for you."

Later, Prince Yan broke off her engagement to the Wei family and chose to marry Xie Yinzhou.

Everyone in the world thought Xie Yinzhou was marrying above her station, and was nothing more than a convenient excuse for Prince Yan to reject an alliance with the Wei family.

But no one knew that Xie Yinzhou, a hopeless romantic, was perfectly happy with that.

So what if she was scheming? So what if she was being used?

Without it, how could she have ended up in Prince Yan's bed, or kissed the lips of the woman she'd dreamed of?

[Short scene]

On their wedding night, the red veil had barely been lifted when Sheng Mingyuan tied Xie Yinzhou up tightly, before she'd even had her fill of kissing her, and stuffed a handkerchief into her mouth.

Beneath the red curtains, Sheng Mingyuan's expression relaxed into a sweet smile. "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?!

Xie Yinzhou, gagged, was horrified and shook her head frantically.

Sheng Mingyuan's lips curled up. 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: ???

You really don't have to twist my words like that!

Coming soon: "After Selling My Wife for Glory, My White Moonlight Turns Dark"

A younger woman who pretends to be cold and self-controlled × an older woman who seduces her and forces her partway

Mei Rang had just rescued Wen Fei, a child bride who was about to be sold to the county magistrate, when she realized that Wen Fei had already caught the attention of the chief secretary of the provincial administration.

The book said that the beautiful, clever child bride in her household, Wen Fei, would one day become one of the protagonist's many lovers.

Mei Rang realized that the book was actually a trap: a powerful official would abduct a common girl, murder people, and steal another man's wife.

So Mei Rang married Wen Fei first, hoping to cut off their connection for good.

The outside world cursed her for stealing another's love and forcing a marriage, tearing apart a perfect couple.

Everyone assumed that after they wed, the two would share a bed but not their hearts, keeping one another at a polite distance.

But they didn't know that after the wedding, Wen Fei gave all her tenderness to Mei Rang.

In wind and snow, she would silently tilt her oil-paper umbrella toward Mei Rang, letting herself get soaked. On nights when they were at odds, she would stay up sewing winter clothes for her.

Even late at night, when they were alone beneath the warm bed curtains, if Mei Rang was shy and unsure, Wen Fei would gently guide her, tenderly drawing her into desire.

But Mei Rang knew that Wen Fei did all this only to fulfill her promise to care for Mei Rang for the rest of her life.

She did everything a wife should, but there was no shyness or love for Mei Rang in her eyes.

Later, Prince Yong came to the capital in search of his daughter, and Wen Fei's identity as a noble princess was revealed.

Mei Rang didn't want to bind her with gratitude any longer. She left of her own accord, believing this would give Wen Fei freedom and security.

She never realized that, in Wen Fei's eyes, the marriage in which she had offered her heart was nothing more than a bargaining chip Mei Rang had used to exploit her identity and advance her own career!

Already in too deep, Wen Fei cast aside her pride and begged Mei Rang to stay. But all she got in return was Mei Rang's cruel reply: "When have we ever had feelings for each other?"

Every word was a blade, tearing her heart to shreds.

Later, Mei Rang was promoted and ennobled. On the day she was to marry again, she never showed up to fetch her bride.

Chang'an was in chaos.

And in the back courtyard of the princess's residence, Wen Fei, reeking of alcohol, had a wild, desperate look in her eyes.

"Someone as heartless as you, someone who tramples on other people's feelings, deserves to be locked up... Aren't you always so good at acting?"

"Then keep pretending! Pretend you can't resist your feelings, pretend you won't marry anyone but me! Even if it's all a lie, you have to keep acting for the rest of your life. Not one day less, not one moment less!"

Theme: Cherish the person in front of you.