After the World Was Polluted, My Archrival Took Me In

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Blurb 2.0:

[Savior with honeyed words and a snake's heart x Pollutant who lies about love]

*Rekindled romance / From fake marriage to real love / Married first, love later / Single stand-in / Powerful people fighting tooth and nail for love*

After an accident, Song Huanzhi lost her memory.

When she opened her eyes, a strikingly beautiful woman with an enviable figure and an air of nobility stood by her hospital bed, holding a bouquet of dew-drenched flowers.

The woman smiled warmly, explained what had happened, and claimed that Song Huanzhi was her newlywed wife.

She was Chi Che, the only S-rank Esper on Blue Star after it had endured the age of mass pollution.

Song Huanzhi looked down at her grayish-white skin, then stared at the eye in her palm.

As a weak little Pollutant, she might as well cling to the powerhouse standing before her.

Her married life with Chi Che was practically ideal.

Everyone said Chi Che was cold and arrogant. But she treated Song Huanzhi wonderfully, cooking for her and taking thoughtful care of her in every way.

Even when she was covered in blood in a Polluted Zone on the other side of Blue Star, Chi Che still remembered to bring Song Huanzhi her favorite handmade chocolates.

Chi Che was gentle, generous with money, and powerful. There was no one else in the world who could make such a perfect partner.

--So when Song Huanzhi was locked inside Chi Che's mansion with heavy iron chains around her ankles, she put up with it.

Song Huanzhi was an E-rank Pollutant. An un-evolved person could kill her with a knife, so she was safer at home.

That was what Chi Che said.

Song Huanzhi thought that living in a big house with all her needs taken care of, lying flat and coasting through life, was pretty nice.

After all, she was easygoing and took things as they came.

Chi Che was perfect, except in bed, where she was insatiable.

Only then did Song Huanzhi realize that her partner was an S-rank Esper with an overwhelming presence.

Song Huanzhi could only wrap her arms around Chi Che's neck and beg her to be gentle. Chi Che bit her shoulder and chuckled, "All right, I'll be gentle."

Then she became even more relentless.

But Song Huanzhi was a soft touch. Whenever Chi Che coaxed her tenderly, she obediently did as she was told.

Chi Che's voice was muffled against Song Huanzhi's skin. "Say my name."

Song Huanzhi called Chi Che's name again and again.

Chi Che turned Song Huanzhi's face toward her and watched her lose control, her gaze dark.

In that moment, Chi Che's twisted, depraved desires were utterly satisfied.

--You shouldn't have said you wanted to break up.

--You shouldn't have said you never loved me.

--Were you only with me because I share blood with Chi Ying and look like her?

--Chi Ying has been dead for six years. But I can stay entangled with you for sixty years, six hundred years, until the end of the world.

--Look at me, Song Huanzhi.

#What do you do when your savior stand-in plan backfires? #

The official pairing is Chi Che x Song Huanzhi. It's a happy ending in every way.

A romance-focused writing exercise. The worldbuilding exists only to give them a setting for their love story.

The heroine has had a serious ex. She really was used as a stand-in; it's not a misunderstanding or a red herring. Don't read if that bothers you.

The blurb may still change. Saved on 25.7.21.

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