What Becomes of the Second Male Lead After the Ending

Upcoming story, After My Childhood Friend Slaughters My Entire Family: A tragic romance, rival twins, childhood friend versus the new arrival. The blurb is at the bottom.

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[Story Blurb]

Jiang Qinyue woke up in the world of the novel she had written, only to discover that the story was already nearing its ending.

She barely had a few days of leisure before she happened to take in a badly wounded man, then was entrusted with an important mission: enter the story herself and give the second male lead a happy ending if she wanted to go home.

Well... was this divine punishment for ending her novel badly? And was this dying beauty the tragic second male lead, Mu Yan?

Jiang Qinyue had no time to think about anything else. She rushed to bring him medicine and comfort, speaking earnestly for his sake, afraid he would die on her.

The suffering Mu Yan had endured was all inflicted by her own writing, and she couldn't help feeling tenderness toward him...

Was it compassion, or was it love?

She didn't want to think about it, but Mu Yan confessed first and began pressing her, step by step.

"If you don't feel that way about me, then why did you... that night?"

So he knew.

Jiang Qinyue felt the situation spiraling out of control and had no idea how to deal with it.

She fled in a panic, not daring to look back.

All that remained was the sound of pearls and jade beads tumbling to the floor as the threads holding them to her splendid robes snapped.

Mu Yan had thought he would die in that dark alley.

But he didn't. A young woman named Jiang Qinyue saved him.

While he recovered, she cared for him attentively. They were strangers, so why was she so kind to him?

Mu Yan had suspected her motives, but little by little, he began to harbor other thoughts.

But a pearl could never stay hidden forever. More and more people noticed her kindness, and one suitor after another came to ask for her hand.

What right did they have? They weren't worthy of her.

Mu Yan confessed his feelings, and Jiang Qinyue was so frightened that she fled in the middle of the night.

He lured her back and imprisoned her in a high tower.

Mu Yan had spent his life losing the people he cared about, and he didn't have much time left. This time, he didn't want to let go.

"Write your own story and give it a happy ending," Jiang Qinyue had once told him.

She was the ending he had chosen for himself.

When Jiang Qinyue woke again, her whole body felt weak. She turned her head with difficulty and saw a familiar figure.

"I'm sorry... A Yue. I accidentally used too much of that medicine... Nothing bad will happen. You'll be better in a few days." Mu Yan soothed her gently.

He took meticulous care of her, from her meals to her daily needs. A month passed, but Jiang Qinyue still hadn't recovered.

As she watched Mu Yan bring a cup of honey water to her lips, she suddenly understood.

"I didn't want things to be like this either, but why did you leave me?" Mu Yan said bitterly. "Even now, you still want to escape."

Jiang Qinyue struggled in vain. Mu Yan held her trapped against him, gentle but impossible to resist.

"I don't care where you came from. I just don't want to lose you again." Mu Yan's voice carried a plea. "Stay with me for a while, just... take pity on me."

[Reading Guide]

1. Both leads are pure in love. A bright, positive author who transmigrates into a book and brings warmth x a gentle, flirtatious, sweet-looking but secretly scheming, sickly prince.

2. The female lead transmigrates into the book in her own body. There are career and money-making elements, but the story mainly focuses on romance. Happy ending.

3. The romance develops slowly. The male lead gradually descends into darkness because of love.

4. The male lead will not cause the female lead any real harm.

[Upcoming Story: After My Childhood Friend Slaughters My Entire Family]

-Female Lead's Perspective-

At the family banquet for her thirteenth birthday, Su Helin didn't see Brother Sui.

She waited eagerly, but the surprise he had prepared for her never came.

In the dead of night, the Su residence was slaughtered, leaving no one alive.

Crouched inside a wardrobe, Su Helin stared in terror at the person holding a sword before her. His face was as dark as a demon's, yet it was identical to Brother Sui's.

The childhood friend who used to laugh and talk with her now seemed like a complete stranger.

Unexpectedly, he still spared her.

From that day on, Su Helin had no one to rely on and became even gentler and more harmless.

She would survive by his side. One day, she would avenge this blood-soaked feud.

-Male Lead's Perspective-

The Murong family had served only the emperor for generations. In the hands of a wise ruler, they were an unstoppable blade. In the hands of a tyrant, they were mad dogs that would bite their victims to death.

Murong Xu thought he was probably a mad dog too. After all, the reason he had risen to his current position was that, years ago, he had killed his own twin brother with his own hands.

He obeyed orders, staining his hands with countless lives and carrying the weight of countless wronged souls.

That night, a moment of compassion made him spare Su Helin, the one who had slipped through the net. He even let himself be bewitched enough to take her back with him.

She had been delirious with a high fever for days. When she woke, she remembered nothing.

Murong Xu thought that was for the best. He gave her a new name and raised her in luxury.

Until one day, someone boldly entered her courtyard to meet her in secret.

She threw herself into the person's arms and affectionately called him Brother Sui. He tenderly called her A Lin.

Standing in a dim corner, Murong Xu saw a face exactly like his own.

-Second Male Lead's Perspective-

Murong Sui arrived too late. By the time he rushed back to the Su residence, all he saw was a sea of blazing flames.

The "home" that had given him warmth for five years was consumed just like that.

He had wanted to never see his younger brother, Murong Xu, again and for them each to live in peace. He had wanted to protect his sworn younger sister, A Lin, and watch her grow up. In the end, all of it came to nothing.

Just as Murong Sui had lost all hope, he suddenly discovered traces of Su Helin again.

After so many years, he stood once more before the Murong residence.

Theme: After a hundred losses, at last one thing is gained.