After Rebirth, the Mad, Powerful Official Can No Longer Hide His Gentle Act

Jiang Wu has already died once. In her previous life, her fiancé and her closest friend conspired to deceive her, making her believe her husband was a sinister, treacherous man. So she schemed against him and caused his death. Only as she lay dying did she see the truth: from beginning to end, she had been the one manipulated and used. Heaven showed mercy and gave her a chance to live again. This time, Jiang Wu only wants to be a virtuous, gracious wife to her gentle, refined husband. She has a wicked servant beaten to death, and her husband smiles in approval. “You did the right thing, my lady. I’ll help you get justice.” She slays an enemy, and her husband secretly hands her a knife. “Bad people deserve to die.” Jiang Wu thinks this is the kind of understanding married couples share. Until one night, she sees her husband with blood all over his hands, smiling as he twists an enemy’s neck until it snaps. It turns out the man she married was never a kind and upright gentleman. He’s a madman and obsessive control freak who’s good at pretending! Jiang Wu tries to run, but her husband, dressed in white and as immaculate as dust, walks toward her over a mountain of corpses and lets out a mocking laugh. “Awu, the world is a net and all living beings are bait. You can’t escape.” Jiang Wu is utterly heartbroken. That night, the man leans over her and kisses away her tears, his voice tender and refined. “Don’t cry.” “You like gentle men? I can learn.” “But the more you cry, the more excited I get!” [Revenge after rebirth + gentle husband with a hidden dark side + obsessive, unhinged hero + historical household intrigue. Note: all the scenes above appear in the main story.]