The Ailing Lord's Stratagem

Qiao Ran was a thief, but she considered herself a loyal and honorable one. When she was reborn as an orphan whose entire family had been slaughtered, she sighed and accepted her bad luck.

When life goes badly, you get more ambitious. She kidnapped the daughter of the chancellor to steal her treasure, then cheerfully called her, "Beauty?"

Chen Jinzhou had endured a hard life, but he never expected to be ambushed by a female bandit along the way and nearly lose his life as a result.

Chen Jinzhou was handsome, and his soulful eyes were especially good at beguiling people. The first time he saw Qiao Ran, he knew she would be his pawn. With Qiao Ran as his piece, he laid trap after trap. By the time her feelings had taken root, it was already too late.

Qiao Ran asked him, "When you die, will you feel guilty toward me?"

Those soulful eyes held no tenderness as Chen Jinzhou replied, "No."

But only he knew he had been born with a short life. All he wanted was to secure the future of his country before he died, so that his life would not have been in vain. But from the first moment he saw Qiao Ran, and with every moment after, he wanted to keep living.

A ruthless, scheming, lovesick man versus a generous and righteous yet pure-hearted female thief.

How could our innocent little girl possibly outplay a sickly man?!