Reborn, My Archrival Stole the Bride

Next Chapter Preview: Xie Linfeng endured two difficult days in the small courtyard of Huaihua Lane. Her wound was inflamed, her low-grade fever persisted, and her food was running out. Outside, the city-wide search was intensifying; Wang Shi seemed certain she was still inside, sealing off all the city gates, and rumors of house-to-house checks were rampant.

Next Chapter Preview: Xie Linfeng struggled through the dark, damp tunnel, his mind replaying Xie Linxuan's last words and the pair of cold white jade pendants. Outside the dry well at the tunnel's exit, the ones waiting to meet him were none other than Wen Xue and the scarred coachman!

Next Chapter Preview: The Spring Prayer Banquet concludes in a subtly tense atmosphere. Xie Linfeng's "desolate flower arrangement" unexpectedly earns the Empress's praise of "ingenious design," though he receives no substantial reward, it leaves an impression on some who are interested. Wang Shi returns home with a gloomy face; Xie Linfeng's "show-off" has both angered and unsettled her.

Next Chapter Preview: On the day of the Spring Prayer Banquet. The Duke's carriage drove towards the capital through the morning mist. Xie Linfeng, dressed in his altered clothes, sat silently in a corner, enduring the open and subtle mockery and scrutiny from his younger sister Xie Linlang (who was still "sick" but insisted on seeing Xie Linfeng humiliated) and other cousins.

Next chapter preview: Under the inhuman "tutoring" of Granny Yan and the secret assistance of Li San Niang, the dress for the banquet was quietly taking shape. On the day of the fitting, Madam Yu arrived with the ugly dress made to the wrong size, waiting to see Xie Linfeng embarrass himself.

Next chapter preview: Xie Linlang, "falling ill," throws a tantrum in her room, crying and screaming, determined to find "the one who harmed her." Although overwhelmed with worry, Madam Wang doesn't let her guard down around Xie Linfeng. While preparing her banquet attire, she weaves an even tighter, invisible net of surveillance.

Next chapter preview: Xie Linfeng grasps the wax pill that represents a path of no return. Poisoning, framing, and deliberately staining her hands black—this is the price she must pay. Meanwhile, news of the Empress's Spring Prayer Banquet officially reaches the household, stirring the minds of all the eligible young ladies, with the first signs of open and covert struggles emerging.

Next Chapter Preview: Wen Chenshi's tacit agreement is like the final straw, crushing all of Xie Linfeng's warm illusions about the Wen family. How will she face Wen Xue? Meanwhile, Wang Shi's "marriage" net is quietly tightening. A government matchmaker, "coincidentally," arrives with a betrothal letter and portrait of an old imperial merchant, "inadvertently" stepping into the West Corner…

Next chapter preview: Xie Linxuan's information is earth-shattering. Wen Xue's mother, the seemingly gentle and kind Madam Wen, is actually the one who sent her into the lion's den years ago? How will Xie Linfeng face Wen Xue? Will he tell her the truth directly, or investigate secretly? After her fruitless search, Madam Wang doesn't give up.

Next Chapter Preview: While the Wang family's search has temporarily subsided, the shadows have deepened. Xie Linfeng realizes that the hiding places under the bed and in the mirror are no longer safe. She must quickly move the jade pendant rubbing and the scroll, and find someone absolutely trustworthy who can decipher the Shen family's old case. Meanwhile, Xie Linxuan's "reminder" acts as bait.