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Shen Zhaoxue was the most despised treacherous official in the entire Great Yan Empire. To achieve his goals, he was unscrupulous, and a single word from him could claim countless lives. Following a failed rebellion, his pride was crushed, his bones broken, and he was covered in blood. Amidst a heavy snowfall, he slit his own throat with a sword only to open his eyes and find himself back when he was twenty years old.
In his previous life, he had been abandoned by his parents and clan. He lived for three years with the Wan family, enduring their cold looks and neglect; only Wan Shenghan treated him with kindness.
Having been reborn, when his cousin from the Wan family threw the jade pendant, a token of affection between him and Wan Shenghan into a pond, Shen Zhaoxue endured the bone-chilling cold to dive in and retrieve it. However, Wan Shenghan had discarded the gentleness of the past life, watching coldly as Shen Zhaoxue was humiliated.
Unable to accept such a drastic change, Shen Zhaoxue, while suffering from a persistent high fever, smashed the jade pendant into pieces right in front of Wan Shenghan. At that moment, he failed to see the look of shock and consternation in the other man’s eyes.
Shen Zhaoxue wanted revenge; he wanted to destroy everyone who had ever insulted him. But living in the Wan estate, the young head of the family treated him like a personal possession, controlling his freedom and his choices.
One day, a fire broke out suddenly, leaving the two of them entangled. By the next morning, Shen Zhaoxue had vanished without a trace.
A natural disaster in the capital forced them into each other’s company once more. On a late, rainy night, under the flickering candlelight, Wan Shenghan accidentally let slip the secret that he, too, had been reborn.
In the previous life, Shen Zhaoxue had ruined Wan Shenghan’s family and destroyed his future with a single sentence. Wan Shenghan had hated him to the bone, spending ten years alongside the Crown Prince to drag Shen Zhaoxue down from his high position. Later, he spent another ten years searching for the “gift” Shen Zhaoxue had left for him.
Now, Shen Zhaoxue used another sentence to flippantly issue a death warrant for their relationship.
“You say you love me?” Shen Zhaoxue leaned in and whispered in his ear. “Everyone who loathed me in our past lives has told me they love me in this one. Why don’t you place a bet with me will I choose them, or will I choose you?”
