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Shen Nian spent twenty years acting as Xi You’s loyal lackey, only awakening to the truth at the very moment of her death: she was merely the “devoted supporting female lead” in a romance novel.
In the void of darkness, she finished reading the entire book. When the final villain finally revealed her true face, Shen Nian stared at the name “Shen Zui” for a long time, unable to pull herself away.
That “Little Aunt” whom she had feared her entire life had nearly torn the male and female leads to pieces after Shen Nian’s death. When the protagonists finally escaped by faking their deaths, Shen Zui—believing she had fulfilled her long-lost wish—consumed poison before Shen Nian’s grave. Only then did the protagonists finally achieve their “Happily Ever After.”
When Shen Nian opens her eyes again, she has returned to the day of her eighteenth birthday gala.
Xi You is a young lady from a fallen noble family, yet she enjoys a high status in social circles solely because of Shen Nian’s favor. Accustomed to Shen Nian’s fawning, Xi You waves her over and gives a command as if it were only natural: “A’Nian, I want to take a cruise out to sea to catch the breeze.”
At the same time, an old family servant arrives to report: “Young Miss Nian, the Lady is ill and wishes to see you. The Matron asks that you return home immediately.”
In the Shen household, the only person referred to as the “Lady”—the pearl held in the palm of the entire family’s hand—is Shen Zui.
Shen Nian remembers that in her past life, she had dismissed the old servant and spent a week at sea with Xi You and her friends. Later, while trying to save the reckless Xi You from drowning, Shen Nian nearly died herself, leaving her with permanent health issues.
She believes Heaven has given her this second chance for a reason. In this life, the ending must change.
Shen Zui’s excellence is recognized by everyone. At a young age, she earned multiple degrees and carved a bloody path for the Shen Corporation through a field of powerful enemies. But Heaven is fair: in exchange for her brilliant mind, it took away her health.
Since birth, Shen Zui has suffered from a severe “Pheromone Allergy.” Without a steady supply of soothers, she would be forced to live her entire life in a sterile, pollution-free ward.
Later, the Shen family adopted an orphan.
There is a twelve-year age gap between Shen Nian and Shen Zui. Shen Nian’s sole purpose for existing was to use the Alpha pheromones in her body to provide a continuous stream of raw materials for Shen Zui’s medicine.
There are two ways to provide this medicine:
Blood Extraction: Periodic drawing of blood.
Permanent Marking: Shen Nian must completely mark Shen Zui.
Since age six, when she learned that her monthly blood draws were to keep that pale woman in the attic alive, Shen Nian’s fear of Shen Zui grew every day. Let alone marking her, she barely even dared to look Shen Zui in the eye.
But on this day, she takes the initiative to step into Shen Zui’s room for the first time.
The decor is simple to the point of being monotonous, yet the glamorous woman leaning against the bed is the only scenery the room needs.
Shen Nian suddenly understands why she liked Xi You so much in her past life. How fortunate—Xi You’s eyes and brows were thirty percent similar to hers.
