A Marriage of Thorns

Xu Chuchu wakes up inside a melodramatic old-style novel—as a beautiful but doomed villainess. Blinded by obsession in the original plot, her character schemed against the aloof and noble Prince of Langya, Zhao Huaijing, only to be discarded and killed after being used as a blood donor for the heroine’s illness. Now reborn at the height of the scandal, just as a royal decree forces her to marry the prince, Xu Chuchu wants nothing more than to escape her fate. But her runaway attempt ends with her thrown into a bandit’s den—only to be rescued by a devastatingly handsome officer… who turns out to be her husband-to-be. Determined to survive this time, Chuchu vows not to fall for the prince’s ...