Anime/Mangá: O Autossalvamento da Antagonista no Segundo Casamento

Startled Into the Villain’s Residence, Adversity Arrives

“Villain? Second marriage? Me?” Qu Wanqing jolted upright from the intricately carved wooden bed, the embroidered quilt with mandarin ducks playing on the water slipping off to reveal a pale yellow nightgown beneath. Glancing around, she took in the room’s antique furnishings and the unfamiliar faces—a surge of alarm rang through her heart.

Transmigrated into a novel? She was all too familiar with this tired trope! She, a modern independent woman of the twenty-first century, had awakened to find herself in the body of a notorious villainess in a fabricated ancient world—and one who was about to remarry, at that! Had she gotten the wrong script? Worse yet, her predecessor’s infamy was so widespread that everyone in the household hated her to the core.

“Well, well, the young lady’s finally awake? I was starting to wonder how long you planned to play dead!” A sharp, caustic voice rang out as a plump, jowly old woman entered. This was Granny Lin, infamous in the estate for bullying the weak and flattering the strong, always seeking out easy prey. Granny Lin snorted, “No sense of propriety!” The surrounding maids and servants dared not gossip aloud, but the contempt and ridicule in their eyes stung Qu Wanqing like needles.

Taking a deep breath, Qu Wanqing forced herself to remain calm, suppressing her anger as she spoke evenly, “Granny, I acknowledge my past mistakes. From now on, I will be more careful with my words and actions. I hope you will guide me.”

“Guide you? Do you deserve it?” Gr