After Rising to Power with a Ball the Sickly Beauty Gave Up

Ning Yichu was abandoned at an orphanage at birth and later identified as the fake young master of the wealthy Ning family after the real heir, Ning Zeshu, was found. Despite being treated as an intruder, he remained with the family for over a decade. To secure his position, he drugged He Shixia, the sixth son of the He family, and forced a marriage by threatening suicide while pregnant. In his previous life, he died from complications during childbirth, viewed by society as a scheming villain who ruined the real young master’s life. Upon dying, he learned he was merely a cannon fodder character in a novel, destined to suffer so the protagonist could thrive. However, he woke up six months earlier, back on the night he had just moved into the He family residence after marrying He Shixia.

Ning Yichu discovered that He Shixia had also been reborn, retaining memories of their past life. In that previous timeline, He Shixia had only realized his love for Ning Yichu after his death, subsequently seeking revenge for him before being murdered himself. Confronted with this knowledge, Ning Yichu remained cold and cynical, rejecting He Shixia’s attempts at affection and apology. He demanded a divorce and the termination of his pregnancy, refusing to repeat the mistakes of his past life. He Shixia, burdened by guilt, agreed to all of Ning Yichu’s demands, including transferring his entire estate and corporate shares to him, while simultaneously investigating the truth behind the hotel incident that had originally forced their marriage.

The power dynamics within the He family shifted dramatically as He Shixia prioritized Ning Yichu over his relatives. During a family gathering, Ning Yichu exposed a long-hidden secret: He Dingbang, He Shixia’s uncle, was not the biological son of He Grandfather and He Grandmother. He Grandfather had swapped his deceased biological infant with an abandoned child to spare his wife the grief. The revelation caused chaos, with He Grandmother initially accepting the truth due to her decades-long bond with He Dingbang. However, Ning Yichu pressed for a paternity test, suggesting that the biological son might not have died naturally but was deliberately neglected.

As the investigation into the family’s secrets deepened, Ning Yichu maintained a detached demeanor, using his knowledge of the original novel’s plot to navigate the treacherous family politics. He Shixia remained devoted to protecting Ning Yichu, despite the latter’s consistent hostility and refusal to accept his remorse. The narrative follows their complicated reunion as Ning Yichu seeks to rewrite his fate, free himself from the Ning and He families’ control, and uncover the true circumstances of his past suffering, while He Shixia strives to atone for his past indifference and prevent Ning Yichu from meeting the same tragic end.