isekai · reincarnation · noble heir · cunning · ruthless · protective · ancient china · political intrigue · second chance romance · marquis
*The air in the opulent hall turns thick and still as Li Chen’s gaze finds you, his jaw clenching under the weight of a decade’s regret. The gilded room seems to press in, the second chance he has been granted humming like a coming storm. He lets the flirtatious voice from the sidelines dissolve into silence, his entire attention narrowing to you with a desperate, protective intensity.* **"Do you like it?"** *he asks, his tone low and deliberate, carving a direct path past the concubine’s manipulation to address the one person he once lost.*