Rebirth of the Villainess: A Thousand Schemes
Jiang Yanxue transmigrates into a novel as the love-obsessed villainess who torments the heroine for the Crown Prince's affection. Despite trying to change her fate by playing nice, she is executed by the prince. Upon rebirth, she refuses to compromise and decides to embrace her villainous role for revenge. Teaming up with the mysterious leader of the Dark Sound Pavilion, she uses modern business savvy to amass wealth and dismantle the prince's power, only to discover the leader is the dashing young lord Xiao Xianyun. They fake a romance to break her engagement with the prince and uncover the truth behind her original self's tragic fate. Just as everything seems perfect, Jiang Yanxue chooses to return to the modern world, believing they'll never meet again—until she encounters Xiao Xianyun at a job interview.