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In the drowned alleys of the mortal realm, Chen Yuze lives as a man haunted by a curse he cannot escape: every bond he forms must end in betrayal, or the pain will tear through his body like poisoned lightning. Known in the Celestial Court as Shu Yuanxian, the Plague King of the Rat, he once served as a sovereign of survival and shadow until the gods bound him to a cycle of inevitable treachery. When Ji Wenrui, a scholar of forgotten histories, begins to follow his trail of ruin, she refuses to fear the pattern that destroys everyone else. Instead, she studies it, seeking the fracture inside fate itself. As assassins, illusions, and former allies turn against Chen Yuze, Wenrui remains-unbroken, unchanged, unwilling to betray him even when logic demands she should. The Celestial Court watches closely, sending omens and enforcers to ensure the curse remains absolute. But the Rat begins to question the law of inevitability when love persists without turning. In a world where trust is punishment, Wenrui becomes the first impossible variable: a loyalty that does not break, even under divine pressure, even when betrayal feels like destiny itself rewriting its rules through him now.Shu Yuanxian