"A truly unbridled little fool of a horse — in Qi Zhen's eyes. Pure-hearted, his whole heart given. And Qi Zhen falls fast. In Lin Shouyan's eyes, though, Qi Zhen is the sorry soul he dragged off his pedestal with a fake-fool act — left to court his 'wife' all over again... Two faked deaths, so the gong's mental state is genuinely worrying: anxious, possessive, forceful in love, wedding-night captivity... thrilling~"
—— Bilibili reader 铁的纯爱战士 (A True Romance Warrior)

"Qi Zhen × Lin Yan | 'One thought of the heart, and ten thousand horses break their reins.'"
—— Douban reader Catherine (4 stars, November 2025)

★ "A single thought born of the heart runs wild like ten thousand unbridled horses... He is no weakness of mine — he is the dragon's reverse scale that no one may touch."
★ Rated 9.6 on Tomato Novel with 40,000+ reviews, 150,000+ active readers and over 10 million total reads; now published in print in simplified Chinese.
★ Author Meizi Xiale (梅子瞎了), a Tomato Novel signed writer with 300,000 followers and multiple print titles, saw this book hit 40,000 copies in pre-sale alone! This edition adds a nearly 7,000-character exclusive extra, plus parallel-world and modern-day extras.
★ He played the fool to win the crown prince's heart, then faked his death to walk away — but the "death escape" failed, and what it bought was a crown prince gone dark: this time, he didn't get away — and once you open this book, neither will you.
★ Scheming crown prince Qi Zhen × drama-queen young master Lin Yan — the one playing dumb tricks the prince off his pedestal, while the clear-headed one lets himself be tarnished for love. In the whirlpool of court intrigue, how do two men on opposite sides find their way to each other?

In Crown Prince Qi Zhen's eyes,
the young Lin is a silly, unbridled nag of a horse —
yet in the whirlpool of court intrigue, his pure heart shines the brightest, a heart no one could bear to see tarnished.
And in the utterly clear-eyed Lin Yan's view,
it is the lofty Qi Zhen who is the fool he tricked off his pedestal by playing dumb.
As the years turn, through life and death, changed identities and new faces,
under fate's tricks, how can they — standing on opposite sides of the game — find their way to each other at last?

Meizi Xiale (梅子瞎了)
A Tomato Novel signed author, writing since 2020. Versed in multiple genres, with a light, witty style and twisting, affecting plots. 300,000 followers on Tomato Novel and 80,000+ on Weibo.
Representative works: Unbridled (《脱缰》); Ill-Fated Lure (《病态诱捕》, print title Lure, published November 2025); The "Cold Beauty" Who Blushes the Moment You Tease Her (《说好的清冷美人，怎么一逗就脸红》).

Chapter 1 A Rescue Rewarded
Chapter 2 Trust Well Earned
Chapter 3 Beyond All Saving
Chapter 4 Old Faces Reunited
Chapter 5 A Banquet at the Prince's Residence
Chapter 6 Headlong Flight
Chapter 7 Sudden Upheaval
Chapter 8 True Hearts Laid Bare
Chapter 9 So Close, Yet Lost
Chapter 10 One Thought, Unbridled
Extra 1 Everyday Life
Extra 2 Xu Fuquan's Point of View
Extra 3 Dream: A Parallel World
Extra 4 Dream: The Modern Day
Extra 5 A Sincere Wish (print edition exclusive)