Yongcheng: paradise for bandits, hell for the common people, and the eighteenth level of hell for young women.
Every few months, the bandits choose a young woman and carry her up the mountain. No one has ever survived three months there. Refuse, and your whole family suffers.
This time, it’s Mu Niannian’s turn to become yet another bandit chieftain’s wife.
Mu Niannian: ...
“Sir, this is bad! The bandits... the bandits are down the mountain again, kidnapping young women!”
Qing Yuhuai was ordered to wipe out the bandits, and he ran into them as soon as he arrived.
They’re kidnapping someone right in front of him? Have they got a death wish?
A certain someone clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked with rage. “Get ready. We’re taking her back.”
A few months later, in the capital
General Qing Yuhuai was in high spirits. He’d brought back his favorite spoils from the bandit-suppression campaign: Mu Niannian.
The young woman he rescued was not only adorable, but also had a photographic memory and was an excellent cook. Of course he had to bring her home as his wife.
Mu Niannian: ...
