Cut to the Bone, Yet Not Cold

Heroine: ruthless and cold-blooded + aloof on the outside, warm-hearted on the inside + sweet and innocent + strong and resolute

Hero: deeply scheming + innocent-looking but secretly ruthless + obsessive yandere + eight hundred tricks up his sleeve

Across the Four Seas and Seven Kingdoms, rulers have spent centuries coveting the legendary Dragon Soul, said to summon an army of shadow soldiers and grant its possessor eternal life.

To save her family and the people, Hua Wenruan searches for the life pearl that can unlock the Dragon Soul.

She gets involved with the heir of Prince Qin, a man with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, and keeps falling into one trap after another.

Yet she always manages to get away unscathed, leaving him thoroughly outmaneuvered.

He uses a love parasite to bind their lives together.