Dual male leads, farming, the imperial examinations, traditional Taoist cultivation and supernatural beings, multiple identities. A gentleman on the outside, pure-hearted but calculating within, a hopeless romantic who is not what he seems × gentle, upright, and tenacious. Alternate history.
While gathering firewood in the mountains, Wen Xingyun was attacked by a monster and barely escaped with his life.
When he finally returned home, he discovered something strange about his body: a frightening green snake totem coiled around his waist. Its eyes were half-closed, its enormous head rested on his lower abdomen, and it was fast asleep.
To stay alive, Wen Xingyun pored over all kinds of books and tried every method he could think of, determined to rid himself of the creature.
But the creature was surprisingly perceptive. It caused no trouble, risked its life to save him in danger, occasionally got jealous, and even gave him a dragon robe as a present. At last, Wen Xingyun took pity on it and allowed it to stay in his body for a while.
He thought that from then on, he and the snake would spend their lives together.
Who would have guessed that the friend who had once taken the metropolitan examination with him would cross countless mountains and rivers to join him, moving into his humble thatched cottage?
Wen Xingyun welcomed him with open arms, overjoyed. The two shared candlelight by the western window, drank together, and poured out their hearts, delighting in each other's company.
Life was going well, until one day someone told him that his friend had died three years ago...
The gong has multiple identities. At first, he is a peerless beauty, a gentleman as flawless as jade and the perfect first love; later, his true nature gradually emerges: calculating, duplicitous, and obsessive. But the shou is the one and only person he cherishes. Mutual devotion, both inexperienced in love, monogamous, sweet romance.
