The Buddha's Disciple Is Out of Reach

[Cool, aloof Buddhist monk + low-status heroine + class difference + rise from adversity + calculated approach + careful maneuvering + game of stealing hearts + push and pull, schemes and calculations]

A gambling-addict father and a prostitute mother.

Born into such a life, Li Mao has no choice but to struggle through the mud just to survive.

In the eyes of those in power, she is an ant to be trampled at will, with no dignity and no control even over her own life.

The Buddhist monk sits high above, aloof and proud, while all beings bow before him.

Li Mao harbors resentment. Why are people born into such different lives?

For the first time, she entertains an improper fantasy: she will drag the Buddhist monk seated high in the grand hall down into the mud. What would such an arrogant man look like if he were tainted by the mortal world one day?

Their unexpected encounter leaves little impression on Li Mao, but fate's arrangements bring her step by step before him.

Li Mao has never been a good person. She will seize every opportunity she can to climb higher.

Now the opportunity is right in front of her, and she is determined to take it. Thus begins a game of stealing hearts.

But how could those in power tolerate being toyed with at someone else's whim...