(A slightly goofy heroine + love at first sight + powerful characters + historical setting + a System) After her grandfather’s death, Luo Nian is entrusted with inheriting his household deity System. She must continue looking after the Lu family, which her grandfather has watched over and received offerings from for more than two hundred years. At the time, the Lu family is being oppressed and framed by those in power. Their home is seized, and the Lu men are beaten until they are badly wounded. They kneel and beg their household deity for protection, only to be mocked by others. Seeing his parents beaten until their skin is torn and bleeding, Lu Chengrui kneels at the ancestral hall for the first time.
[Household deity, please, Chengrui is begging you. Save the Lu family. If you’re willing to save us, Chengrui will give you anything… Please.]
The Lu family watches as the young master, who has never respected the gods, puts his hopes in the household deity he refuses to believe exists. They bow their heads again and again as they plead, their hearts filled with despair.
[Household deity, have you really abandoned the Lu family?]
[No, I’m here.]
Lu Chengrui is overjoyed when a sweet, delicate voice sounds beside his ear. She says she’s here.
[Household deity, is that you?]
[Yes.]
[Are you really willing to keep protecting the Lu family?]
[Mm. My grandfather left this unfinished, so I’ll carry it on as his granddaughter. From today on, I, Luo Nian, will be the new household deity of the Lu family…]
[Then, household deity, what offerings do you want in return for helping us?]
[This household deity only wants you.]
[Huh? Me? Why?]
[Can’t this household deity have her eye on you? Do I have to spell it out and say I want your body?]
Hearing this, Lu Chengrui realizes that for the first time, he doesn’t want to admit he’s blushing.
The author of Chicken Soup for the Soul must have read it frequently.