A heads-up:
[Neither the male nor female lead thinks normally. Both have yandere tendencies: the heroine leans toward deranged, while the hero leans toward clingy. Read with caution.]
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Zong Shan grew up in a temple.
The abbot named him Shan, hoping he would devote himself to goodness.
But Zong Shan knew he was born evil. Beneath his utterly harmless appearance lurked a murderous heart.
Years of vegetarian meals and Buddhist prayers had done nothing to soothe the inexplicable urge to kill that welled up inside him.
Still, the abbot’s teachings had managed to keep him in check, at least for a while.
That is, until he saw a pair of eyes in the glow of the setting sun. The inexplicable urge to kill surged like a flood through a broken dam, and he could no longer hold it back.
He pretended to be innocent and pure as he followed her, but even in his dreams, he wanted to kill her, eat her flesh, and drink her blood.
Lin Yan, his master.
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Lin Yan was a demon hunter.
That evening, in a dilapidated temple, she found Zong Shan, a small, slight boy holding a strip of white silk.
With complicated feelings and a secret she could not speak of, she took him as her apprentice and taught him with care.
She cared for him deeply and indulged him without limit.
Whether it was her body or her life, if he wanted it, she would give it to him.
Lin Yan would never blame Zong Shan.
After all, she had already committed an unforgivable sin.
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Alternate setting, one-on-one romance, both leads have no previous partners, happy ending. Female master and male apprentice, seven-year age gap. At the beginning, the heroine is 23 and the hero is 16. He falls for her first.
