[Fantasy, not the traditional kind + Strong heroine, stronger than the male lead + 1v1, both devoted to each other + Dungeons]
Song Qihua appears to be a spiritual herb from a snowy mountain, transformed into human form.
One day, she is asked to repay a debt by saving another woman.
What does he need? A Thousand-Thread Snow Lotus? Those grow all over the mountain behind her. Helping him leave this place sounds good, too...
She happens upon Song Ling'er, who has gone berserk, and uses her identity to move around the sect and get close to Chu Yin.
Someone stole his fate? His destiny was taken, and he has suffered endless bullying. She will help him.
He is wary at first, but gradually opens his heart without realizing it, until he can’t imagine being with anyone but her.
*
During the sect tournament, his opponent’s sword is about to pierce his head. He has no strength left to fight back.
Just as he thinks he is about to die, she appears again and saves him once more.
“Using underhanded tricks in a competition hardly makes for an honorable win, does it?” She swings her sword to block the attack. The blow sends her opponent’s weapon flying, where it gleams coldly on the ground.
With a lift of her hand, a faint fragrance stirs and slips into his heart once more...
*
“Senior Sister, who do you see when you look at me?” Chu Yin’s breathing is unsteady. Black energy swirls around him, the first sign that he is about to go berserk.
“Hmm?” She still seems as unconcerned as ever, but she often stares at his face, lost in thought, her expression full of feelings he cannot understand.
Is it love?
Is he a stand-in?
Chu Yin clenches his fists. If he is a stand-in, so be it. He will gradually take the other man’s place in her heart and keep her locked in his embrace.
“Is he... very important to you?”
“Very important.”
He hides his feelings, even as jealousy threatens to drown him.
(I’m hopeless, sorry.)
