[Historical fantasy + transmigration + snake-like male lead]
The heroine’s fear of snakes creates an amusing contrast, followed by a classic “I can’t help falling for him” reversal.
Shen Qingyi, a top modern surgeon, does something earth-shattering on her first day after transmigrating into the body of a lowborn girl in ancient times: she saves a dying snake!
Heavens know how terrified she is of snakes! A childhood trauma means even looking at one gives her nightmares. But a doctor’s compassion helps her overcome her fear, and with trembling hands, she completes this “terrifying operation.”
She thinks the nightmare is over. Little does she know, it has only just begun.
The little black snake is actually Xuan Ming, an ancient Snake Lord who failed his tribulation and lost all his power! And even more absurdly, she has become his bride in a proxy marriage!
Xuan Ming, a cold-blooded Snake Lord, has endured a thousand years of solitude and values gratitude above all. He is overjoyed to find the person who saved his life, but the undisguised fear in her eyes wounds him.
“Are you afraid of me?” he asks, closing in step by step, his presence dangerous.
“Stay away from me!” She retreats as far as she can, fighting back a scream.
He wants to repay her, protect her, and shelter her beneath his wing. All she wants is to get away.
He can’t understand why she was so gentle when she saved him, yet now recoils from his true form as if he were a snake.
She feels wronged. Saving a life is instinct, and being afraid of snakes is instinct too!
The prince’s manor becomes a battlefield, with him in pursuit and her in flight. Court intrigue, turmoil in the demon realm, and mortal danger keep throwing them together.
She uses her astonishing medical skills to save him from danger, and he uses his iron-fisted methods to clear every obstacle from her path.
As they fight side by side, the veil of fear is torn away, revealing feelings she hadn’t even realized she had.
When the cold Snake Lord learns tenderness, and the snake-phobic princess faces her inner demons, can they bridge the divide between their kinds and hold on to each other?
He says, “Shen Qingyi, your fear is yours. You belong to me.”
