[Sweet-faced but ruthless, unhinged disciple top x aloof master bottom]
Cang Xingke, the Lotus Boat Immortal God who lives in seclusion at Tianshui Ravine, seems cool and abstinent on the surface, but is secretly obsessed with growing vegetables and raising fish.
That is, until he finds the badly injured young Meng Lingbai by the lotus pond.
With clear eyes, the youth kneels and pleads, “Immortal Lord, can I stay with you?”
Cang Xingke’s heart softens. He thinks, Maybe I should take in a disciple… He could help water the vegetables.
At first, he thinks this will be a heartwarming master-disciple bond:
His disciple is obedient and considerate: up at dawn to hoe the fields, making soup late at night, with eyes as dewy as a puppy’s.
But he has no idea that Meng Lingbai has been laying his plans all along:
He conceals the secret of his demonic bone flute, swallows his obsessive desires, and turns tenderness into a rope, winding it tighter around his master’s waist inch by inch.
“Master taught me how to use a sword. I’ll teach Master… what it means to suffer a trial of love.”
By the time Cang Xingke finally realizes what is happening, he is already imprisoned on a soft couch amid the scent of lotus blossoms.
The youth strokes his bloodstained robes and smiles.
“Everyone under heaven honors you as a god. I alone… want you as my prisoner.”
[Reader’s Guide]
◆ Xianxia setting and younger disciple/older master. The early chapters focus on everyday life; later, the disciple turns dark and forces his love on his master.
◆ Turning a straight man gay, obsessive devotion that becomes imprisonment; not a conventional villain.
◆ Content warnings: confinement, mild angst, happy ending, and a secondary pairing.
P.S. This is the author’s first time writing a novel, so please go easy on me 🙏
