[Willful, stunning, and venomous noble lady and physician VS dashing, domineering God of War general + sworn enemies + two equally powerful leads + winning her back + one-on-one, both chaste + growing together]
Xie Yunwan, the most beautiful woman in the capital, was famed for her peerless looks. But her love of snakes and insects, and her skill at making deadly poisons, made her the most dreaded woman on the marriage market.
Her sworn enemy was Lu Zhiheng, the God of War who had already seen two wives die. He sabotaged her matches, stole her hair ribbon in public, and forced a dagger on her, until no one dared marry her.
Everyone in the capital said she was doomed to fulfill the prophecy: “Unwed at eighteen, dead before her prime.”
On the day she was forced to become engaged to a scholar, he stormed in and exposed the truth in front of everyone: “I bought that prophecy with silver when I was eight.”
She hated him and swore never to see him again.
Later, when she was framed and condemned by everyone, he stepped forward and staked his life on her innocence: “If she’s the culprit, I, Lu Zhiheng, will pay with my head!”
When she was poisoned by a love potion and lost control of herself, she wrapped her arms around his neck. To protect her virtue, he hurt himself to stay clearheaded, then carried her into an icy lake: “Wanwan, please, hold on.”
When she needed someone to test a medicine for her research, he swallowed the poison first and smiled. “Giving my life for you is worth it.”
As war flared along the border and he prepared to leave for battle, he held out the red hair ribbon he had stolen, embroidered with her name:
“Wanwan, will you tie it around my wrist yourself now?”
