Mysticism + sweet romance + winning back her husband after heartbreak + mutual redemption
Yun Qingci, a young disciple of the mystic arts, wants nothing more than to open a pastry shop and live peacefully after her sect is destroyed. Then she finds a handsome little ghost. Feeling sorry for him, she keeps him by her side and feeds him pastries.
But something is off about the little ghost. He grows at an astonishing rate, going from tiny to a tall, graceful young man in just a few days. The way he looks at her grows more and more heated, too. He clings to her, protects her, and drives away every troublemaker on her behalf. But just as she falls for him, she discovers his secret: he is the heir to the throne, cursed and staying by her side only to use her to find his enemy.
Yun Qingci promptly kicks him out. “Take your lies and get out!”
Later, beneath the blood moon on the Ghost Festival, he takes a fatal blow for her. His enemy tears his soul from his body, and he vanishes before her eyes. Only then does Yun Qingci feel her heart break and understand what she has lost.
Clutching the only thing he left behind, she cries herself to sleep night after night. She has no idea that a fragment of his soul is still lingering by her side, watching her weep and grieve, unable to give her so much as a hug.
At last, her master points to the empty space behind her and reveals the truth: “Silly girl, why are you crying? Hasn’t he been standing right behind you all this time?”
