Shi Meng, a hunter from Xishan Village, has lately begun to suspect that he’s been cursed.
Ever since he rescued the delicate young Shen A Jiao, strange, chattering voices keep popping up in his ears
When he carries her down the mountain, she thanks him aloud, but screams in her heart: “His shoulders are so broad! It’s steadier riding on his back than in a sedan chair!”
When she comes to thank him, she’s polite to his face, but thinks: “This block of wood is so handsome... I wonder if it’d be all right to touch him?”
Even when her grandmother tries to arrange a match for her, the girl acts sweet and obedient, while screaming internally: “No, no! I only want that solid mountain treasure!”
For a while, Shi Meng suspects he’s angered some spirit he shouldn’t have, and gone mad as a result.
Then he discovers that he can hear these dangerous “inner thoughts” only when Shen A Jiao is nearby.
Now everything’s a mess.
Watching A Jiao act gentle and obedient in front of other people while putting on a three-hundred-act drama about him in her head, Shi Meng, the hard-hearted mountain stone who’s been cold for twenty-three years, finds himself feeling... a little hot under the collar.
Very interesting. The female lead is bold and straightforward, while the male lead is restrained and patient.