Sweetheart, Stop Flirting! The Ascetic Monk Can't Take It!

[Growing-up romance + devoted protection + age gap + striking contrast + sweet, flirtatious romance + winning her back + 1V1]

Xuan Qing is a Buddhist monk whom everyone under heaven sees as free of worldly desires.

When they first met, she was dressed in rags, abandoned in the snow and shivering. He picked her up, wiped the dirt from her face, and fed her warm rice porridge.

Back then, she was a helpless little waif. Just for a bite to eat, she would cuddle up to him and seek his affection.

Everyone thought Master Xuan Qing had simply been moved by compassion and taken in a little orphan girl. Once she grew up, surely nothing would come of it.

But when the immaculate monk braved the rain to charge into a bandit stronghold, his whole body radiating murderous intent as he held her close after she wandered into the den, everyone finally realized: this wasn’t just an adoption. He’d raised her as the apple of his eye.

His voice choked with emotion, yet his words rang clear: “Don’t be afraid. I’m here. No one will ever hurt you.”

From the moment I found you, the Buddhist path had no room for me.