General Longwu, the Northern Garrison, was falsely accused and forced to flee. At his lowest, he met the healer Chen Xia in a ruined temple, and the two found comfort in each other.
When a treacherous minister framed him again and their stronghold was slaughtered, Longwu was thrown into a death cell. To keep Chen Xia alive, he cruelly pretended not to care, tossing her silver to sever their ties and kicking away her food, forcing her to leave him for good.
Heartbroken, Chen Xia walked away, never knowing that Longwu was enduring brutal torture in prison and thinking of her day and night.
With help from a benefactor, Longwu escaped and lay low while building his strength. At last, the Grand Preceptor fell from power, and his name was cleared. He set aside all pride to find Chen Xia and beg her forgiveness. They cleared up the misunderstandings of the past and finally married.
Their peaceful days did not last long. An urgent summons from the capital called Longwu back to duty, and Chen Xia accompanied him to the imperial city.
The court was a nest of intrigue. To protect his wife, Longwu shouldered everything alone and deliberately kept his distance from her.
Li Jin, gentle, considerate, and attentive in every way, drew closer at every turn, making Longwu seem all the colder and more awkward by comparison. Chen Xia fell into another misunderstanding and unwittingly walked into a trap, branded as unfaithful.
Only when Li Jin's mask of false kindness was finally torn away and all the conspiracies exposed did Chen Xia come to her senses: the man who seemed so gently devoted had been deceiving her. Longwu, awkward with words but quietly protecting her, was the one who truly loved her.
In the end, the couple stood united, shook the court to its foundations, reopened an old case, and cleared their names of every accusation.
Discussion on the Creation of "Long Wu Marries a Medical Immortal as His Wife" When I wrote this book, I wrote about the insights about life and love gained by two people in the process of getting closer. They have been trying to reach each other, but not on the same path. In their parallel and intersecting trajectories, they are changed by the environment and touched by encounters. They slowly see themselves and each other clearly. There will be loss, deviation, and confusion in the middle, but the direction is always there. I wrote the whole book with restraint. Don't explain, don't judge, just let the characters go their own way and let the reader watch them go. Until the last "finally" fell, all the previous dislocations were settled. The "marrying a medical fairy" in the book's title is not a wish for a result, but the empty expectation in the male protagonist's heart - he thought that marrying would be the end, but it was far from enough. Fortunately, he found out later.