The Buddha's Disciple Falls in Love: A Lesson in Self-Control for the First Wife

[One heroine and multiple love interests / male leads with no sexual experience / vying for the heroine] She is a succubus, a money lover, and an enchanting beauty who turns heads wherever she goes.

The Buddhist monk Nanzhou falls prey to mortal desire. “A Yuan, forget those men. Can’t you have only me?”

The flower spirit Jiu Yuan presses herself against his chest. “You were the one who said you’d let go of the past. Regretting it now? Too late. I already have men waiting by my side, and they’re more devoted than you.”

Nanzhou fingers his prayer beads. “I can accept them. I’m willing to be the principal wife.”

Jiu Yuan gives a tearful, teasing laugh. “Oh, the principal wife? It’s not as if you can just decide to be one. Even if I agreed, would those men?”

Nanzhou accidentally snaps his prayer beads, scattering them across the floor. He kneels to pick them up, his voice gentle:

“They’re nothing but my substitutes.”

- I love you, through ruin, through sin, with all that I am -