From the Start, I Kidnapped a Handsome Man, Only to Find My Ugly Slave Guard Is a Stunning Beauty

[Sharp-tongued, proud, kind-hearted and flirtatious beauty painter x stunning, self-unaware, strongest-in-the-world true heiress and bodyguard]

[Gap moe + ugly-to-beautiful + beautiful, strong, tragic heroine + 1v1 + angst before sweetness + intense romantic tension]

Everyone knows that the peerless painter Yin Qing loves beautiful people above all else, and claims to have seen every beauty under heaven.

What he hates most is anything ugly.

But he never expected to fall into a trap and be kidnapped by a masked "ugly monster" with astonishing martial arts skills!

Yin Qing is instantly furious. "An ugly, unsightly servant like this isn't even worthy of carrying my shoes!"

Xie Wantang lowers her head, expressionless. "But the Valley Master told me to bring you back to marry him."

To escape, Yin Qing pretends to go along with it on the way.

He thoroughly deceives the simple-minded ugly servant, even going so far as to use his looks, kissing her once just to steal their travel money.

Watching the "ugly monster" blush and promise to protect him for the rest of his life, Yin Qing sneers inwardly.

Fool. The moment I get the chance, I'm running!

Until, trapped in a desperate situation in Misty Valley, he personally splits open that mask.

Beneath it, long hair cascades like a waterfall, and skin is white as snow.

There, beneath the mask, is the face of a peerlessly beautiful woman!

Yin Qing is instantly stunned.

After a long pause, he covers his face and turns away. "...If you'd always looked like this, why would I have run?"

[The male lead has a vicious tongue at first, but later comes to adore and protect his wife. The heroine has maxed-out fighting skills but lacks common sense. She's an innocent, straightforward little rabbit who gets gradually caught in the male lead's trap.]