Lost in Miaojiang, the Yandere Gu King Pretends to Be Obedient and Imprisons Me

[A seemingly obedient yandere boy vs. a kind, optimistic older woman]

[Yandere + younger man + unhinged + secret identity + forced love + innocent on the outside, dark within + dark, sweet romance]

Wen Xin goes into the mountains to conduct field research, but gets lost in the white fog and tumbles into a ravine.

A long-haired boy sits on a rock in the mist, head tilted. She has no idea how long he has been watching her.

He licks the blood from her wound, carries her back to the bamboo house, and tells her with red-rimmed eyes that he is an outcast, despised by everyone in the village.

Wen Xin’s heart softens. She protects him, teaches him to read and write, and stands up for him.

The boy is very well-behaved. He looks up at her and calls her “Big Sister,” saying, “A Jin will do whatever Big Sister says.”

Until she is cursed by a Gu.

The only antidote is a drop of blood from the Gu King.

She asks the boy to seek help from the Gu King. Lowering his eyes, he says, “The Gu King won’t help us.”

On the night the Gu poison takes effect, she stares at his still-childish face, unable to bring herself to speak.

Just then, someone leans close to her ear and laughs softly. “Silly girl, I was lying. I’m an adult.”

Later, she runs away all night.

At dawn, she bends to wash her face by the stream...

In the reflection on the water, he sits on a branch directly above her head, swinging his legs.

“Big Sister, are you tired of running? Let’s go home.”