[Mischievous, beautiful, flirtatious girl x seemingly refined but truly brooding, abstinent male caretaker]
Ming Yi was a false heiress, raised as a cherished daughter for over ten years after being mistaken for the missing younger daughter of the Qingyang Liu family. When the real heiress returned, the furious head of the family had her dragged to the hidden prison, where she was to suffer at the hands of evil spirits and wish she were dead.
The streets were full of people eager to kick her when she was down.
But Liu Yunque, the Liu family's eldest son and her elder brother, stood in front of everyone, protecting her even at the cost of his own reputation.
Liu Yunque was as elegant as an orchid and as cool as frost. He perfectly embodied the ideal of a young man from a cultivation clan in the eyes of the world: upright, self-disciplined, and courteous. He had been the one to bring young Ming Yi back to Qingyang and care for her like a younger sister for years.
Everyone thought he must hate the impostor.
Yet he lowered his eyes and took Ming Yi's hand.
Everyone: ?
Liu Yunque: She is carrying my child.
Liu Yunque: I forced her into this with underhanded methods.
Ming Yi: ??
Liu Yunque: Please come home with me and marry me.
Yet on the eve of their wedding, Ming Yi overheard Liu Yunque talking to a friend.
He said he didn't want to marry her.
He had kept her in Qingyang for the naturally gifted Lingxi blood in her body.
Ming Yi slapped him and faked her death to escape.
For seven days, while her body lay in state, Liu Yunque climbed into her coffin fully clothed every night. His scalding tears fell on her face, then he licked them away, one by one.
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After escaping, Ming Yi became the junior sister of a cultivation sect.
One day, after returning from an exorcism, she was drinking with her fellow disciples when she felt a familiar, damp, shadowy gaze settle on her, like moss.
Someone easily took the cup from her hand.
She heard Liu Yunque's ghostly voice: "This junior sister is quite lovely. She looks rather like my late wife."
Ming Yi got up to run, but Liu Yunque swept her into his arms and carried her back to his chambers.
She thought Liu Yunque would be furious that she had fooled him with her fake death and lock her up. He would keep her like a caged bird, break her wings, chain her ankle, and lock her away for life in a place where the light could never reach.
But he didn't.
Liu Yunque simply held her.
Held her and covered her with one kiss after another.
He studied music and was skilled with the qin. His hands could play piercing melodies and kill without a trace, yet as they encircled his beloved's waist, he didn't dare apply the slightest pressure, afraid that this delicate girl might open her eyes and disappear again.
The next day, the sect was buzzing with rumors.
#Shocking! The Head Disciple and the Junior Sister's Unspoken Story
#Desperate Widower's Wall-Stare Love? Substitute Romance Gone Wild? Someone Save the Junior Sister!
Ming Yi had no idea and went to the dining hall as usual.
Liu Yunque followed without leaving her side.
A passing senior disciple was chatting excitedly about the rumors when he suddenly spotted Ming Yi serving herself food nearby. He was about to greet her, but a chill shot down his spine. He sneaked a glance, then another: Wait, junior sister, there's a ghost behind you!!
*Both are sexually inexperienced, happy ending, one-on-one, no children
*No infidelity while the relationship is ongoing
*Not a strong female lead story or a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. Everything serves the romance.
Theme: Live well, stay positive, and don't let the hardships in front of you defeat you
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