"My lord, give me a hug." The beautiful young woman tugged at the hem of his blue robe and swayed it. Her rosy cheek brushed his arm, and she gazed up at him with watery, pleading eyes.
The ice-cold man went on high alert. He sprang ten miles away. No, the "cat demon" was acting up again!
Xie Heng had no idea how he had managed to attract the young princess, the "greatest beauty in the land." He was just an honest man who diligently studied and waited to earn a promotion.
Come on, beauty, you have a whole crowd of noble young men to choose from. Why pick on some down-and-out scholar like him? She could afford to play around, but he couldn't afford to get involved!
But Xiao Yueli didn't care. She was exactly that into lean, handsome young gentlemen. Every day, she enthusiastically tried out the 36 ways to win over an ice-cold man. She played the talented maiden for love, turning The Great Learning into a tongue twister. She secretly put on a lotus-colored gauze blouse to tempt him, only to panic and wrap herself up like a giant dumpling, sweating buckets beneath all the layers. In all that chaotic, embarrassing comedy, she somehow managed to make the ice-cold man realize that she filled his every thought and dream. Even the green-pine sachet on his desk had grown wrinkled from his constant handling.
As his defenses crumbled, he finally fell madly in love. But then the storms of court politics swept in. The red wedding silk was stained with blood, and her father's blood-written letter crushed her cheerful spirit. On the banks of the flooding Yellow River, she knelt guard over the epidemic zone and tested medicine, her fingertips stained with herbal juice as she said, "I'm no longer a princess who only knows how to chase after you." At last, he dared to love her, but she had become moonlight he couldn't hold. This time, he chased after her medical banner. Could he catch up?
[Pure, alluring beauty x cold on the outside, warm-hearted and scheming top graduate]
The heroine has a complete growth arc. This is not a story that's all sweet indulgence.
The whole novel is already written, so feel free to dive in.
Theme: Personal growth and the awakening of women's self-awareness
