
Synopsis
New story: [Love Gu: After a Cold-Blooded Assassin Fixates on Her]
[Taming Jade: Better to tame a living piece of fine jade than a vicious dog.]
[Lang Jing x Ning Xiyan: In the lanes of the Forbidden City, flowers fall over the wall, concealing their true feelings. Song Yu of Qinhuai, the clouds and rain of Mount Wu are still worth savoring.]
A rain of blossoms falls over the capital, covering the vermilion tiles.
Beneath the red walls.
Lang Jing and Ning Xiyan are about to part.
Then the older brother suddenly turns back to look at his younger sister, who is about to enter the capital with her cousin and ascend the throne as emperor. He lets out a cold laugh. His cheeks, like frostless maple leaves, seem to flush as his gaze ripples with the solitary reflection of a cold pool. "The peach blossoms along the road have bloomed year after year. I've been by your side for many years, little sister. We should have been wary of each other, yet I couldn't restrain my feelings, and we grew close, sharing each other's joys and sorrows. The scenery stirred these feelings in me.
I thought perhaps I might have a chance...
But alas.
In the end, the flowers still fall over the walls of the Forbidden City, concealing their true feelings..."
Lang Jing's eyes fill with tears.
But then...
Ning Xiyan suddenly grabs the string of lip-jade beads around his neck and yanks Lang Jing beneath her red lips and chin. She looks down at him with arrogant, wicked eyes and gives a cold laugh. Pressing her lips to his, she seems possessed by a venomous snake or a fox demon. "Brother, you're as charming and eloquent as ever. What a lovely line, 'In the lanes of the Forbidden City, flowers fall over the wall, concealing their true feelings.' It almost makes your little sister blush and breaks my heart. But do you think that means you can escape my grasp? Don't forget, brother, who put this string of lip-jade beads around your neck. And who else can ease the poison of the Heart-Fed Gu inside you? If you want to leave, I won't stop you. But if you miss me, don't regret it later, like you did back then!"
After saying this, Ning Xiyan turns to leave...
But Lang Jing suddenly calls out to her.
Holding the lip-jade beads, he reminds her, "Little sister, don't forget to take me with you, too."
Ning Xiyan looks back and smiles. "Ha! Brother, you're such a good brother to your little sister. Who says, 'In the lanes of the Forbidden City, flowers fall over the wall, concealing their true feelings'? I, Ning Xiyan, insist that 'Song Yu of Qinhuai, the clouds and rain of Mount Wu are still worth savoring.'
Hehehe...!
Come on, brother!
Your little sister will lead you... and take you home!"
A grand feast, a bride in red, peach blossoms reflected in the mirror.
Ning Xiyan is to be married today. As usual, Lang Jing does her makeup and draws her eyebrows.
He places the final pearl hairpin in her hair, then suddenly stills his hand. "You look truly beautiful in your phoenix crown and wedding robes. It stirs my heart and... makes me jealous!"
Ning Xiyan sneers. "Brother, you shouldn't..."
"Shouldn't what?"
Lang Jing suddenly presses the head of the hairpin against Ning Xiyan's lips and whispers darkly in her ear, "You don't really intend to marry him, do you? Have you forgotten what I told you?
You're mine!"
Ning Xiyan only smiles, her expression growing colder and calmer, her lips full of mockery and provocation. "Brother, you're very bold. Aren't you afraid someone will hear?"
Hearing her say that, Lang Jing turns even more sinister and strange. "Someone? You mean Father and Mother, perhaps. But here in the Lang family, I'm afraid even Father and Mother can't save you now.
Besides, what does it matter to outsiders if I, Lang Jing, am affectionate with my own little sister?
As for Father, Mother, and Grandma, shouldn't they be happy to see us together?
What do you think, little sister?
Is it against the laws of heaven for an older brother to love his little sister?"
Ning Xiyan can't help but laugh softly, letting Lang Jing tease and arrange her hair and lips as he pleases. "Brother did nothing wrong, and Xiyan did nothing wrong either. They're the ones who are wrong..."
[●●● They are not related by blood in any way. They are not close relatives, nor are they of the same surname, clan, or lineage, or anything similar. The female lead was simply picked up and adopted by the male lead.
Strictly speaking, he doesn't even count as her adoptive older brother.]
[New story: Borrowing Yang Energy]
[He was born noble, yet knelt for her. He was otherworldly, yet got drunk for her. Pei Ming wielded his sword with effortless grace, but he was not alone in the world. There was still one person, one dream, as if a thousand years had passed. Time sinks over the chessboard; sandalwood is hard to leave behind.]
Before Meng Li transmigrated into a book after a car accident, she used to have nightmares. Her family all said she was born lacking yang energy, and that she just needed more herbal medicine and exercise.
But only after Meng Li transmigrated into a book and met Pei Shiming did she gradually realize that the person who used to sneak into her dreams and give her nightmares was none other than Pei Shiming, that perverted, creepy ghost. And he was nothing like the character in the original novel. Compared with the real Pei Shiming, the original's supposedly evil character didn't even deserve to be called bad. Pei Shiming wasn't just a beautiful face with a pure, malicious streak. He was a thoroughly wicked, fallen black lotus.
The System started asking her to stay over...
Afraid she'd get tangled up with Pei Shiming but also too scared to offend him and let him hear, it secretly urged Meng Li not to fall for Pei Shiming's tricks. It even covertly changed her appearance and constitution, turning her into an obsessive pet lover, a little mute, and a syndrome sufferer... It thought that would make Pei Shiming give up on her. But instead of being put off, he fell even harder!
Meng Li's life by the side of the domineering young master at the Pei residence got more and more comfortable. She was almost too happy to leave. But Pei Shiming, looking at his "wife" after a thousand years apart, was already frantic with worry... so anxious he felt ready to explode, so pent up he was going mad.
Pei Shiming: "No, she's still just a young girl. I can't let her look at that stuff..."
Meng Li: "What stuff? Why be so secretive? Let me see. It's not like it'll kill me."
Pei Shiming, annoyed by her pestering, changes his mind and decisively hands it to her, urging her insistently: "Ahem, um... Miss Li, what did you think of what you just saw? Did it bring anything back to you?"
Meng Li: "Bring what back...?" [Inner thoughts: What's so great about these little pictures? Even the pop-up ads are annoying...]
Pei Shiming: "Huh? Oh... nothing. Just asking, asking. Go ahead, keep looking, sis... I won't bother you." [Inner thoughts going wild: Hmm, just looking won't be enough. I'll have to think of something else.]
And so...
The System was actually used by Pei Shiming to betray Meng Li.
Pei Shiming: "System, tell me the truth. How can I make my amnesiac wife remember what happened before?"
System: "She... doesn't have amnesia."
Pei Shiming: "Cut the nonsense. I say she does, so she does. What can I do? Tell me everything, now, or else...!"
System: "Recreate the scene... Restore it exactly. But don't say... you heard it from me."
Meng Li... Can I pretend I didn't hear any of that?
● [The male lead is sexually inexperienced; the female lead is not. No matter how many identities or appearances the female lead has, she's always herself.]
● [They privately pledged themselves to each other a thousand years ago, but were never officially married.]
● [The memory... progress bar moves very slowly. The storms are fierce, and they may hit reefs or even capsize.]
Theme: Pledge love and loyalty to each other, stand together through life and death. Love your partner and yourself; be loyal and trustworthy.
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