Ruan Yin is the beloved jewel of the Princess Chang's residence. Exceptionally talented and gifted with a way with words, she loves poetry and prose and hates fighting above all else.
She is gentle and kind, always willing to help others, and all her classmates at school adore her.
Wei Qi, heir to the Duke of Dingguo's estate, is imposing and outstanding. He loves nothing more than practicing with blades and swords, and is a notorious young bully in the capital.
Their teacher assigned them to be partners. To be friendly, Ruan Yin smiled and struck up a conversation with Wei Qi, even offering to help him. But he just stared at her without moving, his gaze frightening, as if he were going to swallow her whole.
Ruan Yin: Scary!
Fortunately, Ruan Yin later heard that Wei Qi hated people who were frail and weak, unable to even fight off a chicken. She looked down and pinched her own skinny arms and legs, and suddenly understood.
Even scarier!
She began avoiding Wei Qi.
Then, one day, Wei Qi was poisoned and close to death. Ruan Yin couldn't bring herself to leave him to die, so she kindly helped him detoxify, though Wei Qi didn't know it was her.
But Wei Qi's gaze grew stranger and stranger.
Later, for some reason, Wei Qi began to suspect that Ruan Yin was the one who had saved him. He went to confront her again and again, demanding that she reenact what happened that day so he could be sure.
Though frightened, Ruan Yin still slapped him hard and called him a pervert.
After all, the poison Wei Qi had taken was an aphrodisiac!
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Wei Qi realized that Ruan Yin was avoiding him, but he didn't know why.
He wanted to see her every moment, wanted her to talk to him and smile at him. Distracted by thoughts of her, he figured perhaps she was just shy.
Then he would have to be more proactive.
Theme: Classmates should treat each other kindly
