Locking the Swallow in Spring (Forced Possession)

[Bonus chapters are being posted] [Next book of the same type: Unattainable]

Forced marriage || Love after marriage || The husband pursues his wife to the crematorium || Angsty drama || Both leads are inexperienced

A ruthless, unhinged, fallen prince from the previous dynasty x a resilient, kind-hearted physician's daughter

- The forced abduction begins from the very first chapter -

Blurb 1:

Shen Ningyan is the youngest daughter of the director of the Imperial Medical Academy. As a child, she once rescued someone amid a blizzard.

The young man was covered in snow, battered with wounds, and nearly dead.

With a healer's compassion, she took him home, checked his pulse, and bandaged him. She gave him warm clothes and hot food, caring for him in every way.

She and the young man were about the same age. She listened as he talked about archery and horseback riding, and heard him share his ambitions. She even gave him a sachet embroidered with a swallow by her own hand.

When they parted, she said, "One day, I'll be Brother Gu's bride."

Years later, on her wedding day, she sat in the bridal sedan chair, full of anticipation as she imagined a peaceful life with her husband.

Those childish words had long since become an old joke, forgotten and left behind.

But before the bridal sedan had even settled, her husband's entire family had already been reduced to bones. In a pool of blood stood a man in red finery, holding a sharp sword.

Blood stained his clothes. He plucked the embroidered wedding ball from her husband's chest at his feet, then leisurely pinned it to himself. "Didn't you say you'd be my bride one day, Sister Yan?"

*

Gu Ying was a prince, elegant and dashing, with a fine pavilion to his name. But fate was fickle. In a single night, his world came crashing down, and he fell into the mud.

That year, as a blizzard raged and assassins pursued him, she came to him through the snow when he was on the brink of death. From then on, a pure, bright moon took shape in his heart.

He lay low in the Ghost Market, waiting to take the lives of that bastard's entire family.

The hidden dragon returned to the sea, ready to raise the woman he loved above all others.

But he never expected the bright moon in his heart to marry the son of his enemy...

Old and new grievances burned like a raging fire. On her wedding day, he slaughtered the wedding guests, plucked his bright moon from the sky, and locked her by his side.

On their wedding night, beneath the red candles and inside the bed curtains, he lifted her veil and saw tears in her lowered eyes. Gu Ying bent down and softly kissed her tearful eyes, his gaze full of devotion.

"Sister Yan, I've come to marry you."

Blurb 2:

Shen Ningyan had to struggle fiercely to escape Gu Ying.

She hid her identity, abandoned her past, and settled in a remote, scenic town, where she opened a small clinic.

Now that the Gu family had reclaimed the empire, she and Gu Ying had nothing more to do with each other.

One day, she was examining patients and taking their pulses as usual. Near sunset, a large hand suddenly lifted the curtain.

It was the depths of winter, and snow howled in through the doorway. The man, dusted with frost, looked cold and distant, but the corners of his eyes were faintly red.

Wrapped in solitude, he walked toward her one step at a time.

"Well, well. If it isn't my... heartless Yan'er."

Blurb 3:

Later, Gu Ying rose again through the underworld's hidden currents and returned to the Eastern Palace.

Recently captured, Shen Ningyan stared at the chain around her ankle as her body swayed again and again with the person behind her.

The corners of his eyes reddened. He yanked the chain and gripped her slender waist, his voice hoarse as he snarled, "You can only look at me, love me, miss me, hate me, scheme against me, and please me. Every one of your emotions, every love and hatred, every anger and desire, must be because of me."

Reader's guide:

1. One couple, both inexperienced, happy ending. The story is mostly romantic scenes between the leads.

2. The husband-pursues-wife-to-the-crematorium plot starts from the beginning. After the forced abduction, the male lead goes completely off the rails. The female lead fakes her death, and later the male lead will suffer the consequences in earnest.

3. This story is mainly about romance. Every plot point serves the romance, and even the childish political scheming is mostly there for the romance.

4. The female lead's family's official rank is based on the Ming dynasty, where the director of the Imperial Medical Academy held the rank of third grade. Apart from that, the setting is entirely fictional. Enjoy!

5. [Important!] Now that the main story is complete, the anti-piracy edits have been increased to 50%. Thank you for supporting the original!

Preview: Unattainable

Forced abduction || The husband pursues his wife to the crematorium || Angsty drama || Female lead is inexperienced, male lead is not

Plain, beautiful farm girl x cold, unhinged young nobleman

*

From the day Tian Yi was born, people said she was cursed. Rumors claimed she had caused her parents' deaths, and she grew up alone.

Then, one snowy night, she happened upon Fan Lingye, who had lost his memory, and took him in.

With the man's promise in mind, she cared for him and planned their future, never realizing he had already been plotting his return home.

But the first thing Fan Lingye did after recovering his memories was take Tian Yi away and lock her by his side.

"She's nothing but a country woman. To be allowed to work in the Fan household is already a great honor."

*

Tian Yi was forced to serve as a maid in the household for two years, all the while being coveted by the Fan family's third young master.

At a spring banquet that year, someone made her drink spiked wine. In a daze, she stumbled into Fan Lingye's room.

Her eyes were hazy with desire, tears welling as she looked at the most familiar person in the whole residence. "Help me..."

The wind that night seemed to carry the scent of that snowy night long ago. It made his head spin and his heart race.

The next morning, he planned to take her in as a concubine and keep her in the rear courtyard.

But when he woke, there was no one beside him...

Fan Lingye, who had been adored by everyone since childhood, learned for the first time what it felt like to be abandoned.

His gaze turned icy, and he resolved to find her, even if he had to dig up the entire earth!

*

Tian Yi knew her lowly status made her unworthy of him, so she secretly planned her escape from the Fan household.

Later, she left the Fan family behind with her bags, elated to be free.

But before she could enjoy that freedom, a fine horse stopped in front of her.

Looking up at the man above her, she cried, "I'm cursed. I'm the most unattainable person in the world."

The horse was tall, and Fan Lingye loomed above her in the shadows.

He leaned down and raised Tian Yi's chin with his riding crop.

"A lonely, ill-fated destiny, one no one should approach?"

"You're unattainable? Then I'll have you anyway!"

[Reader's guide]:

1. One couple, happy ending. The female lead is inexperienced, but the male lead isn't. This is truly a melodramatic mess, and the male lead is genuinely a bastard, but he is truly inexperienced in both body and heart.

2. The male lead is strong and the female lead is weak. He's unhinged, stubborn, and nasty.

Theme: Women's independence, self-love, and strength