The Inherited Medicine Slave [Genderbend]

[A sweet-looking but secretly ruthless, eccentric beauty × a self-effacing medicine slave who was abused, mutual salvation]

The Cui clan of Langxi incurred Heaven's wrath for its grave bloodshed. No boys were born to its descendants, and every girl suffered from a hidden illness and died before reaching twenty.

As a girl from a collateral branch of the Cui family, Cui Xueying had been afflicted by a heart condition since birth. Her mother worried constantly, and with her dying breath, she earnestly urged Xueying to return to Langxi and seek the main branch's help in finding a renowned physician to treat her.

Only after arriving in Langxi did Cui Xueying learn that the once illustrious Cui family had dwindled away over the years. In the vast estate, only her cousin remained.

Though they had not seen each other for years, her cousin had fair, radiant skin and exquisite features, nothing like the sickly appearance expected of a Cui girl.

Cui Xueying accidentally discovered her cousin's secret.

In a small hut behind the bushes, a man trembled all over. His heavy shackles clanked, and sobs that sounded like pleas for mercy escaped his throat.

Her dignified, kindhearted cousin had secretly kept a medicine slave, resorting to a cruel secret method so she could stay alive.

Medicinal blood dripped from the man's battered chest into a jade bowl on the floor. The medicine slave seemed to be in such agony that he could not stop convulsing.

Messy long hair concealed his handsome face. Only his eyes, filled with pain and endurance, silently met Cui Xueying's gaze.

*

Second Miss Cui, Cui Xueying, was unruly, vicious, and coarse, a habitual liar who was skilled at deceiving others.

Ever since Cui Xueying returned to the estate, Cui Wanrong never stopped saying such things.

She coldly lashed the man with her whip, urging him to produce more medicinal blood. She needed to recover quickly so she would have the strength to contend with her poisonous younger cousin.

Ying Qi silently lowered his eyes and endured the familiar pain.

He had never thought he would have any more dealings with Second Miss Cui.

Until one day, the tightly shut door suddenly opened before his eyes.

The long-missed sunlight was blinding. A radiant young woman, as beautiful as a hibiscus, gracefully approached him and bent down. As he stared at her in fearful unease, she smiled and told him,

"My sister is dead."

"From now on, you're mine."

[Reader Advisory]

1. This is similar to the pitiful male lead story in my collection. The male lead is not a virgin, so please don't read if that bothers you. He suffers greatly and will be physically abused in all sorts of ways by the heroine's cousin.

2. The male lead is devoted and very submissive to the heroine, so please don't read if that bothers you.

3. This is a fictional setting, so please don't nitpick the details. Some elements are author-created.

Blurb screenshot dated February 24, 2026

Theme: Love is mutual salvation