She Is the Cauldron of a Pure-Love Story

[Sickly, world-weary loli heroine VS scheming scumbag hero at first, gloomy and twisted later]

[Star-crossed love | A cast of villains | Extreme push and pull]

In a world where men pair with men and same-sex relationships are all the rage, Shangguan Ling is an unfortunate orphan from a prestigious family with an ideal physique for cultivation as a human vessel.

A refined tutor, a considerate doctor, an affectionate younger friend...

The heirs of the great clans surround her under a variety of guises.

They dislike women and despise her existence.

Yet they must do everything in their power to make her fall for them, so her exceptional constitution as a human vessel can be put to "good use."

With her innocent, guileless face, she easily coaxes them into revealing their true selves.

They even turn against one another and fight over her.

But she couldn't care less. She turns around and rescues a blue-robed qin player from the snow.

The musician is of humble birth, exquisitely handsome, gentle, and understanding: practically a lover made just for her.

So Shangguan Ling falls "in love at first sight," tends his wounds with her own hands, and keeps him by her side, paying no heed to anyone else's stares.

Everything about him is wonderful, except that she's a little lunatic who never follows the rules.

Even with the one she "loves," when she's in a good mood, she'll carefully put a flower in his hair and grind ink for him.

When she's annoyed, she'll toss the spring outing painting he painstakingly made into the brazier, clap her hands, and laugh, "It burns beautifully!"

And when she's angry, her expression darkens. She grabs the musician by his long hair and yanks him close, biting his lips until they bleed...

The latter stiffens all over, helpless. All he can do is hold the girl in restrained silence and let her vent her anger.

Later, Shangguan Ling catches her beloved musician meeting in secret with another man.

The man is the young master of the Xiao family, the only one among the four great clans who has ever looked down on her.

The usually elegant musician has also become someone else entirely: languid and flirtatious, his phoenix eyes flashing with endless allure.

As it turns out, the "musician" is actually the Sacred Son of the Demonic Cult, a master manipulator and the natural nemesis of the young master Xiao.

The two of them are the true destined couple. She's merely a brief interlude in their love-hate relationship, not even a pawn on their board.

After learning the truth, Shangguan Ling licks her lips and smiles even more happily.

In that case, won't she be able to have even more fun?

Content warnings:

1. The heroine grew up in a twisted environment. She's mentally ill, genuinely crazy when she snaps, and has very low moral standards.

2. The blurb is from the heroine's perspective. The hero and the other male characters have no romantic entanglements. This scumbag only loves himself. It's only after the heroine tortures him into developing Stockholm syndrome that he becomes a gloomy, obsessive man who keeps begging her to torture him.

3. More warnings may be added later.

Blurb archived on 2025.12.12

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