Ji Yun Zhao, the mysterious young head of the Ji family, is peerless in medicine and martial arts, dashing, bold, and unrestrained. On her family's orders, she heads to Chizhou to find her little husband, the Xu family's young master, rumored to be "dignified and refined, gentle and proper."
But when they first meet, all she sees is a young man by the stream, his veiled hat fallen away to reveal a cool, otherworldly face full of wariness. He immediately launches into a sharp-tongued critique: "A lady should choose open country to ride at a gallop. This is a path for visitors to admire the scenery, slippery and right beside the water. Was that not worth considering?"
Xu Huaiqing, the legitimate son of Chizhou's richest family, has been sickly since childhood, but is stubborn by nature and sharp-tongued. He despises the marriage contract that binds him and is wary of this red-clad woman who has appeared out of nowhere, her martial and medical skills unfathomable. She saves him from danger, but he suspects she carefully staged the whole "hero rescues beauty" scene. She disguises herself as a physician and slips into his household, but he coldly drives her away: "There is no need for you to trouble yourself on my behalf, Doctor Ji."
He's like a beautiful glass figurine bristling with thorns, untouchable and impossible to reason with. Yet she insists on getting close. Under the identity of "Doctor Ji Yun," she treats his injuries, shields him from trouble, and indulges all his pickiness and sharpness.
Until one night, when he is gravely injured and burning with fever, she sheds her disguise and sneaks into his bedroom. Her fingertips brush his scorching skin as she feeds him a priceless spiritual medicine. He wakes with a start and bites her hand. In his panic, he slaps her across the face...
The candlelight flickers, and he catches a flash of coldness in her otherwise tranquil eyes.
"I'm sorry." He lowers his head for the first time, his voice trembling with weakness.
She merely draws her hand back, her expression calm. "It's all right."
Once the misunderstanding is cleared up, she agrees to stay, but completely withdraws the indulgence she had reserved for him alone. She is distant and composed, as if he were just a stranger of no importance.
Xu Huaiqing suddenly panics.
He had grown accustomed to her protection and guidance. He had drawn the line between "siblings" himself, thinking he could keep his feelings in check. He had no idea that his frozen heart had already begun to crack under her repeated, forceful yet tender intrusions.
He stares, lost in thought, at her dashing figure as she rides. Under her guidance, he catches a fish with his own hands for the first time, his eyes shining with excitement. One moonlit night, she carries him in her arms with her lightness skills as they soar over the mountains. He squeezes his eyes shut in fright, then can't help peeking, his ears burning hot.
She understands everything: his pride, his vulnerability, even the pain and embarrassment he can't bring himself to speak of. She always protects and guides him just so, showing him a wider world and letting him see... another side of himself.
Scene One: A Visit to the Sickbed
He is feverish and dazed, his thin inner robe soaked with sweat and hanging open at the collar. Just as she reaches out to straighten it, he drifts awake and, in a panic, bites down hard on her palm until the taste of blood fills the air. She doesn't utter a sound. Looking down at the bloody marks on her palm, she gives a quiet laugh. "You've got quite a bite, young master."
Scene Two: A Match at the Go Board
By the go board, she smiles as she places a piece, but her gaze slips to his exquisite collarbone beneath his slightly open collar. "Huaiqing looks so serious when he plays go." His ears turn red, but he forces himself to stay composed as he places a piece. "Big sister... focus on the game." She smiles and captures one of his pieces, her fingertips brushing the back of his hand by accident. "I am focused. Very focused."
Scene Three: Gliding Beneath the Moon
After playing to their hearts' content, he has rubbed his legs raw riding, but stubbornly says nothing. She sees through him without calling him out, picks him up in her arms, and leaps into the moonlight. The night wind roars as he huddles against her, his heart thundering in his chest. Her breath brushes his ear. "Hold tight. If you fall, don't expect your big sister to catch you."
Gradually, he lets down all his prickles and pretenses in front of her, revealing the genuine vitality and dependence of a seventeen-year-old boy. He doesn't know that every indulgence and every bit of admiration she shows him is a patient act of seduction and pursuit.
As she watches her pretty, stubborn little husband go from wary rejection to dependence and closeness, the pleasure she takes in molding him and her faint possessiveness grow stronger by the day.
Until one day, he asks her in innocent confusion, "Big sister... what kind of person do you like?"
Her gaze passes over his striking features, and she smiles. "Someone pleasing to look at, with a compatible temperament. Ideally... clever and resilient, with a few little thorns, but not enough to hurt anyone."
He lowers his head in thought, oblivious to the fact that every quality she describes quietly matches him.
Reading Guide
A supremely powerful female family head x a sickly, refined, seductive young master.
She thinks she's "observing her fiance." He thinks he's "guarding himself against a female lecher." A flirtatious battle of wits that begins with mistaken identities.
The male lead seems like a sickly beauty, but is really a sharp-tongued little hedgehog. The female lead appears carefree and unrestrained, but is deeply devoted and fiercely protective.
1. The marriage contract is there from the start, but neither knows the other's identity.
The female lead approaches him in disguise, carefully advancing step by step. The male lead goes from rejecting her to relying on her, as his feelings slowly awaken. It's a mutual process of observing and being drawn to one another.
Theme: Overcome prejudice and protect sincere feelings. Mutual devotion leads to a happy union.
This book is super good to read, the CP is so sweet and cute, it would be better to have more for daily life after marriage 😳
So meticulous 😣 I feel like the teacher checked a lot of information
Teacher, why is it still locked? [Lie flat]
I just finished reading the last book, and this one seems to be almost finished. I read it 😣, but teacher, why are you locked for three chapters at once!! Can you secretly send me such fragrant rice?
I have been sanctioned again, when will I be able to come out?
I feel like this is a bit repetitive with the previous one. I'll look at it after I get married.
Happy New Year, be happy every day~
Young Master, you will have to pay back sooner or later if you come out to hang out. Also, when will the last chapter be released?
The young master is a little pitiful. I got [Orange Candy].
After reading this, my biggest impression is that the author is really good at shaping the heroine. From the first chapter to the present, every portrayal of the heroine is to consolidate the character. She has an elegant temperament without losing the naughtyness of a young person. She has her own principles and follows her own heart. More importantly, the author's writing is not greasy at all, and all behavioral motivations are logical. Reasonable, even teasing people is Su's, and the charm of a few strokes is vivid on the page. At the same time, the portrayal of the male protagonist relies on off-site characterization. There is really no effective plot except beauty, and beauty is the icing on the cake and the least worth mentioning of the character. When the character is cute enough, every description of beauty is heart-warming, and vice versa. . My impression of the male protagonist has been so bad that my relationship has started to heat up, but I still can't find any good points. Without the aura of the male protagonist, I really can't see the cuteness and charm that can only be seen by the female protagonist. In fact, the author arranged the plot very smoothly, but it can be said that the female protagonist has been frustrated from the beginning. If it weren't for her open-minded character, I really don't know how to support people watching. In these chapters, the male protagonist found the female protagonist's charm There is really no need for a strong plot, because apart from the fact that he can be seen by anyone with eyes, the one who needs to be noticed the most is actually the male protagonist, and the one who needs the charm of the love plot is also the male protagonist, because all his charm depends on the female protagonist's dictation. All the words used by the female protagonist to praise him are the image of the male protagonist that the author wants to portray, but I think tsundere is not just arrogant but not coquettish, and this arrogance should not be arrogant with a negative connotation.