Li Qingchu picked up a "vicious dog" on her travels through the martial world.
She had originally gone undercover in the martial world on the emperor's secret orders. One day, in the cold rain at night, two groups of armed escorts slaughtered each other. No one survived.
Except for one boy, who was barely clinging to life.
Li Qingchu saved him on a whim.
She had only meant to find herself a helper. The boy was aloof and taciturn, but his martial arts were formidable, and he had saved her plenty of trouble on the road.
She was quite pleased.
But at the same time, he was giving her a headache. Every day, he said he wanted to repay her, and apparently his idea of repaying her was to kill people for her.
Well, she'd gone and saved herself a King of Hell.
Every morning, she opened the door to find the boy sharpening his blade with relish. He would turn and beam at her. "So, who are we killing today?"
Li Qingchu: "..."
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Ji Jiangnian's cold, heartless life held nothing but revenge and killing.
Li Qingchu saved him, and in his mind, the only way to repay her was to help her kill people. It didn't matter who they were. He'd kill anyone.
But Li Qingchu felt she had to rescue the boy from his warped sense of right and wrong.
She patiently tried to reason with him. "If you do that, you'll be executed!"
But what he heard was: "You want to cut off someone's head!"
He nodded, understanding. "All right. I'll sharpen my blade, and you can point out the target."
Li Qingchu: "?"
She gave in and silently closed her eyes. Oh, well. She'd already picked him up. It wasn't as if she could just throw him away.
But who could have guessed that, somewhere she hadn't noticed, the boy's gaze toward her was gradually changing?
Until one day, the boy lifted the bed curtains and climbed onto her bed.
He snuggled against her, burying his face in the hollow of her neck. In a hoarse voice, he said, "Your hands are so cold. Let me warm them for you, all right?"
Since when did warming someone's hands mean climbing into bed with them?!
Only then did Li Qingchu finally realize that the vicious dog she'd picked up really was vicious. In the worst way.
Theme: Live happily
