Xie Xi'an transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder bandit in a cultivation novel, part of a cannon-fodder bandit den.
The den is located at the very edge of the Sword Sect's territory. For years, the two sides have left each other alone.
The Sword Sect's disciples descend the mountain to punish evil and promote good; the bandits descend the mountain to rob the rich and help the poor.
The Sword Sect advocates single-minded devotion to the Dao; the bandits say the Heavenly Dao is bullshit.
Then the Sword Sect makes a casual gesture, and the bandits are wiped out for good.
Xie Xi'an sighs. Thinking of the few thin acres on the mountain and the hundreds of hungry mouths to feed, she shoulders the badly injured fairy who, in the book, would feel violated after being searched for valuables and destroy the bandit den. She takes her home.
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The fairy is an untouchable flower on a lofty peak in the book, breathtakingly beautiful and ruthless. But her injuries have wiped out her cultivation, and she has lost all her memories.
The bandits are instantly overjoyed, celebrating that Xie Xi'an has found herself a pretty wife.
Alone in private, with Shen Congning's hand around her throat, Xie Xi'an can only force a laugh. "That's right, you're my wife. We've been married for ages. We rob the rich to help the poor together, and we're very much in love."
The fairy is cold by nature, but also fussy and sharp-tongued.
Xie Xi'an goes along with Shen Congning's wishes, clearing land, hunting, and filling out their marriage contract.
In secret, Xie Xi'an throws three hundred punches into the air. Then she turns around and smiles at her darling wife, obediently doing as Shen Congning says, lying down beside her and kissing her lips.
As if she really were her wife.
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As Shen Congning gets better day by day, people from the Sword Sect find their way here and use threats and bribery to make everyone in the bandit stronghold keep quiet.
With all their past days together shattered like a dream, Xie Xi'an's nose stings. She plans to send Shen Congning away, then move the entire bandit den.
But that night, the alluring, cool fragrance curls into her embrace as usual, along with barely suppressed breaths.
"You're leaving, wife, but did you ask me?"
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Later, the bandit den moves into the Sword Sect, and Xie Xi'an finally gets to enjoy married life with her wife. Her wife goes out to punish evil, promote good, and rob the rich to help the poor, while Xie Xi'an follows along, clapping so expertly that her hands go numb.
But one night, after they finish off a bastard who abandoned his wife and daughter, Shen Congning suddenly wraps an arm around her neck. "Come to think of it, wife, you once wanted to abandon your wife and..."
Feeling terribly guilty, Xie Xi'an hurriedly covers Shen Congning's mouth with hers.
Then she quietly pouts. It's not as if she brought up how Shen Congning pretended to have amnesia to trick her.
*Younger gong
Theme: Creating a better life together