A heroine who makes friends but never gets emotionally involved and responds to kindness, not force x a beautiful hero who's cheerful and clingy on the surface but secretly a completely unhinged lunatic
Gong Zhao transmigrates into a dark, twisted, nerve-racking, tragic romance novel full of melodrama and heartbreak.
The powerful characters fight each other to win the heroine's favor, then the villain drags them all down with him. The world is devastated, and no one survives.
As it happens, Gong Zhao is one of those devastated.
With things as they are, Gong Zhao carefully picks a mountain that never appears in the original story and goes into seclusion.
She occasionally heads down the mountain to deal with demons for the ordinary residents, and life is peaceful enough.
Until she brings home a beautiful young man who's badly injured.
The young man is tall, handsome, and sweet-talking. He loves to smile and act cute.
Though he's seriously wounded and has no spiritual power, he's deft and tidy when it comes to housework.
Gong Zhao grows fonder of him by the day.
So when the young man blushes and says that, to repay her for saving his life, he'll offer her a secret manual on dual cultivation, Gong Zhao blinks and doesn't refuse.
After several nights of passion, life is naturally sweet and harmonious.
The only flaw is that ever since her last demon-hunting job, something has been haunting Gong Zhao.
She thinks it over and tries every method she can, but night after night she still wakes up with a sore back and aching waist.
The young man is horrified. He immediately moves into her room, saying they should keep watch over each other and protect her.
Looking at the young man's handsome face, Gong Zhao agrees, her thoughts wandering.
Unfortunately, the good times don't last. One night, hellfire spreads across the wilderness. Evil energy surges, swallowing the sky and devouring all life like a vast ocean.
The righteous sects of the world descend to surround them, shouting that they will punish the wicked and eradicate the evil.
The young man is the very evil they're here to eradicate.
After giving it some serious thought, Gong Zhao decides to make a hasty escape. She absolutely refuses to get involved with someone who looks like nothing but trouble.
Then the beautiful young man blocks her halfway down the mountain.
He smiles, as bright as ever, his voice still sweet and lilting, speaking as if he's pouting:
"How did you get lost in the mountains? This isn't the way home."
Then, still smiling, he snaps the necks of the so-called righteous cultivators and walks toward her through a wilderness drenched in blood.
He bends down and cups Gong Zhao's face, rubbing his nose against hers again and again, as if playing with her:
"We agreed to cultivate together every day and every night, forever. By my count... Ah Zhao, you owe me so many days and nights."
"Are you ready to pay me back, slowly?"
The good news: what's haunting Gong Zhao isn't a demon.
The bad news: it's the original story's supervillain, a madman so unpredictable that he'd rather see the whole world die with him.
The even worse news: this lunatic is waiting for her to answer. They agreed to cultivate together every day, so why is she breaking her promise? And he's waiting for her to make it up to him, too.
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