After Humiliating the Cold, Aloof Puppy

Flirtatious, mature goddess × aloof, frail puppy

[Past and present lives] [Love by contract]

Also known as "Humans, the Gods Love You"

The god Shen Qingci had watched over the world for countless millennia, seen through every human heart, and discerned every desire in existence. She had moved freely through the mortal world and never once misjudged anyone.

Until she met Xie Xun.

The boy was as pale as frost and snow, with white hair and fair skin, born with albinism.

He was devastatingly beautiful, like an immortal banished from the heavens, yet aloof and silent.

In all her countless millennia in this world, he was the only person whose thoughts Shen Qingci could not read, and who possessed not a trace of worldly desire.

Her competitive spirit stirred. She drew closer step by step, determined to take that utterly pure soul into her hands.

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Xie Xun was an ill-fated soul, lonely since childhood and afflicted with a terminal illness.

On a rainy night when he was young, as he lay near death, Shen Qingci once paused beside him.

At nine years old, he heard her say with his own ears, "Your life is short. You will live no longer than your twentieth year."

That single glance lasted a lifetime. He kept her image hidden in his heart for ten years.

Later, nineteen-year-old Xie Xun made a pact with Shen Qingci:

She would use her divine essence to share the agonizing pain of his illness;

He would use his mortal body to let her experience every human emotion and desire.

[Little Scene]

Beneath the moonlight, Shen Qingci lounged against the bed, idly twirling a strand of Xie Xun's white hair around her finger.

"Does your chest still hurt?" she asked lazily.

Xie Xun's back stiffened. His voice was as clear and cold as frost. "No."

A lie.

Bound by their pact, she could clearly feel the pain still lingering in his body.

Shen Qingci gave a soft laugh, reached out to hold the back of his neck, and pulled him against her chest.

"Then listen for me," she drawled. "Is it beating fast in here?"

The boy's white hair fell loose. His cheek pressed against the thin fabric of her clothes, and his breathing suddenly turned ragged.

Shen Qingci looked down at him as his ears flushed red, the smile in her eyes deepening.

How could anyone like him exist?

Even his feelings were impossibly pure.

She leaned close to his ear, her voice as soft as a sigh. "Xie Xun, what are you holding back?"

The boy's lashes trembled, and at last he raised his eyes.

In those pale eyes, restraint surged like a tide, yet she could still read the almost reverent, burning desire within them.

"You know perfectly well," he said.

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first and only partner. One-on-one romance, happy ending.

2. The heroine takes the lead; she is strong, while the male lead is weaker.

3. The author is an atheist. The gods in this story are just a concept, and religion is not involved.

Theme: Even gods need to live well