Snowfall, Mine Alone

Bright, bold heiress x dark, twisted, gloomy ghost

The day Luan Jingxue brought Xu Taiqing home, the mold in the corner of the old house was so dry it looked as if it would die any second. Xu Taiqing's eyes, like black holes, seemed ready to devour her.

But that must have been a trick of the eye, caused by her exhaustion after a long journey.

Xu Taiqing was clearly pitiful. Whenever someone bullied him, he would look at her helplessly without saying a word.

She brought him home, gave him the family he'd always dreamed of, sent him to the same high school as herself, and helped him become a normal person living in the sunlight.

She expected nothing in return, but she never imagined he would repay her with revenge.

The handsome, slender boy had always obeyed her, coming when she called and leaving when she dismissed him. The busy Miss Luan, who rarely saw him, had always thought quite well of him.

That is, until the day her engagement was announced. The boy who had always listened to her knocked on her bedroom door, his dark eyes swept by a bitter, bone-chilling wind.

His long-fingered hand toyed with a knife as he smiled and asked, "Luan Jingxue, if I died on your wedding day, which would you hold first, your wedding or my funeral? A hundred years from now, could our bones rot together?"

Xu Taiqing's revenge was simple. He would use the most extreme measures to force her to see him, just to quell the bone-deep jealousy and itching ache.

*

Xu Taiqing loved Luan Jingxue. He wanted nothing more than to crawl inside her body and become one with her.

The longing kept itching in his bones. He wanted to carve out his own heart, feed it to Luan Jingxue, and softly ask her how it tasted.

If she said it was delicious, Xu Taiqing's life would have meaning.

But dark, damp mold belonged in the corner, peeking at the sun so it wouldn't dry up.

Xu Taiqing was just like the mold his name evoked, forever sickly and damp.

Even stealing things that smelled of Luan Jingxue to build his nest couldn't ease the itching in his bones or the sickness crawling through his body.

Until Luan Jingxue bent down and softly asked him, "What's wrong? Are you sick?"

"I'm lovesick."

"Luan Jingxue, it's desire itching in my bones and blood."

*

Later, the sun finally shone on the moss, and Xu Taiqing pressed himself against Luan Jingxue's leg.

Parched moss turns green again when it gets water. Xu Taiqing came back to life when he was given water.

His cheek brushed against her, damp with tears. His long lashes swept over her trembling leg as he narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Thank you, Miss Luan, for giving me a life-giving rain."

*A gender-swapped foster-care trope. The leads are not related and there are no adoption papers.

*The male lead is extremely abnormal, and his eyes will always see only the female lead.

*The one in power always holds her head high and never bows to anyone or anything. The one in power is the female lead.

*The plot probably doesn't make much sense.

Theme: Be brave, and things can turn out well