The Qian family of southern Fujian and the Shen family have been enemies for generations.
A daughter of the Qian family and the legitimate son of the Shen family were naturally enemies from the day they were born.
Qian Qing hated Shen Jiewang, so when he came asking her to go to the Shen residence and exorcise a demon, she did not agree right away.
She made Shen Jiewang apologize on behalf of his father at her parents' graves.
She cursed him, hit him, and made him do backbreaking labor. In the end, she planned to humiliate him.
She watched the once aloof and cold Shen Jiewang slowly take off his clothes, smiling all the while. But that smile froze when, after he had taken everything off, he said, "Qian Qing, you like me." In an instant, she flew into a rage and tortured him by every means she could. When Shen Jiewang was on the verge of death, she saved him again.
"I can save Shen Zhongtao and the Shen household. In return, you will be my slave for three months."
"Do you agree?"
Shen Jiewang agreed with a pale face, then passed out.
Qian Qing reached out to touch his cold cheek, but before she could, her fingers sprang back as if burned.
After cleansing the Shen residence of its demons, Qian Qing and Shen Jiewang headed north together to begin their demon-exorcising journey. Along the way, she beat and berated him at the slightest provocation and made him work like an ox. When she was in a good mood, she would smile at him.
Shen Jiewang accepted it all without complaint.
When the three-month term was up, she kept her promise and parted ways with Shen Jiewang. He went south alone to return home. Not long afterward, she heard that he had been killed by a demon on the way.
Knowing about her "habit" of beating and berating handsome men, her friend Qichen found her men with similar faces to torment. But when Qian Qing looked at them, she could not bring herself to lay a hand on them. She sent them away and sulked by herself.
A few days later, a man who looked almost exactly like Shen Jiewang showed up at her door. He said his name was Ye Shuo. He had been traveling through the mountains when a demon suddenly attacked him, leaving him with amnesia, and he had no choice but to ask for her help.
There was only one difference between Ye Shuo's face and Shen Jiewang's: Ye Shuo had a small mole beneath his left eye.
Their looks differed in only that one detail, but their personalities were almost complete opposites. Shen Jiewang loathed her, while Ye Shuo adored her.
Shen Jiewang had humored her insincerely, while Ye Shuo was full of warmth and enthusiasm.
Ye Shuo was a shameless but clever man. He saw through her sharp insults and impatience. Whenever she went out to exorcise demons, he would hold a spirit bronze mirror and keep asking her, "Where are you? I miss you."
At first, Qian Qing did find it novel and amusing. Later, she grew bored and irritated. But when she looked at that face, she could not bring herself to tell him to leave.
After refusing Ye Shuo's advances, Qian Qing locked her bedroom door before going to bed.
The man outside stared at the firmly shut door, his gaze growing darker. He understood that she had lost interest in his face, too.
What was he supposed to do now?
The man was troubled.
Theme: Love
