It must be right, He Rong thought. She really had found a pitiful soul from ancient times who had transmigrated to the modern world in the flower bed downstairs.
Seeing the wary look in his eyes as he endured his injuries, she ultimately agreed to take him in.
She stayed by his side as he healed, coaxed him into taking his medicine, and helped him slowly adjust to this world. She had only wanted to give him a little warmth, but when they had to part, she realized she had already grown reluctant to let him go.
But then he appeared once again. The figure who fell into her arms was taller and more slender than before, yet just as battered and bruised.
He Rong held him tight and comforted him softly, just as she had in the past. At last, she waited until he was willing to sob in her arms again.
She realized that somewhere along the way, her heartache for him had become mixed with other feelings.
*
From as far back as he could remember, Xu Qingping had endured nothing but endless cruelty. Just as his young body was beginning to grow, he tumbled down a cliff. When the pain became almost unbearable, he was told that he had transmigrated through time.
He knew that in this strange and treacherous world, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and bear his injuries alone.
So he dared not trust her, no matter how warm her embrace was.
But amid the unfamiliarity, the fear, and the malice inflicted by wicked people, she alone was his salvation.
Until he was forced to part from her, only to be saved by her once again...
He began to resent being nothing more than the pitiful soul she had taken in.
He Rong x Xu Qingping
A gentle, steadfast guardian x a pitiful soul tossed about by fate
Content warnings:
1. Gender-bender, strong female lead
2. Plenty of [Male Lead Hurt] and [Female Lead Salvation], with hurt/comfort
3. Raising-the-younger-character romance + time manipulation. The male lead transmigrates from ancient times to the modern world as a boy and is taken in by the female lead, then returns to ancient times before transmigrating to the modern world again as an adult
Theme: Follow the direction of your heart
