The Miaojiang Boy Has Returned for Revenge

A delegation from Miaojiang came to Great Zhou to seek a marriage alliance, and the match fell to Su Anning.

She had heard that the young lord of Miaojiang was born with a blue-green face and fangs, had a violent temper, and killed people every day to make gu poison.

Su Anning was anxious throughout the journey and had even written her own farewell letter. But before she could meet the young lord, her wedding procession was attacked on the way to the marriage alliance.

She fled into the dense forests of Miaojiang and accidentally became infected with gu poison. Luckily, she met a handsome young man from Miaojiang. They made a deal: he would cure her, and in return... she would belong to him.

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Deep in the forest, insects rustled all around.

A young woman suddenly appeared in front of Lu Chi, asking him to help cure her gu poisoning.

Lu Chi thought her body would be perfect for cultivating gu. As it happened, he was in need of a human host for his medicine.

Lu Chi never forced anyone. He preferred to make deals.

The girl agreed.

If he cured her gu poisoning, she would stay by his side forever and be his human host.

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Su Anning learned the young man's true identity. Terrified, she ran away.

The woman's kiss marks still lingered on Lu Chi's body.

He raised his fingertips and brushed them over his stinging skin, remembering all the ways she had deceived him. His eyes darkened.

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Su Anning dreamed again.

It had been three years since she left Lu Chi.

Rain fell outside with a soft patter. She slowly opened her eyes and abruptly met a pair of gloomy eyes in the darkness. They were exactly like the eyes in her dream, only now they held an even deeper darkness, as if the years had settled within them.

The man sat drenched inside the room, his pale fingers stirring the teacup on the table. His exposed profile had a sinister, striking beauty.

“You took my gu.”

“You can't escape.”

A sinister, murderous machine of a Miaojiang young lord x a frail princess sent away in a marriage alliance

Romance-focused, all about falling in love. The heroine isn't strong; she's weak. The story is slice-of-life in tone, with plenty of miscellaneous worldbuilding of my own.

Theme: Stay alive.