[A sunny, slow-witted little sun pretending to be a carefree fish × a scheming, gloomy, beautiful and tragic man pretending to be a gentleman]
Jiang Muzhi, a college athlete, suddenly finds herself transmigrated into the body of “Shadow Seven,” a cannon-fodder bodyguard serving Shen Danqiu, son of Minister Shen.
Just after she arrives, the Shen family is framed and thrown into prison.
With assassins on their heels, she has no choice but to scoop up her sickly young master and run.
She plans to make her escape once they’re safe, but who knew that Young Master Shen would be so clingy?
Though he’s barely conscious from illness, he loosens his hold on her sleeve and says through tearful eyes, “If you want to leave, don’t worry about me.”
Jiang Muzhi, thinking to herself: What a performance! ...But I’m into it.
Usually so proper and well-mannered, Young Master Shen buries his face in her neck when the pain gets bad, gripping her waist and refusing to let go.
“Young Master, men and women shouldn’t be so familiar.”
“It hurts.” Shen Danqiu can only groan, but he still won’t let go.
“Even if it hurts, you can’t put your hand on my waist.”
Shen Danqiu silently takes his hand back. Not long afterward, he says, “...It hurts even more now.”
Jiang Muzhi: “?”
In the end, his hand finds its way back to her waist.
*
Shen Danqiu has always been easygoing. He never stops Jiang Muzhi from making friends with anyone, and even helps her meet more good people.
That is, until one day, someone smiles and asks her, “Your young master keeps such a tight leash on you. Why not come with me instead?”
That night, Shen Danqiu suffers an especially severe poison flare-up, keeping Jiang Muzhi by his side all night.
The next day, that person is taken away by the authorities over an old case.
“What a coincidence?” Jiang Muzhi says in shock.
Danqiu leans against her shoulder, twirling a strand of her hair around his finger as he murmurs, sickly and languid, “It really is a coincidence.”
[Bonus Scene]
Young Master Shen has always been weak, so Jiang Muzhi decides to personally supervise his exercise routine.
A few months later, she looks over her handiwork with great satisfaction.
Broader shoulders, a slimmer waist, and abs, too. There’s just one little problem when it comes to checking the results.
The moment Jiang Muzhi places her hand on his waist, he grabs her wrist.
“Had enough?”
She answers without a trace of shame, “I’m checking how well you’ve been training.”
Shen Danqiu lowers his eyes to look at her. “What about up there?”
“What?”
He takes her hand and slowly guides it upward. Through a thin layer of clothing, her palm presses against his chest, bit by bit.
“Weren’t you going to inspect my progress?” Shen Danqiu’s expression remains gentle. “You can check the results here, too.”
[Also known as: A Heartache That Ruined the Flowers]
[Special thanks to Jin Linlin for the character art]
Theme: Always have the courage to keep moving forward
