A formidable beauty x a refined gentleman
With a weak and useless father and a powerful, vicious stepmother, Yuan Shanshui ran away.
In Luojing, Yuan Shanshui is a breathtakingly beautiful young lady. Her persona is that of an orphan from a humble background who has come from Jiangnan Circuit to Luojing to seek refuge with distant relatives. Quiet and introverted, she is a delicate little white flower untouched by worldly dust.
Until she meets Mei Ke and falls for his face at first sight, after which a series of spectacular chance encounters begins.
Unfortunately, although he is gentle and courteous, he is also exceptionally heartless. He bluntly tells her that he has no interest in love and orders her to stop pestering him.
Yuan Shanshui on the outside: I understand. I won't dare do it again, Young Master Mei. Please don't despise me, sob sob sob.
Yuan Shanshui on the inside: In my story, I'll give him a role where he fails to win back his wife, can only watch her live happily with someone else, and finally dies vomiting blood from rage. Heh heh heh.
Mei Ke, who is proofreading her manuscript: “...”
Mei Ke is a refined gentleman, measured in all he does, and possessed of the talent to govern the world, yet he only wishes to be a traveling merchant roaming the earth.
However, after stopping briefly in Luojing, he finds himself hounded by a young lady named Yuan Shanshui.
He has already said so many harsh things to her. Why, then, will she still refuse to let go?
To end their entanglement, he even tempts her with profit and acknowledges Yuan Shanshui as his younger sister, hoping to extinguish her romantic feelings.
Yet even after he is poisoned, even after he is hunted, she still carries him on her back and refuses to leave him behind.
Mei Ke lies across her slender back, vomiting blood as he says with difficulty, “Put me down. If they catch up, you will die too.”
Yuan Shanshui runs while crying, “My dear big brother, please stop vomiting. This is my favorite dress, sob sob sob...”
Mei Ke lets out a low laugh. Never mind. Being buried together as siblings would still count as a happy funeral.
Romance-focused + alternate world + both romantically inexperienced
Theme: Grow, but love yourself too
