The General Insists on Offering Himself to Me

[Naturally alluring, shameless, greedy and lustful, a wildly unruly snow-mountain cat demon X cold and chaste, a lofty flower brought down from his pedestal, an upright yet wickedly fierce general]

Xi Jiang, a snow-forest cat demon who had just survived a heavenly tribulation, was weak to the point of collapse and badly in need of nourishment.

By a twist of fate, she ended up in a prisoner camp, where she immediately set her sights on the renowned commander from the Central Plains, Jun Mingyi.

A young general, handsome and graceful, commanding a mighty army, and blessed with a rare pure-yang fate.

Xi Jiang drooled at the thought: A walking blood bank, a rare treasure!

To steal a few sips of his yang energy, she acted sweet, threw tantrums, and clung to him relentlessly. When she heard that becoming his concubine would give her a legitimate reason to stay by his side and serve him, she boldly declared on the spot: “I want to be your concubine!”

Jun Mingyi watched coldly, assuming it was an enemy beauty trap. His hand rested on his sword as he waited to verify her identity, ready to send her to the afterlife if she proved to be a spy.

But he never confirmed that she was a spy. Instead, this scatterbrained girl saved his life, and just like that, she became his savior.

Xi Jiang cashed in on her favor and plopped herself onto his lap. “Hug me.”

Jun Mingyi's temple twitched. “Have you no shame?”

“None,” she replied frankly. “If you won't do it, I'll find another virgin boy.”

To keep her from corrupting the decent young men of the world, Jun Mingyi had no choice but to keep her by his side and personally dote on her. No, raise her.

He came from a distinguished family, and his elder sister was empress. He had sworn never to take a concubine, and could never marry a country girl with no family, so he acknowledged her as his adopted younger sister and vowed to protect her for life.

Xi Jiang readily agreed. “What's the big deal about being brother and sister? As long as I can absorb your essence, it's fine.”

He taught her to read, stood up for her, and shielded her from every open attack and hidden plot. He even defied his clan's rules and stubbornly asked her, “Would you let me marry you as my wife, with all the proper matchmakers and betrothal gifts?”

Xi Jiang thought a mortal's life lasted no longer than a snap of the fingers. She could humor him for a while. It wasn't as if a demon would give up an entire lifetime for a single meal.

But she thought he was worth it.

Until one day, he learned the truth: she was a demon, ignorant of human nature and blind to love.

Xi Jiang had always thought she could keep this man wrapped around her little finger, certain she could come and go as she pleased. If she wanted to leave, she could do so whenever she liked.

She was a demon with a long life ahead of her. She had watched people come together and part ways countless times. Why would she stop for anyone, or let herself get entangled with them?

But later, the entire court demanded that he hand over the demon she was...

“Did you really think of me as a tonic for cultivation?”

“...Fine. A demon is a demon. I locked you up to uphold Heaven's justice.”

“Just admit you were wrong, and I'll take care of you for the rest of your life.”

“I nourish you with my own lifeblood. I don't expect you to understand human love.”

“I only ask you not to leave me.”

But she still escaped.

He asked her, “Why did you run?”

“Because you're not worth me throwing my life away for. Not yet.”

He gazed at her silently for a long time, then smiled faintly. “In that case... let's die together.”

Later, what she thought was a reunion turned out to be their first meeting for him.

A general in one life, a monk in the next.

He observed the precepts in both lives and broke them in both. Every time, he fell into her hands.

Reader's Guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced, sweet and angsty, happy ending.

2. Low-magic setting, similar to New Legend of Madame White Snake and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Demons really exist, but hide among humans and are governed by heavenly laws and Buddhist and Daoist authorities.

3. The heroine lives by a demon's logic. She is slow to fall in love and grows over time, starting as a minor demon and eventually becoming a demon sovereign.

4. The hero is a lofty flower brought down from his pedestal, a self-disciplined gentleman who becomes a clear-eyed obsessive. Later, he loves her in all the wrong ways, including coercive love. Readers who require a flawless hero throughout should proceed with caution.

Theme: Love is a mutual salvation that breaks through society's shackles.