After the Sickly Beauty Is Reborn

Qi Gui always thought that even if his fiancé, Wu Shan, didn't love him, he at least felt some responsibility toward him. It wasn't until the man drove a sword through him that Qi Gui learned the truth: to him, Qi Gui was nothing but a useful chess piece.

"I'm sorry."

"I know An'an is the kindest person. You can't bear to see someone die for no reason."

"He needs your heart as a medicinal ingredient, so would you mind bearing this little hardship for him?"

A little hardship?

Being left without a complete corpse, having his entire family slaughtered, and watching his city burn to the ground. Wasn't that a bit too much hardship?

Was his own kindness the beginning of all this sin?

So when he opened his eyes again and saw the young man in front of him smiling tenderly, he pulled out a dagger and plunged it straight into the other's heart without hesitation.

A faint red glimmer flowed through his eyes.

"For my sake, would you mind bearing this little hardship and dying?"

Pei Shao, Sect Master of the Ruifeng Sect, is peerless in looks and ability, and just as peerless in how awful his personality is.

His moods are unpredictable, he does whatever he pleases, and he is fiercely protective of his own.

So when Qi Gui was taken by the Peak Master of Shaozhu Peak to ask Pei Shao to uphold justice, everyone thought Qi Gui was as good as dead.

But in the end, Qi Gui was the one who stayed behind, while everyone else was thrown out.

In the enormous inner hall, Pei Shao lifted the young man's chin, looking intrigued. "Do you know what you just said?"

Qi Gui's eyes curved at the corners. "Of course. So, Sect Master Pei, would you like to take another Dao companion?"

Pei Shao always treated Qi Gui like a pet to toy with in his hands. The pet was obedient and pretty, and let him do whatever he wanted. That was all that mattered. What the pet thought was irrelevant.

He just hadn't expected that the longer they spent together, the more he realized this pet wasn't what he'd imagined.

Later, he thought it might be nice to keep this pet by his side forever.

He just hadn't expected that one fine, sunny day, his obedient and docile pet would smile at him and say, "Sorry, Sect Master Pei. I don't want to warm your bed anymore. You'll have to find someone else."

Pei Shao had thought Qi Gui was about to confess his love, and was preparing to put on airs before accepting. "???"

Reader's Guide:

× Fiercely protective, unhinged gong × sickly beauty shou. Pei Shao × Qi Gui. The gong has no morals or logic and does whatever he feels like. The shou is reborn, and his mind isn't quite right either. He has his own way of looking at things.

× The shou is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous, and knows he's irresistible to everyone. He gets by on his looks. Everyone except the gong has a one-sided crush on him.

× The gong is awful in the beginning, but later realizes what he's lost and pursues his wife.

Theme: Loving yourself is what matters most