Ninthousand-Year Lord, Please Behave Yourself

When Lin Cuojing was eight, she met Yan Wuhuang once.

He was covered in blood and struggling on the verge of death. She stood far away beneath the corridor, while her father covered her eyes.

When Lin Cuojing was twelve, she saw Yan Wuhuang again.

This time he was dressed in finery, a rising court favorite who stood just beneath The Outcast. Everyone had to address him as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Lord, while she had become the daughter of a traitor. Her face was filthy, and all she could do was clutch his robes and beg him to save her.

Yan Wuhuang took her in and raised her in the palace.

Ten years later, she had blossomed into a graceful, alluring woman who could captivate anyone with a single glance. She was the woman everyone in the palace respectfully called Aunt Cuojing, and the most obedient, sharpest sword in Yan Wuhuang's hand.

The sword was to be pointed at the Eastern Palace.

Lin Cuojing accepted the order.

Everything went according to Yan Wuhuang's plan.

Until, on the night of the wedding, she pressed the man from the Eastern Palace against the back of a chair and slowly leaned her graceful body over him.

A man wreathed in frost burst in and seized her wrist. His voice was icy. "I haven't given the order. How dare you take matters into your own hands?"

Lin Cuojing didn't understand. She blinked and looked into his bloodshot eyes. "Wasn't that what you wanted, Lord Director?"

Yan Wuhuang's long eyes narrowed abruptly. His cold fingers brushed her crimson lips as he murmured softly, dangerously,

"Our A-Jing has grown up..."

"Taking matters into your own hands deserves punishment."

"The girl I raised can only be mine."

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Lin Cuojing knew Yan Wuhuang had no heart, but she still made the fatal mistake of falling helplessly in love with him.

If you want something, you have to get it, no matter how far you must go. The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Lord taught her that himself.

Content warnings:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced, and this is a one-on-one romance.

2. Yan Wuhuang is a fake eunuch. Cuojing is no good person. They're both unhinged, but the male lead is crazier.

Theme: Hold fast to your convictions and build the future together.