One-line blurb: The sickly beauty he couldn't stand at first turns out to be so irresistible!
A more detailed blurb:
Luo Qinghuai, heir to the Qingshan Marquis's residence, has suffered from a chronic illness since childhood. He keeps his heart pure, never lets dust touch his clothes, and is accustomed to keeping his distance from the scions of noble families.
Yet somehow, he attracts the carefree and uninhibited Fourth Prince, Xie Wufei.
Everyone in town admires Luo Qinghuai's noble, aloof nature.
Xie Wufei: He's shamelessly flirting with his study companion. That noble aloofness is just an act.
The teacher praises Luo Qinghuai for being as pure and composed as jade.
Xie Wufei: Even his own father can't stand him. That purity and composure are nothing but a mask.
The enemy nation repeatedly invades the border. Luo Qinghuai volunteers to fulfill the Qingshan Marquis household's duty and head north to guard the frontier. The sovereign refuses, citing his frail health.
Xie Wufei: What a clever way to advance by retreating. The Qingshan Marquis household's "as long as the green hills remain" attitude really is the height of cowardly self-preservation.
Watching Luo Qinghuai remain calm and indifferent, keeping him at arm's length without so much as a ripple whenever they meet, Xie Wufei thinks that one day, he will personally expose Luo Qinghuai's feigned frailty and shatter that cold, aloof mask.
But at some point, the self-proclaimed Xie Wufei, who claims to have no interest in romance or worldly attachments, finds that his heart and eyes belong to Luo Qinghuai alone.
He wants more than to make that cool breath grow hot because of him.
He is determined to give him the only love of his life, to give him everything he desires, his future, and all of himself, for lifetimes to come.
He pins Luo Qinghuai down and kisses the brows and eyes that always turn away from him, little by little. "A Yan, don't hide. The more you hide, the more I want you."
Luo Qinghuai presses a hand to his heart and lowers his eyes sadly. "Your Highness, why put yourself through this?"
"It's no hardship." Xie Wufei pulls him into his arms, lips pressed to lips, holding him in a lingering embrace. "A Yan is the sweetest."
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At the spring banquet, someone asks the Fourth Prince: After traveling all this way, surrounded by endless springtime beauty and splendor, have you found anything worthwhile?
Xie Wufei smiles softly, his gaze fixed on Luo Qinghuai. The possessiveness in his eyes melts into peerless tenderness.
Others are intoxicated by flowers and moonlight; he is intoxicated only by Qinghuai.
#You are my boundless romance, and even more, my way home through this mortal world#
○ A sickly beauty, as untouchable as a mountain peak, as the shou X An uninhibited, possessive gong.
● One-on-one, happy ending.
Theme: With great power comes great responsibility.