The Begonia-Bloom Boy and the Miaojiang Gu Worm

A goofy yet clever female corpse driver vs. a crazy and beautiful young man from the Miao frontier

Blurb:

Shuang Li was an unwanted child, dug out of a pile of corpses by her master, an old corpse driver.

When she grew up, she inherited her master's trade and became a proud corpse driver herself.

One day, while taking on a job, she stumbled across a handsome young man with red lips and pearly white teeth.

At first, she thought he was dead. She was just considering doing a good deed by making his corpse walk home when he came back to life.

Shuang Li: ...In all my years on the job, this is the first time I've seen a corpse come back to life. Sure, he's handsome, but he scared the living daylights out of me.

For some reason, the young man insisted on staying by her side.

Shuang Li eyed his thin frame with concern and warned him, "If you follow me, you might get scared to death."

Young man: "I'm not afraid."

Shuang Li: "I'm poor. If you follow me, you won't get enough to eat."

Young man: "That's all right. I have money."

Even after all that, he still wouldn't leave. Shuang Li glared at him. "If you don't go, believe me when I say I'll kidnap you and make you my husband!"

The young man smiled even more brightly. "Well... I couldn't ask for anything better."

Looking at his pretty, innocent face, Shuang Li admitted that her heart had fluttered for a moment. But she never imagined that this young man was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Unaware that he was secretly vicious, she still took him home. Two days later, she miraculously discovered that after he showed up, her "corpse brothers" became unusually obedient. Her jobs went especially smoothly, and any corpse brother who tried to get handsy with her met a particularly gruesome end.

Young man: How could I let those filthy things touch my precious Gu-cultivating treasure?

Later, after learning the truth, Shuang Li stared pensively at the young man in red for a long time. "Maybe... I should find a matchmaker and sell you off. With your looks, you could find a rich woman even wealthier than me. Then I could use the money to buy a few more boys at the brothel..."

The young man's expression turned cold. He set down the spatula he was using to fry rice, then smiled in a way that sent chills down her spine. He deliberately frightened her: "I think you've recovered enough. You won't need to eat anymore. It's time to start cultivating Gu."

Shuang Li dropped to her knees with a thud. "Hubby, I was wrong."

One dark and stormy night.

Jiu Xika: "Sis, shall we play for a while?"

Shuang Li: "Play what?"

Jiu Xika: "Play... that."

Reader's Guide:

1. Set in an alternate Eastern Jin dynasty, with fantasy elements.

2. The male lead is naturally wicked and world-weary, a troubled young man. He's a little crazy early on, but gradually gets tamed by the female lead later (well... at least when he's around her).

3. A corpse driver and a Gu expert. Goofy, sweet romance, both leads are virgins, happy ending.

Theme: Work diligently and strive to learn