The Little Lady with Maxed-Out Strength

Cool on the outside, cold-hearted female bodyguard x aloof, warm-hearted man on a pedestal

1v1, both virgins

Blurb:

Yan Yao had no parents. Saved by Prince Qi as a child, she later became his secret bodyguard. She dutifully did her job, spending every day thinking about how to save up silver and gold. Once she'd repaid her debt, she'd leave with her savings.

But her final mission was to become the concubine of the current prime minister and keep an eye on his every move.

Yan Yao: ...I don't want to talk.

Looking at Prime Minister Ye, who stood before her, stern and utterly proper,

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

She couldn't help admiring Ye Zhe's cool, handsome face, even if he was a little older...

He looked like he'd be so easy to bully.

Ye Zhe, the second master of the Ye family, became prime minister before he was even thirty. In the eyes of the world, he was dignified and self-possessed, refined and polite, and free of worldly desires. He lived in perfect harmony with his wife.

Even though his wife was in poor health and had never borne him a child, Ye Zhe had never complained.

It wasn't as if no one had tried to offer Ye Zhe a concubine, but he had refused them all.

Until this time, when someone brought Yan Yao before him.

For the first time, the usually calm and self-possessed prime minister lost his composure.

No one knew how many times the woman before him had appeared in his dreams.

A little scene:

One night, Yan Yao got drunk.

Looking at Ye Zhe, who was helping her sober up, she asked curiously, "You said we'd met before?"

She had no memory of when that could have been.

Ye Zhe: "When you saved me."

Yan Yao: "Who did you save?"

Ye Zhe gave a helpless smile. "Me. You saved me."

Yan Yao: "Who saved you?"

Ye Zhe: "...You."

Yan Yao: "What about me?"

Ye Zhe: ...

Ye Zhe gave up, thinking she was just a little drunkard. He sighed and tucked the blanket around her. "I like you."

Yan Yao: Well, look at that. He's just pretending to be proper.

Reader's guide:

1. Twelve-year age gap.

2. Both are virgins. There is more to the male lead's wife than meets the eye.

3. The female lead isn't a delicate flower and won't become a concubine.

Theme: It's just love