Bai Zhi first met Zhu Yanchen while fleeing an arranged marriage. By a stroke of bad luck, she stumbled into the royal forbidden grounds on Yunqing Mountain.
The young man wore plain white robes, his striking features veiled by curling sandalwood smoke. White jade prayer beads circled his wrist, and he was as cool and aloof as frost.
He took her in and helped her evade her pursuers. He even used his own blood as an antidote to cure her poison. Bai Zhi thought there could never be a kinder man in all the world than Zhu Yanchen.
The day she was caught and dragged back, Bai Zhi was bound and sent to the imperial bed. The moment her bridal veil was lifted, despair filled her heart. She shut her eyes as tears streamed down her face.
But when she looked up, she saw the young man standing before her with a sword in hand. His prayer beads were stained with blood, and his long-fingered hand touched the back of her neck. Madness and menace filled his peach-blossom eyes.
"Zhizhi, did I ever say you could marry someone else...?"
Before he could finish, she threw herself into his arms, sobbing. His movements froze.
"What took you so long?"
She mistook a fierce ghost from hell for a god. So he became what she imagined, hiding his sharp fangs, washing away the bloodshed, and willingly bowing his head to her.
★ Reader's Guide
1. The male lead is the son of Zhu Wenyu and Xie Yanci, the protagonists of Deep Spring in the Imperial Court.
2. The male lead is a deranged, jealous, possessive mad dog with questionable morals. The female lead is a gentle little ray of sunshine.
3. It looks like forced possession, but it's really mutual salvation.
4. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are sexually inexperienced.
Theme: Sincerity is the ultimate winning move.
