Synopsis: Qin Le'an was a name her parents chose for their only daughter, wishing her a life full of joy and contentment.
But it seemed the name had sealed her fate.
When Qin Le'an was sixteen, she died.
As she was dragged away by a demon, she saw her aloof fiance hurrying off with the blood-soaked Miss Xie in his arms.
Qin Le'an whimpered through the pain, her voice barely a whisper:
"Yao Yunli, it hurts..."
Four years later, a low-level corpse demon staggered through the doors of the Yao family home. From then on, rumors spread that the eldest son of the scholarly Yao family, famed for his cool, breathtaking beauty, kept a corpse demon hidden in his house.
Some said the demon was beautiful and naive, and resembled Qin Anle, the eldest son's former fiancee.
Others saw the eldest son of the Yao family leading the corpse demon by the hand, his face crazed and obsessed, consumed by the desire for love and no longer resembling the dashing young gentleman who had once been famous throughout the land.
Yao Yunli toyed with the corpse demon's stiff, bluish hand, smoothed its hair, adorned it with pearl hairpins and dangling ornaments, and painted its brows and lips.
The beautiful young man gazed at her with tenderness, the corners of his eyes reddened, as he coaxed the naive, dull-witted corpse demon girl:
"Anle, how about we get married tomorrow?"
"Just the two of us."
"Every day we delay, I suffer another day. Every minute we wait, I fear a little more..."
Yao Yunli thought that if Anle remembered the past, she would still be his wife. If she did not, he gave a soft laugh, the tip of his tongue curling. He knew he had become obsessed, yet he reveled in this wanton abandon.
"That would be... wonderful."
She could only be his wife, locked away in his room, belonging to him alone.
Content warning: Has a somewhat old-fashioned feel.
Both leads are sexually inexperienced.
The male lead gradually goes mad because his love is unrequited. He is possessive and obsessive! Truly obsessive!
Theme: Cherish the people around you
