The story is told in third person.
People say my mother coveted an acre of land belonging to the Cheng family. Outsiders are always saying ridiculous things. Do they really think she doesn't know the Cheng family's tradition of women disguising themselves as men?
If you ask me, it's easy enough to swindle my mother out of money. Just shave your head, put on some ragged clothes, say a few things about fate, and that tray of gold ingots is yours.
But my mother refuses to admit she's easy to fool. Maybe it's because our family dug up the Jade Emperor's grave, which is why the only daughter of the ninth generation is an omega with no brains?
Thankfully, I'm the tenth generation, and I'm clever. It would be even better if I could kick out of this temple, but my five-year-old arms and legs aren't up to it.
Because of this temple, I had to give up being the little tyrant of Dayang Village and come here to guard a clay statue and eat grass. It's all those bald men and their nonsense. But then a child as pretty as a doll came to the temple. He was adorable and sweet, and I heard he came every year on vacation to spend time with his grandfather.
So, I secretly started paying attention to him and discovered his little secret. He's like me! But he only comes here for his vacation each year. What can I do so I can talk to him all the time?
A hundred years ago, the blood moon hung high in the sky. Black fog appeared and vanished, and blue-green rifts suddenly opened across the land. Those who entered never came back out.
After the empress died, six-year-old Crown Prince Gao Chi was sent to Baiyun Temple, the closest place to the black fog, to pray for blessings. The following year, the Noble Consort, who had given birth to the emperor's second son, became empress.
The crown prince was all but erased from sight. When he was sixteen, the emperor died, and the new empress supported her own ten-year-old son as he took the throne, ruling in his stead. But the rampaging black fog kept spreading without end, and no one could escape. The vast entities within it reaped lives, though some were lucky enough to survive.
As he watched his stepmother flee in disarray, he could only feel pity for her. Had she ever thought of this when she was trying to wipe him out?
One-on-one romance, sweet story, both are each other's first.
Two Alphas collide and save each other.
Reader's note: Ancient Chinese ABO setting, with a black-fog catastrophe and a series of survival arcs. They keep a low profile and build up their strength early on, then develop a small village later.
Little darlings passing by, don't miss out. Please add this to your collection!
Theme: Even in darkness, turn toward the light and live
