Dust Beneath Your Feet

A hundred years ago, Hong Yao accidentally fell into the demonic path while cultivating immortality, leaving her just one step away from becoming a mad demonic cultivator. Determined to make the most of what little time she had left with a clear mind, she started a shameless, lazy life with Ning Zhou, the cheap disciple she'd picked up off the street. Just when she thought her life was about to end there, a mysterious man who claimed to be a civil servant from the Ghost Realm barged into her lazy routine.

Man: "Hey, you over there slacking off! Come catch ghosts with me."

Hong Yao: "What does the Ghost Realm's performance quota have to do with me? Get lost."

The man strode over and hauled her away. "I can't stand seeing people slack off and wait to die every day."

Hong Yao burst into tears. "Oh, the injustice! Brother, I don't even know you. Why won't you let me quietly be a lazy fish?"

The man smiled. "Who said I don't know you?"

Hong Yao: "?"

Later, Hong Yao was astonished to discover that the man who had dragged her off to catch ghosts had been the short-lived love of her life in his previous life, the one she'd desperately pursued in her teens but could never win over. Even more astonishing, while she had thought of him as her first love, he had secretly thought of her the same way. Hundreds of years passed, but he had never said a word.

"I was nothing but dust on her shoe, yet she insisted on holding me in her hands. Afraid I would dirty them, I chose to vanish with the wind. That was the best ending for both of us."

Happy ending. The male and female leads have only ever been with each other. There is sweetness and heartbreak, but mostly sweetness, so don't worry about the story being abandoned!

The leads secretly love each other. They missed their chance in their previous lives, but in this life the male lead secretly returns to the female lead's side.

A lazy female lead who occasionally lies flat x a restrained, self-controlled male lead who is occasionally cunning

Theme: Choosing each other with unwavering devotion