Kiss Me, My Sweet-and-Sour Husband

The Hidden Trace Divine Lord, who had slept for a thousand years, finally returned. The Heavenly Emperor was overjoyed and held a banquet to announce the news to all under heaven.

Rarely seen Immortals and Gods arrived one after another. The female immortals vied to outshine one another, rushing to make an impression in front of the Divine Lord.

But the graceful Hidden Trace Divine Lord merely lifted his eyes and looked toward A Ji, who was hiding in a corner.

“Heavenly Emperor, would you arrange a marriage proposal for me?”

A Ji, the little dragon girl who had just returned from punishment and only wanted to join the fun: ???

*

According to rumor, the Hidden Trace Divine Lord was gentle as jade, respectful and courteous. Sadly, he had no interest in romance and no sense of fun, making him terribly dull. But A Ji’s husband was so clingy he never left her side.

Every day, when A Ji went to the Immortal Herb Garden to tend the flowers and plants, the Divine Lord would sit in the garden and keep her company all day.

If she lingered for even a moment over any particular immortal herb...

The Divine Lord would ask, bewildered, “What’s so beautiful about this one that you have to look at it for so long?”

The Divine Lord would frown. “Didn’t you say you liked red spider lilies best?”

The Divine Lord would clench his fists. “How many times have I told you not to touch the petals or stamens!”

A Ji quickly pulled her hand back.

Later... all the flowers and plants she liked mysteriously withered. Thankfully, the Divine Lord stood up for her, sparing her punishment.

When it came to flowers and plants, the Divine Lord knew more than she did, so A Ji decided to ask him for guidance.

The Hidden Trace Divine Lord’s eyes darkened. “You can learn, but you’ll have to pay me.”

As a result, A Ji failed to make it to the Immortal Herb Garden on time the next morning.

*

When red spider lilies enter their fading season, they wither and lose their color, their bodies falling away like petals.

To conceal the fact that he was not the Hidden Trace Divine Lord, Chou Sheng hid away to mend his false skin.

By chance, A Ji took a detour home and saw a completely unfamiliar face sitting inside their house.

A Ji was on her guard. “Who are you, and why are you here?”

She picked up a jade pendant to summon her husband. A flash of light, and an unfamiliar man appeared before her.

A Ji looked from the pendant to the man who had been summoned, and froze completely...

“You found out,” Chou Sheng said. He was startled for only a moment before smiling. “Maybe this is for the best. Now you won’t have to go around flirting with flowers and plants anymore.”

*

Her husband was a demon, not an immortal, and his true form was a poisonous red spider lily.

When A Ji was sent to the desolate lands as punishment, she had watered him for five hundred years.

[Extra Scene]

After three days of wedding-night antics, A Ji emerged looking utterly drained. She found a little demon and asked, “Do flowers and plants always take that long on their wedding night?”

“Not necessarily,” the little demon replied. “It depends on how the pollination goes.”

“Pollination?”

A Ji looked down at her belly: !!!

No children.

Theme: Beautiful things are all poisonous