Hibiscus Returns to Yan

New novel, Mistbound: Blind girl x loyal dog with two personalities

Wei Zishu is slow-witted, falling short of others his age.

Yaoqing saved him on a freezing, snowy day out of a moment of kindness. She never imagined that one day the sweet, sincere boy who followed her around calling her "Sister Yao" would sell her to the bed of Councilor Yin for a few pieces of silver.

At that moment, she remembered how he had once held ice and warmed water to make tea for her on a bitter winter day, and how he had risked his life alone in Wanyue House to find a cure for her eye condition. She could hardly believe it.

And yet...

Those long, slender fingers curled around her delicate neck. With the faint pressure of his calloused fingertips, he traced her skin. "Now that you're here, don't think about him again."

Yin Jiqian gazed at those dim eyes. Was there anything in his own eyes besides pity?

"Who are you?" Yaoqing asked hesitantly, catching the familiar scent of tuberose.

He did not answer.

I am him, and I am not him. I am him, and I don't want to be him.

The novel's blurb:

Shen Furu transmigrates and finds herself working as a maid to Jiang Chiyan.

After spending day and night with him, she learns that the sweet little boy she serves is a yandere. He's always getting up to things like making snakes bite people and setting clothes on fire.

She sees him with her own eyes, under the moonlight, toss a venomous snake he'd caught that day beside someone. The victim falls asleep and never wakes up.

To survive in Yunling in one piece, Shen Furu decides to get along with him.

In the bitter cold, they share a bed; in the sweltering heat, they go unclothed.

After two difficult years caring for Jiang Chiyan, she finally gets her chance: the emperor, moved by his fatherly affection, summons him back to Minjing.

It's too dangerous to stay by Jiang Chiyan's side. He could kill her at any moment. After careful observation, Shen Furu concludes that the third prince of the Min dynasty, Huai Jinwo Yu, is a paragon of virtue and the perfect person to serve next.

Once she's by his side, she expects a peaceful, carefree life and thinks she'll be able to make a clean escape.

But...

[Little Scene]

"This maid has put the coral-glass bowl purchased yesterday in the storeroom."

Jiang Chiyan seems not to hear her.

"The kitchen made lotus-petal dew cakes early this morning."

Jiang Chiyan glances at her with his dark eyes.

In the afternoon, Shen Furu carries the untouched lotus-petal dew cakes out of the bedroom. A servant turns the corner and barges in. The cakes scatter across the floor, and she is knocked down too.

The servant looks at her with contempt, no longer treating her as before.

From where she lies, Shen Furu sees the person inside give a strange smile, seemingly pleased.

She knows he's deliberately giving her the cold shoulder because she dared to think she could climb into the third prince's favor and escape him.

But Shen Furu isn't a pushover. Surely she can handle a child who's only in his teens!

After a little kindness and a few humble apologies, she returns to her place as Jiang Chiyan's first-class maid.

Theme: Learn to love in an environment of equality and freedom.