A bewitching beauty unwittingly flirts with an aloof heartthrob who secretly falls for her and slowly loses control (serious version)
A great hero + a total weakling (or so it seems)
As two nations go to war, A Yuan is accidentally offered to Lu Changyuan, a general of the enemy state.
She decides to seize the chance to kill this enemy war god with three heads and six arms. Bah, this monster!
The bed curtains sway. The young general stands by the bed, removes his outer robe, and climbs onto it.
A Yuan hides under the covers, sneaking a look at his broad, muscular back. Her whole body trembles uncontrollably.
When he pulls back the covers, she swings her arm and stabs with all her might, but lets out a cry of pain.
Lu Changyuan grabs her slender wrist and effortlessly takes the hairpin from her hand, his eyes dark and unreadable.
"The life of the Seventh Princess should be more than enough to exchange for two border towns of the Chen Kingdom, wouldn't you say?"
A Yuan freezes, then hurriedly shakes her head. "I'm really not worth that much."
She thought she would end up a camp prostitute, but Lu Changyuan instead sent someone to escort her back to the palace.
*
Later, she accompanies her elder sister to the Central Plains for a political marriage.
To shake off her unwanted admirers, A Yuan lies to them,
saying Lu Changyuan has long admired her and that she is putting him to the test.
After all, Lu Changyuan has no interest in women and spends all day training his troops. Surely he can't be bothered to pick a fight with a weak girl like her.
But one day, Lu Changyuan corners her against a wall, his unfathomable gaze brimming with danger.
A Yuan thinks, I'm in trouble.
She forces a smile. "You don't mind, do you?"
"I do."
A Yuan presses herself against the wall behind her, with nowhere left to retreat. Her smile grows wider. "Then I won't say things like that anymore..."
*
That day, Lu Changyuan gallops over and rescues A Yuan from the regent's bed.
Overcome with emotion, she watches him leave and calls out without thinking:
"Lu Changyuan, I want you to protect me for the rest of my life!"
The young man stops in his tracks, then turns back a moment later. He lifts her chin, his abyss-like eyes shifting several times.
"I'm no good man. Princess, have you thought this through?"
Reader's guide
1. Sweet romance, 1v1, both leads' first love
Theme: Keep striving and never give up.
