The Wrong Gu Cured the Hypocritical True Young Master

[A sweet, bold, spoiled little sister x a hypocritical, dark older brother]

Wu He is the only princess of Nanzhao. After being doted on for sixteen years, she learns that she is not their biological daughter. Their real son is a young man from the mountains. She had once been curious about him, even provoking him.

The young man raised his chin slightly, his voice as cold as a mountain spring. "All right, little sister."

Wu He had no idea that the room was filled with venomous insects in the darkness, and that the gloomy young man stood among them, surrounded on every side. Watching her walk away, he had nearly done it. If only she had stepped inside, the insects would have devoured her, leaving nothing but bones.

Nanzhao has love gu. The child gu is loyal to the mother gu, and stirs with desire beneath the full moon. Its drawback is that if the mother gu becomes obsessively devoted, the gu will turn on its host.

She had meant to give it to the Central Plains man she liked, but instead, she became infected with the child gu, while the mother gu ended up inside Tan Yu.

Now there are two ways to deal with it: remove the gu, or have Tan Yu fall so deeply in love with her that it turns on him, leaving her unharmed.

She clings to him, sticks close, and forbids him from liking anyone else.

He loathes her and finds her irritating, convinced she has ulterior motives. She simply says, "Because I like you, Brother Tan Yu."

On the fifteenth night of the lunar month, the young man grips her by the throat, his face terrifyingly cold. "You put a love gu in me?"

The girl trembles. "Because... I'm madly in love with you, Brother Tan Yu."

He suppresses his disgust and seals her lips with his. They usually can't stand the sight of each other, but on every full moon, beneath the dappled moonlight, they grow more and more familiar with one another.

The one thing they agree on most is that they both hope the gu can be removed.

The girl makes it clear: "I know you hate me, and I don't like you either. Don't worry. Once the gu is removed, I'll leave with Brother Xiao and never come back."

Never come back, the young man murmurs.

Good.

But when the means to remove the gu is within reach, the young man crushes it with his own hands.

His cold lips slither across her skin like a poisonous snake. The girl bites his lip hard enough to draw blood. "Tan Yu, what are you doing?"

Tan Yu wipes away the blood. "A He put the gu in me, so we're staying together for the rest of our lives."

Wu He thinks Tan Yu has gone mad.

She packs her things and opens the secret passage, only to see Tan Yu standing rigid in the pitch-black night, with an unconscious man from the Central Plains at his feet.

His bloodstained hand strokes the girl's trembling cheek as he murmurs with a gentle smile, "The child gu can't betray its mother gu."

But he has forgotten: if the mother gu loves too obsessively, it will turn on its host.

The young man touches his heart, which feels as if it is being gnawed by ants. He thinks he may truly have fallen in love with her, but she really doesn't love him.

So what?

He gazes at the sleeping girl, his icy fingertips touching her heart as it beats with warmth.

"Two people who loathe one another must be bound together, tormenting each other for all eternity, until death."

I hate this hypocritical world, but you are a gift. We are twins chosen by fate, and the love gu has replaced our blood, binding us together forever.

#BothChaste HE Growth-focused

A tragic, messy romance. Usually updates at 9 p.m.

The heroine is spoiled and willful. The hero is a possessive yandere and a hypocrite. The leads aren't traditional good people. They are the male and female supporting characters in an old-fashioned novel, and under the influence of their assigned roles, they do many things supporting characters would do. Later, they awaken and break free from those roles.

Note: The Nanzhao and Central Plains settings are entirely fictional! Very fictional! There are many, many original worldbuilding details, so please don't scrutinize the historical accuracy too closely. The gu insects are pure fantasy, with some folk customs and strange tales woven in, but no supernatural beings or ghosts.

* The real young master and the fake heiress are not blood-related, and their relationship begins after their family ties are dissolved.

The leads know from the start that they are not blood-related. One of them was never entered in the family register, so they are not on the same household register. This is explained in the story.

Coming soon: She Was Difficult to Handle, Then Suddenly Lost Her Memory

Xiao Changle is the daughter of a princess royal, born of imperial blood and spoiled beyond measure.

After falling into the water one day, she falls in love with a poor scholar and becomes obsessed with him. She breaks up Gu Changqing and the woman he loves, then takes him by force. They remain married for eight years.

Everyone knows that Chancellor Gu has had a hard life. First, he came from a poor family and studied tirelessly until he rose to prominence. Second, he has a jealous, mad wife at home.

Gu Changqing loathes her. He is sick of her unreasonable clinginess, disgusted by her love, furious that she drugged him, and hates himself for saving her all those years ago.

This time, he watches coldly as she falls into the water. He never expected the woman to wake up with no memory.

Xiao Changle wakes to find her world turned upside down. Her beloved retainers are all gone, and somehow she's married. She hears that for years she had relentlessly pursued a man, fawning over him with no shred of dignity.

"What are you making a scene about now?" Gu Changqing says impatiently. "If you're doing this to get my attention, don't bother."

Xiao Changle rolls her eyes. "Tch. What a weirdo."

She doubts her own taste. She must have hit her head back then.

Gu Changqing is surprised. She really does seem different somehow. For instance, she no longer clings to him. How wonderful.

Xiao Changle thinks day and night about her beloved retainers, especially the gentle and considerate little nightingale. Whenever he sings, she gets hot, and whenever she gets hot, plum blossom marks appear on her body. She paid a fortune to buy him out of servitude.

Soon, the residence of Commandery Princess Huayin is as lively as ever, with singing and revelry every night.

As for Gu Changqing, they agree on three rules: they won't interfere with each other, and though they are married in name, they have no emotional connection.

Sometimes they bicker. He scolds her for being wanton, and she doesn't care, telling him to find someone too. He storms off with a dark expression, perhaps angry that his unattainable love has married someone else.

Sometimes they get drunk and have sex. As time passes, they indulge in it more and more. She suspects she may have chosen him back then because he was well-endowed and good in bed.

One night, as a songbird's voice winds through the air, the powerful Chancellor Gu kneels on the floor dressed in an actor's costume. He uses a plum blossom-shaped branding iron to burn marks all over his arm.

With a pleading wag of his tail, he says, "Changle, I get plum blossom marks when I get hot too. Look at me. Love me, won't you?"

It turns out he's even crazier than she is when it comes to love.

She can only love him, and must love him alone.

From then on, the world has one more jealous, mad husband.

One-on-one romance. The male lead has no unrequited love or beloved woman.

Theme: Keep growing through adversity.