A powerful, straightforward sweetheart × a seemingly innocent man who tries to turn evil but keeps failing
Lu Shuangyu lost her parents when she was young. Sent away from the capital at five, she grew up in a temple and returned at sixteen.
One day, she came across a handsome young man being hunted by bandits. She had secretly read plenty of romance stories about rescuing men, but still charged in with a long staff to save him.
She warned him sternly, “If you do anything bad, I’ll take you out.”
The young man obediently nodded and followed her all the way, as docile as a cat caught in the rain.
Lu Shuangyu was satisfied. “Mm, a good person, inside and out.”
After returning to the capital, she found herself tangled up in all sorts of complicated affairs, and the constant attention from one young lady after another gave her a headache.
Yan Huai, newly appointed Censor and granted the title of Yunqi Commandant, offered to repay her kindness.
Lu Shuangyu was delighted. “I knew he was a good person!”
That very night, she climbed over the wall into the Yan estate, poured herself a cup of mint tea, grabbed his clothes, and loudly demanded, “Yan Huai! I want to go boating tomorrow, and both of my sisters want to come. Which one should I choose?”
Yan Huai straightened the sleeve she had crumpled.
“Your Fourth Cousin Qian, from your maternal great-uncle’s family, wants to ride in your carriage to the palace. Your Third Cousin Shen, from your second uncle’s family, wants to introduce you to her maternal cousin.”
He said casually, “Of course, you can go with whoever you like.”
Lu Shuangyu nodded, seeming to understand. “You’re so useful!”
Unfortunately, both young ladies came down with colds,
and Yan Huai was the one who went boating with her the next day.
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No one could help liking Lu Shuangyu. Everyone in the capital, men and women alike, had ulterior motives.
Yan Huai would stop at nothing. He would let his tranquil heart fall into worldly temptation, until she saw no one but him.
Step one: Lu Shuangyu climbed over the wall, came over, and smiled at him.
Yan Huai, who had been preparing to stop at nothing: “...Don't wrinkle my clothes. There are snacks in the pavilion.”
Note:
1. A sweet, devoted 1v1 romance.
2. The twin fish are one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols in Buddhism, and represent the Buddha's eyes.
Theme: The boundless sky endures through the ages; the moonlight is beautiful tonight.