[Blurb]
A drunkard for a master, an old man for a grandpa, a frail junior apprentice, and a mute older sister.
Lu Xianxian, handed a from the start script that seemed doomed to fail, was forced to grow into someone shrewd and worldly.
The only time in her life she ever felt compassion was for a young man named Yuan Yao.
Yuan Yao was born to a distinguished family. One night, disaster struck, and his entire family was wiped out. He was the only one to escape, protected by a family servant.
At the end of his rope, he met Lu Xianxian.
Lu Xianxian was "greedy" and took the jade pendant from him, saving his life.
At first, she planned to heal his injuries and then let him go.
Who could have guessed that she would end up abandoned by everyone and lose her life in vain?
The world thought it was only right.
Tragically, even Yuan Yao thought so.
The year the demon clan crossed the Si River and ravaged the mortal realm, Yuan Yao had become a sword immortal whose sword swept across the Eight Wilds.
He learned at once that Lu Xianxian had been captured.
But he did not go to save her.
That day, he was celebrating his wedding night with the woman he loved.
On the mountaintop of the Sword Sect, drums and flowers filled the air, and ceremonial music resounded throughout the Great Wilderness.
Lu Xianxian heard it.
She closed her eyes with a bitter smile, secretly relieved that she had already placed the jade pendant among his wedding gifts.
She had returned that jade pendant.
From then on, Lu Xianxian owed Yuan Yao nothing...
*
When she opened her eyes again, Lu Xianxian had returned to seven years earlier.
After gathering medicinal herbs, she came down the mountain and saw a familiar sword light ahead.
This time, she didn't go closer. She turned and ran without hesitation.
But Lu Xianxian never expected that the act of "picking someone up" could be passed down through the generations.
That evening, her drunkard master brought home a young man he'd found.
Handsome and refined... half-dead...
Lu Xianxian: ???
That miserable-looking guy... wasn't he that bastard Yuan Yao...?
[Reader's guide]
1. The cultivation setting is entirely fictional. Please don't nitpick the details.
2. The author doesn't like women fighting each other, so there probably won't be any.
3. Cover source: K
Theme: Love, and being loved
