A Guide to Raising a Goddess

Breathtaking Beauty with a Thousand Charms VS Fake Cheerfulness, Real FP

Blurb One:

Chuchu was born on Mount Wu. She grew up there in a daze until she was sixteen, relying on her mother-in-law for company and support.

When Chuchu was little, her mother-in-law would comb her long hair and warn her, "Don't even think about crossing Mount Wu. Everything out there has a fearsome face and fangs. It's strange and terrifying."

Even as a child, Chuchu knew how frightening the outside world was.

She once thought her days would remain peaceful, just as they had always been.

Until one day, a "person" covered in blood and gravely wounded appeared at the edge of the mountains. He drifted down the river, his winding trail of blood staining the clothes Chuchu was washing.

His eyes were extraordinarily docile, yet the warmth he conveyed through his wrist was so hot it frightened her.

Chuchu still remembered her mother-in-law's warning, but somehow, she secretly hid him on Mount Wu.

Chuchu would later regret more than once that she had reached out to Chi Changwan. That was where all her troubles began.

Blurb Two:

Legend has it that a goddess lives on Mount Wu, one who can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. Whoever wins her favor will be blessed by fate. Heroes across the land vie for her, but to behold her divine beauty, they must pass test after test. Mount Wu's sacred peaks are full of dangerous mechanisms, and those who enter never return.

Chi Changwan never believed in baseless rumors. He entered Mount Wu only to find a certain medicinal herb.

That day, after overcoming countless dangers, Chi Changwan met with an accident just as he was about to cross the mountain range.

Just as he thought he was about to die there...

Chi Changwan beheld the most beautiful person he would ever see.

The goddess of Mount Wu was no mere rumor after all. Perhaps the claims that she could bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones were false, but the truth was that her breathtaking beauty could steal one's soul at a glance.

His serious injury was real, but pretending was easy. He gazed at Chuchu with an innocent, pitiful look, using his handsome face to tempt her. "I'm hurt."

There was wariness and fear in Chuchu's eyes, but when she looked at the jeweled pinwheel hanging on his chest, her eyes lit up.

Without hesitation, Chi Changwan pulled off the pinwheel. His expression calm and gentle, he asked, "Would you take me home with you?"

Chi Changwan never denied that he was a despicable, shameless schemer. From the first moment he saw Chuchu, his filthy thoughts had never ceased.

His sins grew wild. He would steal her away from Mount Wu.

Afterword:

In the dead of night, the mountain god judged the mortal who had stolen the goddess. Chains pierced Chi Changwan's limbs and spine. His long eyelashes trembled slightly as he spoke before the gods and Buddha.

He said, "I have no regrets."

Chi Changwan's life had been turbulent and precarious. Born into a lowly station, he had carved out a bloody path through countless people. His heart had long since grown as cold as the blade in his hand.

Yet the first moment he saw Chuchu, he gave rise to a shameful, deluded desire.

Content warnings: Mild wall-papering* Both leads are pure* The female lead is adored by everyone

Note: This story has no fantasy setting. There is a little surprise about the female lead's identity.

Theme: Hope grows in the depths of despair