I Won Over My Wife with My Jade Carving Skills

A serene, desireless beauty top x a possessive, domineering, jealous bottom who loves to tempt

At the end of the year, the weather was bitterly cold, and the heavy snow had just stopped.

Shi Qingran, the capital's number-one wastrel, brought someone she found outside her own residence back home.

The woman had skin as white as snow and the beauty of a flower, but her black clothes, stained with frost and snow, didn't suit her very well.

After the woman pleaded desperately, Shi Qingran took her to a hidden room and agreed to let her stay for a while, until she had recovered from her cold.

But recovering from an illness was one thing. Every day, the woman went to great lengths to seduce Shi Qingran into being intimate with her. She hardly seemed to be suffering from a cold at all.

No matter how serene and unmoved Shi Qingran tried to remain, after enough time passed, the woman finally found her chance.

One day, Shi Qingran returned home dead drunk, for reasons she couldn't remember.

Taking advantage of her drunkenness, the woman leaned close to her face.

Shi Qingran had just opened her mouth to ask what was going on when soft lips sealed hers.

And so they spent the night in each other's arms, then slept deeply until morning.

But the next day, the woman stole half of Shi Qingran's jade pendant and disappeared without a trace. From then on, there was no news of her.

Shi Qingran: ...

The once-famous Shi family fell into decline and moved south to Jiangzhou.

Only then did everyone learn that the eldest daughter of the Shi family, seemingly a wastrel, had another identity: she was the beloved disciple of the renowned number-one jade-carving master.

When her master was on his deathbed, he summoned only her to his bedside.

“Take this map. My one lifelong regret is that I never had the chance to work with the ancient divine carving knife.”

Following the map, Shi Qingran truly found the carving knife.

Only... this nondescript, pitch-black nanmu carving knife was an ancient divine treasure?!

With the knife's help, Shi Qingran swept the board at the grand competition held once every three years, then withdrew from the world of martial arts.

After she went to live alone in the mountains, a faint figure would appear from the carving knife every night.

Shi Qingran asked, puzzled, “Who are you?”

Mo Weixue, the knife's spirit, took human form and straddled her lap without hesitation.

Shi Qingran recognized her at once. She was the same woman in black who had collapsed outside Shi Qingran's residence in the snow several years ago.

Before Shi Qingran could speak, Mo Weixue lifted her chin under Shi Qingran's astonished gaze.

“That box was comfortable enough to sleep in, but nothing compares to the enticing spot beside your pillow.”

Only after Mo Weixue had gone to every length to win her over did she realize she had been outmaneuvered from the very beginning.

Shi Qingran could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. That night, she had only pretended to be wasted.

As warmth brushed her skin, Mo Weixue gave the woman before her a rueful smile. “I thought I was the one who set the trap first. How did I end up being the one whose heart was stolen?”

Shi Qingran's beautiful, ethereal face still looked innocent. “You were the one who tricked me first. I was only playing along.”

But she knew that the moment she brought Mo Weixue home, their fate in this life had been sealed.

“Though the road twists and turns a hundred times, I have no regrets.”

[Little Bonus Scene]

As the only female disciple in her sect, Shi Qingran was doted on by her senior brothers, all of whom competed to dote on her.

Shi Qingran had never been interested in men and felt nothing for them. She often went into seclusion, so others rarely got near her.

By day, nothing seemed amiss. But every night, that woman would advance step by step, cornering Shi Qingran beside the bed.

“Did you enjoy yourself today?” Mo Weixue asked, a hint of disappointment and a sharp edge in her voice, her slender hand tightening slightly around Shi Qingran's wrist.

Shi Qingran sighed helplessly. “You're jealous of them too?”

Mo Weixue refused to let her off so easily, pressing closer to savor their mingled breaths.

“Kiss me.”

[Reading Guide]

1. The author does not work in a related profession, so the specialist knowledge may not be entirely accurate. Feel free to point out any obvious mistakes or omissions.

2. Happy ending, one-on-one, both are each other's first, gradual relationship.

3. The early story focuses on farming and life among ordinary folk. Later, the career storyline develops the art of jade carving. There will be no court politics.

4. A sweet little treat, no angst throughout (I swear). The author's fictional world has a lot of made-up details, so don't overthink it.

5. I'm a new writer and my writing still needs work. I'm trying to learn, so please be gentle if it's not to your taste.

Theme: Join hands and pursue your ideals.