A sickly but open-minded heiress * a cold, wild man who mothers everyone
(A novella. I've applied to have it included in the monthly subscription library. Thank you, dear readers, for your support.)
As a girl, Lin Feiyuan bowed before the shrine and bid farewell to the mountain god before heading to the capital in search of a cure. She buried her young, innocent affection along with that farewell.
Years later, past the age when she should have married and still incurably ill, Lin Feiyuan returned to her roots. She visited the mountain god's temple once more, never expecting that after this visit she would bring home someone she had never imagined...
The mountain god disguised himself as a doctor and stayed by Lin Feiyuan's side, protecting her again and again. Her childhood affection gradually blossomed into a deep love as vast as the sea.
Alas, immortals and mortals were not meant to be. Lin Feiyuan's illness would not heal, and to avoid burdening anyone, she hid her deep feelings in her heart. The closer the mountain god came, the further she retreated, until she could retreat no farther.
Xi Jinbai sat in meditation at the shrine, coldly watching mortals part and reunite, laugh and grieve. Only after stepping into the mortal world did he finally taste the bitterness of love.
After years of arduous cultivation, he had protected the people of the region. Yet now he could not even save the life of the person he loved. Looking at his own image in the shrine, Xi Jinbai thought in despair: When Feiyuan bade him farewell back then, had she felt the same way?
P.S.
1. An unconventional happy ending.
2. The heroine is a refined young lady who is passive when it comes to love.
Theme: Treasure the present.
It's over, it's over! Quickly save Scum A's manuscript! I've been so busy in the third dimension lately, QAQ, see you in the next one!
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