An Encounter with Beauty

Synopsis, (Adorable, innocent beauty x aloof, celibate gentleman) While on official business in Qianzhou, the second son of the Ji family, Ji Chengyou, accidentally fell victim to a local Miao curse. Five years later, the Miao girl A Puruo arrived in Bianjing with a secret letter, determined to cure Ji Chengyou, who would otherwise die when the poison took effect on his twenty-fourth birthday...

"Are you sure you want to use this method to cure me?"

"You Central Plains people say that a gentleman repays a kindness. You saved my mother and my people. Now that I've become the medicine bearer, how could I stand by and watch you die?" The girl was so innocent and sheltered from the world, just like her bright, clear eyes.

Ji Chengyou was about to say that he would never let her down, that he would marry her as his principal wife and treat her well

"Besides, Grandmother has already agreed that once I cure you, she'll honor our arrangement and let Third Brother marry me!"

The girl's words, full of earnest delight, doused him from head to toe like a bucket of snowmelt, bringing him abruptly to his senses.

The lovely young woman's face had been tinged with a shy blush by his breath, but it had not been because of him.

She was pressed close to him, yet her heart was set on becoming his younger brother's wife!

At first, Ji Chengyou secretly sneered. He was neither afraid of death nor attached to power, and he had no interest in the Miao girl's beauty. She was just an ignorant, fearless weed, and a foolishly naive one at that.

Later, the upright gentleman, as bright and pure as the moon, knelt on one knee before the woman he loved, his voice humble and heartfelt. "In my eyes, my lady is clever and beautiful, perfect in every way. Everything about you makes my heart rejoice and adore you."

Ha, it really hurts to eat my words...

Later still, after traveling a long way over mountains and rivers, Ji Chengyou appeared before the girl with one hand pressed to his chest. With his hair secured by a jade crown and a sword at his waist, he was as elegant and handsome as a jade tree among orchids, more flamboyant than the most beautiful young man in Bianjing.

Without blushing or missing a beat, he said, "It seems the poison hasn't been completely removed..."

She came closer, hooked an arm around his neck, and pulled him in, silencing him with her soft lips. "Is this better?"

Just as she was about to draw away, he pulled her tightly into his arms,

whispering a shamelessly humble plea in her ear. "It's not enough. Not nearly enough..."

# Heroine: An adorable girl on the surface, but a strong-willed and resilient young Miao woman with a firm sense of self.

# Hero: A cold, self-loathing, aloof gentleman at first, later a gentle older man. No secret first love, and both are pure in body and heart!

# A record of winning her back and face-slapping, as well as a sweet romance about a restrained, self-disciplined gentleman going from keeping his dignity to kneeling, and from self-righteous to shameless.

When they first met, he had meant to send her away. He was destined to be cast out, so why would he need anyone to save him?

Yet somehow, she became the curse that truly held sway over him.

She was no medicine bearer. She was his mistress.

Seven-year age gap, one-on-one, both leads' first times, happy ending, sweet romance. Read with confidence.

Theme: Follow your heart and seek the meaning of your own existence.