Ji Ningshuang, daughter of the head of the Lingxiao Sect, died at the age of three, only to come back to life eighteen years later.
Pei Chiyu, disciple of the sect head, was ordered to hunt down a demon woman of the Lin Clan. By chance, he rescued Ji Ningshuang from the demon woman's hands and brought her back to the Lingxiao Sect.
Ji Ningshuang's arrival stirred up all kinds of trouble in the once-peaceful Lingxiao Sect. Rumors spread that the real Ji Ningshuang had died long ago, and the person who had returned was a demon woman in disguise.
Looking at the frail, innocent Ji Ningshuang, the entire sect shook their heads in disbelief. The demon woman was savage by nature. How could she possibly be this delicate flower, who couldn't even hurt a fly?
Ji Ningshuang smiled faintly. "Sorry to disappoint you."
The most dangerous place is the safest place.
Hunted for years because of her demonic heritage, Ji Ningshuang had had enough of living on the run. She decided to claim the identity of the Lingxiao Sect's young lady and enjoy the comforts of an immortal sect, never expecting life there to be just as precarious.
After her secret identity was exposed, Ji Ningshuang returned to her own territory. But because she had injured the head of the Lingxiao Sect, she once again became a target of everyone's hatred and was branded a murderer. Everything had gone back to square one.
The only difference was
She looked at Pei Chiyu, who had come after her. Now she had one more nuisance she couldn't shake off.
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Eliminating the demon woman of the Lin Clan earned Pei Chiyu great merit. Nobody knew that from that day on, he was plagued by nightmares and could find no peace.
It was the demon woman's curse: he would suffer every night until his heart and mind failed and he died.
His nightmares took shape from the fears in his heart. Everyone he felt he had wronged appeared in his dreams, threatening to beat and kill him and tormenting him in every way. He accepted it all without complaint.
Ji Ningshuang appeared in his nightmares, too.
She approached with a smile and gently stroked Pei Chiyu's face.
"If you hadn't killed me, why would I come for your life? Everything you've suffered today, my dear, is of your own making."
The threads wrapped around his body tightened. The pain in the dream felt so real that red marks appeared, seeping with blood.
Pei Chiyu's body trembled slightly. Whether from fear or desire, he couldn't tell. He whispered, "Junior Sister Ningshuang, if you want my life, take it."
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The Lin Clan are born powerful. Though their divine powers have been diminished, they remain immortal.
They have only one weakness:
They must neither fall in love nor shed tears, or they will lose all their divine power and become no different from ordinary mortals.
Ji Ningshuang has no reason to worry about that, because she has always been the one who makes other people cry.
But she discovered that playing with people's feelings can backfire.
Reading Guide:
1. Cool, dependable, sincere senior brother x scheming demon woman pretending to be a delicate flower
2. Plot-to-romance ratio: approximately 6:4
3. One-on-one romance, HE
Theme: Love is one of the world's greatest mysteries
