Ding Ling is the town's only female constable. Her life is peaceful and ordinary, until one day a family moves in next door: a pretty "widow" with a five-year-old girl.
As she passes by, she occasionally glances into the neighbor's fenced yard. One day, she happens to see the "pretty widow" fresh from her bath. Her simple dress clings to her curves, accentuating her graceful, alluring figure. She looks as tempting as a lotus blossom fresh from the water, just waiting to be plucked.
When "Little Widow" sees Ding Ling looking, she doesn't cover her chest or blush. Instead, she tucks a stray lock behind her ear and gives her a flirtatious smile, so breathtakingly beautiful and alluring that nothing else compares.
Ding Ling's breath catches. Her official saber nearly slips from her hand, and her ears quietly turn red.
Maybe she's imagining things, but Ding Ling can't help feeling that the "Little Widow" next door is interested in her.
Then one day, the widow's daughter goes missing. After Ding Ling helps find her, the "Little Widow" invites her to dinner. Ding Ling has a few too many drinks. That night, she wraps her arms around that slender waist and can't bear to let go. They spend one reckless night together...
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Yu Yao has just moved in. Hoping to find protection for herself and her niece, and keep them from being harassed, she sets her sights on the pure and pretty young constable next door.
So what if the other woman is a woman? Yu Yao has taken a liking to her.
Yu Yao thinks, Now I just need to find a way to lure this constable into my yard and make her mine for good!
Her niece offers an idea: "Auntie, how about you give me three coins to buy a gourd, then tell her I've lost it?"
Extra scene:
The morning after their night together, Ding Ling wakes up feeling a little dazed.
Ding Ling: I'm not interested in women. I must have just been drunk.
Yu Yao: Could you take your hand off my thigh while you say that, Constable Ding?
Ding Ling: ...I was only touching. I didn't go in.
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"The Best Hunters Usually Appear as Prey"
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[Fake widow, Yu Yao has never been married]
[Yu Yao has no daughter. The girl is her older sister's child]
[Mutually devoted couple, sweet and cozy romance]
[Short story written for fun, a sweet bedtime treat. Please don't overthink it]
Theme: People should live for themselves and not let society's judgment sway them.