Pear Blossoms Cover the Mountain

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(The pear blossoms fell, and Yue Zhi's heart died.)

Male lead: [A gentle and handsome exterior, but a ruthless, domineering, unhinged powerhouse who stops at nothing]

Female lead: [Seemingly ruthless and cold, a beautiful woman who grows wild, sincere and unyielding]

1.

Qing Li was of the main branch of the Qing family, but wealth and glory had nothing to do with her. She was a white pear blossom growing in the mud, an eyesore to everyone around her.

When her stepmother came after her, she had no choice but to find herself a powerful protector.

Yue Zhi, head of the Yue family.

People often said that Yue Zhi's influence could connect all of Southeast Asia into one continent, and every checkpoint you had to pass through belonged to the Yue family.

So she risked her life to save Yue Zhi, asking only one thing: "Take me with you."

2.

Everyone in their circles knew that Yue Zhi was aloof and distinguished, a man who never had to regard anyone else. Then, a beautiful young woman as sharp as a blade suddenly appeared at his side.

Yue Zhi not only favored and indulged her, he took her everywhere he went, spoiling her without restraint.

Everyone thought she was his most precious treasure, but no one knew she was merely the steel blade in his hand.

He thought the young woman was ruthless and cold, a promising talent he could put to use. Seeing that she had eyes only for him, he believed he had everything under control.

He would make her the perfect blade, so he kept honing her.

Tempering steel hurts, but it makes it strong.

But he forgot that steel made too hard will snap, and by the time he regretted it, it would be too late.

3.

Over five years, Qing Li received a degree of favor she had never known before. It was only natural that she fell for him, and only natural that she came to love him deeply.

In the end, she learned that Yue Zhi's dark eyes reflected a heart wrapped in deepest black, like an abyss from which no one could escape.

And she was nothing but a target out in the open, a substitute for someone else. She had never truly been free.

But freedom that comes late is still freedom, even if it costs her life.

4.

"Up so early? Come back and sleep a little longer." Yue Zhi watched Qing Li get dressed and patted the quilt. He didn't want to lose the warmth of her body.

"I need to get there early and check the venue." Qing Li finished dressing and put her usual weapons in place before turning around. Rarely, she said, "Goodbye, sir."

It was an ordinary day.

A day Yue Zhi had never imagined in his thirty-five years of life.

His Qing Li died the day before her birthday.

The steel blade he had forged with his own hands was broken by those same hands, and its broken edge pierced his heart.

The pain drove him mad.

[Reading Guide]

1. The male and female leads have a 12-year age gap and get a happy ending. The female lead is a virgin; the male lead is not. Readers who are only interested in the female lead should proceed with caution. The male lead is no good man, but he has no first love.

2. The female lead isn't dead; she faked her death. The story focuses on her fighting prowess.

3. Powerful figures from both sides of the law, a regret-filled pursuit of his wife, and all kinds of melodrama. If you don't like that, please don't read. And please don't announce that you're dropping it.

Please add my upcoming danmei sci-fi novel, a story of two powerful men saving each other, Symbiotic Slaughter, to your reading lists! If you like the premise, please add it to your favorites. If it isn't your thing, wait for my next romance novel.

[A flirtatious, hedonistic, highly deviant alien-species man as the top]

[A cold and charming scientist who is secretly unhinged as the bottom]

1.

Yan Longshi was the first alien-species person on the planet.

He was deputy commander of the Empire's Fortress Alliance Army's Seventh Legion and the Joint Division of Ability Users, codename: Dragon Master.

His strength was unfathomable. He was the strongest in the Empire, the most handsome man in the galaxy, a wilderness gourmet, and the dream man of countless men and women. His subordinates admired him, his superiors trusted him, and he got along with everyone. Nothing ever went wrong for him.

Except with Xi Ting.

In Xi Ting's eyes, he was just an alien-species person with scientific value. The only thing that made him more valuable than a specimen in a jar was that he could be used to vent one's frustrations.

Yan Longshi didn't care.

Because to him, Xi Ting's cool, breathtakingly beautiful face, pale and delicate skin, perfectly proportioned body, and sleep-deprived, shadowed eyes were nothing more than vessels for desire and toys to be manipulated.

He watched coldly, teasing and mocking him.

When Xi Ting pried the most important crystal nucleus from the back of his neck, he thought he would strangle him.

But in the end, he only embraced him tightly with enough force to kill.

2.

Xi Ting was the twenty-third version of the original body, cultivated in a pod after centuries of ongoing genetic improvement and accumulated knowledge.

He was regarded as the Empire's treasure and hope.

He would make the Empire great again and give everything for it.

So he had no need for emotions or preferences. Aside from scientific research to strengthen the Empire's national power and military, there was nothing else he needed to consider.

He knew that Yan Longshi's gaze was changing, and he knew what the other man was planning.

Xi Ting didn't care either, because he was doing it on purpose.

The ambiguous red and purple marks he deliberately pinched into his pale skin were meant for Yan Longshi to see.

The seemingly casual touches that made Yan Longshi breathe hot and hard were deliberate too.

Even the delicate, exquisite ankles Yan Longshi liked best were something he deliberately revealed to him, again and again.

He was a madman. He had no need for gentleness, courtesy, or restraint.

He wanted only heat, consumption, plunder, and destruction.

He had a hundred reasons to hate Yan Longshi.

But in the end, all he wanted was to tell Yan Longshi that he loved him.

He wanted Yan Longshi to love him recklessly and hurt him, then destroy him along with the Empire.

3.

Xi Ting was forever cold and emotionless: "I'll wait for you to destroy me. That's the same thing as waiting for you to save me."

Yan Longshi simply held him. "Good. I know. I understand. You're telling me you love me..."

Xi Ting finally understood that love wasn't a sin, but a mistake even more fatal than sin.

But what did it matter?

He had already loved Yan Longshi, and had given himself to him.

[Reading Guide]

1. Yan Longshi is the top, and Xi Ting is the bottom: an alien-species military officer and a cloned scientist.

2. At heart, it's about a show-off B-king top and a composed bottom who sees right through his act, but enjoys it and lets him keep showing off.

3. There will be angst, but plenty of sweetness too!

4. This is my take on interstellar sci-fi. The author alone gets to define all the terminology.

Theme: Stay true to yourself and uphold justice