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Born into a strange and fantastical cultivation world, Xiao Huanyue had barely opened her eyes when she saw a revered fate-reader in the room pointing at her and making a prophecy.
The prophecy said the birth of twins was an ill omen. One must be kept and the other abandoned, their bond as siblings severed and the two raised apart.
Otherwise, misfortune would surely follow.
Twins?
She turned her head. Beside her was the brother she shared a mother with, sleeping soundly in his swaddling clothes.
As luck would have it, she was the one who was abandoned.
She should have been the eldest daughter of a cultivation family, but her path to immortality was blocked. She was sent to the mortal world, given a new name and identity, and raised as the daughter of a married couple of ordinary mortals.
Fortunately, her adoptive parents treated her as their own. She thought that being a merchant's daughter didn't seem so bad.
After all, she had everything she needed and could live at ease... if ghosts would stop showing up around her.
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A handsome male ghost named Yan Yin appeared by Xiao Huanyue's side. He came and went mysteriously, behaved strangely, and clung to her, refusing to leave.
At last, she couldn't take it anymore. "Aren't you the Ghost King? Don't you need to go back and take care of your grand plans?"
"No. I'll stay with you."
"Why?"
"Because I like you."
When he said it, his eyes were perfectly calm. Xiao Huanyue was certain he was lying.
He was deceiving her, and she was keeping her guard up around him.
Their journey was full of danger and excitement, laughter and good cheer, with more time together than apart. They kept each other company for a long time.
Until at last, the look she gave him held a feeling she couldn't quite put into words...
Yan Yin asked the System hopefully, "What's her affection score?"
[Target's affection score: 76]
"So slow..." He sighed. "What score counts as being deeply in love?"
[Above 90.]
"Oh." Remembering something, he asked one more question. "You can see my affection score for her too, right? What's it at?"
[Host's affection score: 92]
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Told from the male lead's perspective: a story about someone who failed to win over his target, only to get ensnared by her instead.
◆ Content notes:
1. The protagonist is not perfect.
2. This is not a strong female lead story, but she does have a character growth arc.
3. This is not a conventional cultivation novel. It uses my own fantasy setting, has plain, straightforward prose, and plenty of original worldbuilding.
Original blurb: 2024.7.08
Current blurb: 2024.10.30
Theme: Sincerity matters most.
The heroine and the others are very easy to deceive. It's already very weird. How does this look like human behavior?
Yeah! From flowers and lotus roots
I finished reading it in one go. The author's writing is really good. I don't know why this article is so popular. It deserves better 🥺 🥺 🥺. There is no bad ending, the image created is vivid, the plot is not cliché, it is a rare good work in Jinjiang's homogeneity!
The introduction is pretty good, let me check it out haha
Let's just say that the people who committed suicide because they were too bored waiting are definitely not cheerful and sunny personalities. . . Turns out he is a naturally black ruthless person hh
"Yan Yin glanced at her and ticked..." This is a big bug for the author~ alone
Why are the protagonists so innocent and so easy to deceive? After reading so much and seeing this, I feel like I have been deceived. The protagonists are trying to make up for others even though they have such obvious flaws, as if they are blind.,,
But, what should the heroine's parents do in this case? What to do with her family's property? Will Dongsheng threaten her with her parents?
Can the author make a comment? 😭
Is Dong Sheng my brother from the previous life?