Bookshop owner Yi Nanshu [bottom], a qipao beauty who seems cool and aloof but is actually a refined scoundrel
Mortician Jiang Duchen [top], who seems cool and aloof but is actually blunt and sharp-tongued
The first time Jiang Duchen saw Yi Nanshu, she had gathered her smooth, flowing black hair with an antique sandalwood hairpin. She wore a lavender qipao with a slit up to her thigh, shelving books between tall bookcases. Every movement carried a scholarly, aloof elegance.
His friend secretly nudged Jiang Duchen with an elbow. "That woman is gorgeous."
Mortician Jiang Duchen glanced over, looked away, and said casually, "Nice bone structure. She should be easy to make up."
His friend: ...
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Yi Nanshu was shelving books when an employee beside her said, "Look at that woman over there. She has this cool, beautiful air, like she's far removed from all the noise of the world."
The qipao beauty glanced at the woman. She had a cold, pale face and was dressed in white from head to toe. "She certainly looks cool and aloof, like she just crawled out of a morgue."
The employee: ...
Later, to everyone's surprise, the two people who seemed so cool and aloof were both left burning by the other's astonishing body heat when they were in bed.
Theme: Respect life, respect death
