After a Miaojiang Boy Cast a Love Curse on Me

After graduating from college, Lu Shi went on a group trip to Yunnan with his classmates. While exploring, they accidentally stumbled into the Jiuli tribe. It was a people from ancient legend. The mountain mist lingered, and poisonous insects were everywhere. They got lost and couldn’t even find the way they had come. From the moment Lu Shi stepped into the tribe, he noticed a blue butterfly following him everywhere. It was beautiful, yet it made him uneasy. He could feel a pair of eyes watching them from the darkness. Or perhaps watching him. Later, he found a butterfly-shaped mark on his ankle. In his dreams, he was always wrapped in cocoon silk, bound and caught in a web, as the mysterious boy in his dreams threw him down again and again. It turned out that it wasn’t some inexplicable tattoo. The boy had put a love gu on him. And he was the bride the boy had chosen. Reader’s guide: ① Everything is fictional. Please don’t use it as a reference for reality. ② The protagonist is imperfect. ③ Short story A forthcoming book in the Miaojiang series: The Miaojiang Boy Put a Love Gu on Me II Blurb: Ji Rong won third prize at his company’s annual party: a deluxe six-day, five-night travel voucher. The next day, he arrived in Yunnan, ready for a nature getaway. On the tour guide’s recommendation, he also signed up for an expedition into the primeval forest. Unfortunately, a rainstorm, fog, and miasma hit while they were in the forest, and they gradually strayed from their route. The magnetic field deep in the mountains was chaotic, the compass stopped working, and the only flare they had was too waterlogged to fire. Just as Ji Rong was despairing and waiting to die, he met a man named Yao Xu, who took him back to the tribe. Ji Rong had thought he’d found salvation, but he never expected to step into another abyss. From that day on, Yao Xu kept appearing in his dreams, licking the red mole at the small of his back again and again. “So beautiful. Do you like it?” Ji Rong had no idea he even had a mole there. He clutched the bedding helplessly and cursed in a hoarse voice, “Liar! Get out!” It wasn’t until later that Ji Rong learned the red mole was the mark of a love gu. “Have you ever heard of a love gu?” “What?” “Anyone afflicted with a love gu will have their heart gnawed by the gu whenever they think of the person who planted it. The pain will only stop when they see that person.” Yao Xu gently kissed away Ji Rong’s tears and coaxed him, “Be good. How could I bear to let you suffer?” Eyes red, Ji Rong lifted his weak, aching hand and slapped him. “You’re insane.” Yao Xu licked his lips and smiled silently at Ji Rong. Terrified, Ji Rong curled up in his arms and stammered, “I’m sorry. I was wrong.” Theme: Love can overcome anything