The Young Lady and Her Taciturn Deathsworn

Jiang Youning found a girl about her own age in her courtyard. The girl was dressed all in black and carried a black knife in a wooden sheath. When she woke up, she had lost her memory. She was cold-faced and hardly spoke. Jiang Youning, who loved nothing more than flipping through romance stories whenever she had a spare moment, lit up. Jiang Youning: “Take off your clothes.” Wen Tang sat there woodenly, only the tips of her ears turning red. “Miss, this isn’t right.” “What’s wrong with it?” Jiang Youning said with complete conviction. “That’s what all the books say. I’m a young lady, you’re an assassin, and I saved your life, so you have to repay me by giving yourself to me! Have you never read a book?” Wen Tang, who had lost her memory, couldn’t remember whether she had read anything like that. It felt wrong somehow, but she couldn’t say exactly why, so she could only shake her head. Jiang Youning felt even more confident. “I’ve read plenty. Just do what I say!” The young lady nestled in her arms was as slender as a willow, like a dish of honeyed pudding, sweet and soft. Every touch made her tremble and call out, so soft that Wen Tang hardly dared to use any force. But whenever Wen Tang stopped, the young lady would bite her lip and glare, complaining that she was being too gentle and too slow. Tears were already in her eyes, yet she still told Wen Tang to go faster and be rougher. Wen Tang said nothing. Wen Tang liked it. Holding the young lady in her arms, she thought: The young lady is right. From now on, I’ll do whatever she says. Later, Wen Tang regained her memories. Since they had first met, the young lady had only ever shed tears in bed. Now, she looked at Wen Tang with tears in her eyes. “Are you going to leave?” Wen Tang said, “Miss, don’t be afraid.” After that, Jiang Youning was never afraid of anything again. P.S. This is more or less the story of a fallen young lady and a taciturn deathsworn, the secondary couple from The Princess Wants to Cuddle Today, Too! Coming Soon: I’ll Raise You as My Shadow Guard 00. Shi Guo had long since lost track of how long she had been alive. Back when she worked as a shadow guard, her codename was Thirteen. One day, she was assigned a mission to eavesdrop through a wall. She knew this kind of job inside out. She had done it dozens of times, if not a hundred. With so much practice, she could even sneak a few pastries and fruits to feed the little bundle next door. After feeding the little bundle for a while, she simply took the child home and raised her herself. The little bundle tucked into her arms was far too thin, like a kitten on the verge of keeling over. Passing the shrine of the richest family in the land, Shi Guo spotted some milk. Oh, there it is! She took it back to feed the kitten at home. The kitten needed a comfortable nest. Shi Guo remembered that, some year she couldn’t recall, she had casually saved a child. Once grown, that child had built her a grand mansion. It would be just right for the kitten. Shi Guo had never raised a child, but she had raised a cat when she was young. Cats were clever. Give them enough food to fill their bellies and a nest to shelter them from the wind and rain, and they could live just fine. But if she was raising a cat, naturally she would give it the best of everything. Lychees and silverfish presented by the imperial merchants, sable furs and silks, rare birds and beasts, fine jade and agate... If other people had them, her kitten should have them too. Shi Guo diligently hauled home fine things from all over to raise her cat. She kept at it, and one day, when she looked back, her kitten had grown up. The kitten blossomed into a graceful beauty, with cheeks fairer than snow, attracting countless covetous eyes. Shi Guo: You think that after all these years as a shadow guard, all I know how to do is crouch outside people’s walls?! But among those covetous gazes was one from the imperial city, belonging to someone who wielded supreme authority. Shi Guo pondered for a moment, then casually ran a hand over the kitten’s silken hair. “What do you think of me becoming emperor?” The imperial merchant, the richest person in the land, the emperor’s loyal subject, and the female general disguised as a man, who had finally caught up behind her, all said, “You should’ve said so sooner! We’ve been waiting for you to say that!” Theme: Keep hope in your heart, and you’ll always find your way to the sunshine!