The Green Hills Are Hard to Leave

※ Devoted, sharp-tongued, tsundere roughneck X Gentle, beautiful, theatrical young woman fallen on hard times

※ Both are sexually inexperienced | Happy ending

※ Mutual love | They choose each other | Secret crush becomes mutual | Healing | Sweet romance

※ I never meant to fall for the green hills, but somehow they found their way into my heart

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A new female teacher named Yang Liusi arrived at Mingzhou's Wanjuan Tower. She was unmatched in both talent and beauty.

The second young master of the Xie family was always suspicious of her motives and made things difficult for her at every turn.

Later, after the misunderstanding was cleared up, the illiterate Second Master Xie still kept showing up at Wanjuan Tower, the library.

Yang Liusi's maid found it strange. Her young mistress would normally keep anyone who admired her at a distance, but Second Master Xie seemed to be the exception.

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Yang Liusi was the daughter of a disgraced official. In the records of the authorities, she had already died once, and her true identity could never see the light of day.

She had been living quietly under an assumed name, until she met Xie Cishan, known as the cold-hearted Second Master.

For the first time in her life, she wanted to accept a man's affection. She wanted to have a child as handsome as him. She wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with him beneath the vast blue sky.

They had promised never to betray each other. But when she returned from a hard-fought battle, the woman had vanished without a trace.

When they met again, she was already the consort of the heir to the throne of Nandian.

Later, in a hidden chamber, Xie Cishan pinned her against the wall.

He kissed her again and again, fiercely and without restraint, asking why she had left without a word, why she had abandoned him.

The woman didn't struggle. She let him cling to her and take what he wanted, while tears silently rolled down her cheeks.

Each shining drop was like a shattered crystal, piercing his heart with pain again and again.

At last, Xie Cishan let go. His eyes red, he watched her flee like a startled deer.

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Ever since the heir to the throne of Nandian and his consort arrived in the capital, rumors had been circulating that the consort was involved with another man.

Whenever he heard this, the heir to Nandian would slam the table and fly into a rage. "Nonsense! My consort is the very picture of gentleness and propriety, pure as ice and jade!"

Everyone looked up at the emerald-encrusted crown on his head. No matter how they looked at it, it seemed suspiciously green.

Theme: The cracks are where the light shines in.