Journey to the Spring Mountains

New modern-day pseudo-sibling romance: "Don't Elope When the Storm Breaks"

[Pirated versions are missing parts of the romance and plot. The legitimate version costs only a cup of milk tea, while the pirated bundle costs more.]

[Ruthless, decisive Commander vs. sickly, alluring, scheming Prince Charming of a prince]

In the first year of Qingyun, in the height of summer, her father buried her alive.

Twelve years later, Lin Jinye offers incense before the memorial tablets of herself and her mother. Then she enters the game alone, stirring up trouble and overturning the board.

She lies low in the shadows, growing ferociously where no one can see her, tempered into the sharpest blade to protect the Lin clan's realm from threats within and without.

As soon as she takes office, she purges the court, eliminates corrupt officials, and quickly makes a name for herself.

While investigating the grain and horses case, Lin Jinye runs into an old acquaintance, Ji Ling. Wait... how did the young general who used to uproot willow trees become a helpless weakling who can't even look after himself?

What's more, everyone knows that Commandery Princess Zhou Jin and Princess Yongzhao died in a sea of flames. So how can Ji Ling, who left the capital twelve years ago, know that she's still alive?

There must be something fishy. Lin Jinye guards against him like a thief, and simply rewards him with a pair of wooden handcuffs before taking him back to the capital for a proper interrogation.

Fourteen-year-old Ji Ling would never have believed that the soft, sweet little dumpling who called him "Uncle A Ling" would become the ruthless, decisive Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard twelve years later.

Though he'd been away from the capital for twelve years, he still couldn't believe it. How had his chubby little shadow turned into a fiery little pepper? (Ji Ling grabs Chu Xian by the neck: Give me back my soft, squishy little dumpling! o(╥﹏╥)o)

Over those twelve years, he endured one setback after another. Then Ji Ling and Lin Jinye met again. She was a beam of light that burst into the darkness around him and changed everything.

[Scene 1]

The first time Xiao Ye fell for him, she suddenly saw a strand of hair fall across his pale cheek in the sunlight. His foxlike eyes, dark and clear, tilted upward, and a tear mole appeared faintly when he lowered his gaze.

Her ears reddened, the color gradually spreading across her face. Xiao Ye turned away, not wanting to look at him.

A Ling reached out with concern and touched her forehead. "Why is your face so red?"

The sharp-tongued woman, who said one thing but meant another, snapped, "Don't touch me!"

"Fiery little pepper..." A Ling muttered. When he saw the daggers in Lin Jinye's eyes, he popped a candy into her mouth.

The fox, a master of flirtation, tilted his head and smiled at her. "Now you're a sweet little pepper."

Xiao Ye left with a cold expression, but her face suddenly softened. This candy tastes better than the kind I bought myself.

[Scene 2]

On the night of the Lantern Festival, at a banquet.

A servant tries to drug Xiao Ye's wine...

Suddenly, A Ling falls into Xiao Ye's arms, and she holds him close. His foxlike eyes shimmer with moonlight, and as he lowers his head, his lips brush her forehead...

The mighty, imposing Commander falls for it completely. Her face turns bright red, and she presses her lips together. "What are you doing? There are people here!"

The little fox pouts pitifully. "I'm drunk..."

So Xiao Ye takes her leave and prepares to leave the banquet.

In the brief moment when Xiao Ye is saying goodbye to everyone, A Ling instantly switches from sweet and innocent to ruthless. Before everyone's eyes, he turns and grabs the man's throat, his eyes revealing a cruel menace. "Are you trying to die?"

As soon as Xiao Ye turns back, he becomes obedient and fragile again, asking to be held.

Reading guide:

1. The leads have an eight-year age gap. The male lead is the close friend who grew up alongside the female lead's maternal uncle and mother. He watched her grow up, hence the childhood-friend, "little uncle" romance. They are not related by blood in any way!

2. The dynasty is fictional, and the author has taken many liberties. Please don't treat it as historical fact.

3. The free extra chapter, "A Letter from Wangwang," will be completed in 2025.

Theme: Stay true to your heart, journey far across mountains and seas, and at last behold the spring mountains