[Sweet-faced scheming straight-shooter heroine who loves training dogs] x [Tsundere playboy hero with a tough front and soft center who gets scolded every day]
Princess Zhao Ruizhen of Great Song is a little god of fortune sent down to undergo a mortal trial. To return to her place in heaven, she must first help a fellow immortal get back there.
That fellow immortal just happens to be her childhood friend and rival in this life: Xing Yao Bureau Judge Lu Jiu, known in the underworld as the Jinx Yama, because not only are his methods ruthless, everyone who crosses paths with him ends up unlucky.
Zhao Ruizhen racks her brains. If Lu Jiu can just leave his mortal body, she'll be able to return to heaven, right?
She slipped medicine into a sweet bun, but Lu Jiu's rival ate it instead.
She hid a needle in a golden saddle, but the person hunting Lu Jiu fell off the horse.
She fired a hidden arrow, and injured herself instead.
Because Lu Jiu is a walking jinx, Ruizhen grows more and more unscrupulous as she goes about her mission...
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Lu Jiu gets along with both the black and white sides of the underworld, but the princess has latched onto him, and he has no idea what to do about it.
The princess shows up at the Xing Yao Bureau every day to block his way. Today she brings him sweet buns, tomorrow a golden saddle. In the end, the pampered princess lowers herself to become a demon hunter under his command.
"A princess like you isn't afraid of getting bad luck from associating with someone like me?"
"I am a heavenly blessing, sent especially to cure you."
The princess fusses over him and even takes an arrow for him. She must be madly in love with him. Their childhood bickering must have been her way of getting his attention, too.
Lu Jiu: "How can she love me this much?"
His underling: "Boss, get a grip. I think the princess shoved you into a ditch just the other day."
Lu Jiu: "Mind your own business. I fell in because my luck was bad."
#Self-Delusion #IHaveMyOwnPace #InnocentYoungLove #AChaoticPairOfRivals
[Linked short stories]
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Reader's guide:
1. Pure romance, both are virgins.
2. The male lead is a hilarious jinx; the female lead is a shameless lucky charm.
3. This story is in the same series and shared universe as the neighboring title, A Breeze Carries Me Across.
4. An alternate-history story based on the Song Dynasty, with lots of original worldbuilding and food.
5. A demon-hunting mystery with supernatural elements. The tone is goofy but has serious moments, and romance and plot are in a 40/60 ratio.
6. The journey has both bitter and sweet moments, with a happy ending.
Theme: The world is very forgiving, so don't give up.
