A seemingly gentle, devoted husband who is actually a gloomy mad dog x a kind, resilient sweetheart
Blurb 1:
Li Youyi saved someone when she was young.
As snow fell heavily, a boy curled up at the side of the street, his body covered in frozen bloodstains. He gazed at her with bright black eyes, pleading, his voice barely a whisper. "Please save me."
The twelve-year-old girl was kind and gentle. She took off her cloak and covered him with it, gave him some money, then left in her carriage.
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The world is unpredictable. In the second year of Li Youyi's marriage, the land fell into chaos and warlords vied for power.
Her husband, who had promised to love her for a lifetime, tied her up and sent her in a sedan chair to the estate of Bai Jiming, the governor who controlled the north, as a tribute to curry favor with him.
She broke free of her bindings halfway there and fled in a panic, running straight into a carriage.
A gentle, gracious, and handsome young man helped the disheveled woman to her feet.
That night, the moonlight was bleak. The Buddhist prayer beads on the man's wrist made him seem kind and compassionate, like an immortal descended from heaven.
He said his name was Bai Jiming, and that he was the boy she had saved.
A twist of fate.
He took her in when she had nowhere else to go, treating her with courtesy, as a man of noble character.
Later, they confessed their feelings for each other, and she naturally married him.
Their married life was sweet. Bai Jiming was upright and gentle, and Li Youyi often marveled at her good fortune, hoping they would grow old together.
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Until one day, she accidentally entered the hidden chamber in Bai Jiming's study and finally understood what kind of obsessive, terrifying madman hid beneath the mask of a courteous, mild-mannered gentleman.
He wove a net called possession, binding her tightly to his side.
Terrified, Li Youyi fled in a panic.
When she was caught and brought back, the young man wore a gentle smile.
He bound her wrists with his prayer beads and leaned close. His cold black hair fell like waterweed, tangling around her, as though to drag her down and drown her.
His breath was hot and sticky against her ear. "Yiniang, when you save someone... you have to see it through to the end."
Blurb 2:
Bai Jiming was saved by someone when he was young.
She was gentle and kind, like a merciful Bodhisattva in a temple, saving all living beings.
Later, after enduring countless hardships, he carved out a territory of his own, while she married another man.
But so what?
She saved him, so she ought to take responsibility for him to the end.
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He was named Bai Jiming because the day she saved him, the clouds parted, the snow stopped, and the wind and moon were clear and bright.
Reader's guide:
1. The female lead has only been with the male lead / one-on-one pairing / happy ending / fictional setting, loosely inspired by the Three Kingdoms and Jin dynasties, so don't expect rigorous historical accuracy.
2. Coercive romance and plenty of melodrama.
3. The male lead is clean in both body and heart, clean in both body and heart, clean in both body and heart. Even his names are related to the female lead.
4. The male lead is a gloomy mad dog with an extremely pathological need for control. Some content may be upsetting.
The blurb was first recorded on 2025.4.26 and has been archived.
Theme: Learn to be kind
