Shui Su transmigrated into a book, and the System tasked her with winning over Yin Kongqing, the story's moody, sinister, obsessive, cold-hearted villain.
She planned to sneak into Prince Rui's manor and become a maid to Jiang Xu, the gentle male supporting character. That would let her join the protagonist's group and find Yin Kongqing.
Jiang Xu had been kidnapped by villains as a child. By the time he was found at ten, his legs had been tortured until they were disabled. The heroine, Chen Xingxing, took pity on the boy who was like a little brother to her and decided to take him in search of a miracle doctor who could heal his legs. Jiang Xu was cured by her.
On her first day in Prince Rui's manor, Shui Su met Jiang Xu.
The fifteen-year-old in the wheelchair was lifeless and gaunt, with an exquisitely beautiful, almost bewitching face. Thick, curly black hair fell around his cold, pale neck, giving him a ghostly air.
He stared at Shui Su with empty, lifeless black eyes and said nothing before turning his wheelchair around and leaving. The silver bells hanging from his wrist chimed crisply. On the wheelchair's footrest, a little red snake coiled its slender body and flicked its scarlet tongue at Shui Su, its two venomous fangs barely visible.
But Shui Su wasn't afraid. In the original story, Jiang Xu was captured by Yin Kongqing while trying to save Chen Xingxing, tortured, and eventually turned into a human potted plant and sent to Chen Xingxing. From beginning to end, Jiang Xu was a good person.
Jiang Xu was quiet, obedient, and not picky about food, so looking after him was easy. As Shui Su gradually got to know him, she started to hate the thought of him dying.
Shui Su didn't want Jiang Xu to die saving Chen Xingxing.
She escaped with Jiang Xu, but the mission still had to continue, so she left him again.
No one knew that Jiang Xu had two names. One was given to him by his father: Jiang Xu. The other was given to him by his mother: Yin Kongqing.
His mother was a witch. Yin Kongqing lived with her until he was ten, learning how to raise and use venomous insects, control poisonous creatures, and make gu puppets. After he turned ten, his father brought him back and used his gu insects to eliminate his rivals.
The day he met Shui Su, Jiang Xu had his legs broken by his father for the sixth time, simply because his father was afraid he would run away. The woman looked at his disabled body without the slightest change in her manner and smiled brightly. "Greetings, my lord. I'm Shui Su, your maid."
Shui Su was seven years older than him. The way she cared for him made her seem less like a maid and more like an older sister.
Shui Su liked flowers, sunshine, and sweet treats.
Shui Su was afraid of bugs and the dark.
Shui Su...
Shui Su was leaving to look for Yin Kongqing.
Jiang Xu: "Are you leaving me?"
Shui Su: "He needs help. It's dangerous, and I might die."
Yin Kongqing smiled. "After you die, can you give me your body?"
Gu puppets are people too, and making them is what he does best.
Theme: Tend your flowers with care.
