Master, Don't Be Afraid. A Poisonous Mushroom Won't Kill You

Mu Yumiao transmigrated. Wanting to go home and keep picking mushrooms, she had no choice but to accept the original owner's request to avenge her and take a powerful master as her mentor.

Her master was kind and extraordinarily handsome. He taught by word and deed, and took good care of her.

He gave her magical weapons for protection, took the blame and punishment for her, and helped her test whether mushrooms were poisonous.

When her enemies discovered her whereabouts and sent people after her, leaving her gravely wounded and unconscious, he stayed by her side for half a month without ever closing his eyes.

Mu Yumiao thought he was so good that he deserved a hundred awards for exemplary mentorship.

If she could, she would stay with him and cultivate properly. She was sure to achieve something.

But she couldn't wait.

So when she woke, she looked at the pained expression on Liu Qinghe's face and threw her arms around him.

Master, you're such a good person. You'll help me, won't you?

Tears fell like pearls from the poor girl's face, but her eyes were as cold as ice spikes.

Liu Qinghe, you walked right into this yourself. Don't blame me.

From then on, on her quest for revenge, Mu Yumiao had more than just the sword in her hand. She also had someone who would risk his life to protect her. Wherever she went, he followed.

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But as he kept following her, why was he gradually changing?

Just because she went out to handle something without telling him, then got hurt in an accident, did he have to tie up her hands and feet, lock her indoors, and forbid her from leaving?

What kind of reason was that?

Mu Yumiao tried coaxing him and throwing tantrums, but Liu Qinghe still wouldn't untie her. Furious, she glared at him with reddened eyes and demanded to know if he planned to keep her tied up for the rest of her life.

To her surprise, Liu Qinghe gripped her chin and stared at her with such dark eyes that her scalp tingled. "That could be arranged."

Mu Yumiao was speechless. Something seemed to burn in those eyes fixed on hers. She couldn't understand it, and it frightened her.

Only after a long while did she suddenly realize...

Oh no. She might have driven her gentle master into becoming an obsessive madman...

Liu Qinghe had a lifelong wish: to become a kind, generous, and patient teacher, just like his own master, Gu Liuyun.

So when Mu Yumiao nearly died of her injuries just six months after joining his sect, he blamed himself. He felt guilty and angry...

He willingly let Mu Yumiao "use" him to accompany her on her quest for revenge.

Mu Yumiao always said he was a good person, the gentlest master in the world.

But she didn't know that a heart demon in his chest screamed at him every day:

"Why did she smile at that person?"

"Why did she go out without taking him along?"

"Why does she always come back covered in injuries?"

"..."

"Tie her up! Tie her up!! A disciple this impossible to keep safe belongs locked in a room, forbidden from going anywhere!!"

So, my dear little disciple, if you don't behave yourself soon, he really won't be able to keep up this gentle act.

A soft rice cake of a heroine who turns into a black-hearted tangyuan vs. a genuinely gentle, yet genuinely obsessive, hero

Reader's guide:

[One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners, happy ending, no breaking up the official pairing]

[The plot and romance get equal attention. The early chapters lean more toward plot and take a while to heat up.]

[The heroine has a golden finger, which appears around chapter fifty.]

[Lots of original worldbuilding. Something of an ensemble cast, with a small team.]

[Some details about mushrooms are real, while others are made up. Don't scrutinize the details too closely.]

[Finally, I hope you'll support the book. Remember to give me a little star!]

Theme: Doing what you know you shouldn't