Princess, Your Cat-Eared Shadow Guard Has Escaped Again

[Innocent, Slightly Yandere Princess x Tsundere, Catlike Assassin]

Hua Xuan was the most doted-on little princess in Nanning, a darling of heaven and the apple of everyone's eye. When she was six, she snuck out of the palace and rescued a little beggar from human traffickers. She brought the child home, cared for him devotedly, and named him Lin Xi.

Lin Xi was beautiful, but ill-tempered and nimble. It took several experts working together to subdue him. Her imperial brother once said, "That child is like a wildcat. He'll never be tamed. I'll find you a well-behaved shadow guard instead."

That very night, her brother's bedchamber was smashed to pieces. The culprit hid behind the little princess, swaggering at her brother.

During a spring flower-viewing outing, they were attacked. Just as a sword was about to pierce her chest, Lin Xi, who had once barely paid her any attention, took the blow for her. He leaped into the air and tumbled off a cliff with the assassin. His body was never found, and she cried herself hoarse at the cliff's edge.

Ten years later, on a rainy day, a black-clad youth, covered in blood and near death, climbed into her sedan chair.

Young and full of vigor, Lin Xi casually handed her his life token, engraved with his name. The little princess looked at that familiar face and asked, as he gazed at her expectantly, "Who is Lin Xi?"

Only later did Hua Xuan learn that Lin Xi was the Jianghu's most famous assassin, a cold-blooded killer who could come and go without a trace.

Even as her shadow guard, he was as elusive as a cat, vanishing without a word. A few scolding words would make him bristle and run away, only for him to come back covered in wounds, looking pitiful as he asked her to treat him.

Being an assassin was too dangerous. She might as well keep him by her side. She didn't mind doting on him and looking after him forever, even if he ended up completely useless.

Hua Xuan thought it over for a long time, then decided to drug him.

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Lin Xi spent ten years struggling to survive in the Jianghu, holding on to one hope: that he would live long enough to see her again.

He never imagined that when they met again, Hua Xuan would have forgotten him completely.

Lin Xi was furious. He would infiltrate her side, become her one and only shadow guard, win her trust, and take her out of the palace to stay with him. He would keep her locked at his side forever, forcing her never to forget him again.

But Hua Xuan treated him so well that he began to think he could let the past go.

That is, until she placed a bowl of drugged sweet soup in front of him.

Reading Guide:

1. The heroine is a sweet girl with a slightly yandere streak beneath the surface. The hero is catlike, but not an actual cat: when he's in a good mood, he clings to her; when he's in a bad mood, he coolly walks away and watches from the sidelines.

2. The court and Jianghu are not the focus.

3. Both leads are each other's only partners; happy ending.

4. Blurb saved on 2025.7.19.

5. The main story begins with their reunion.

Theme: Live well