Beneath his gentle, jade-like exterior lies an overwhelming ambition. He wants power over all under heaven, a mighty empire, and his name, Yu Huaijin, carved across every inch of his vast realm!
She has somehow transmigrated into the body of a dimwitted, timid, unlucky snake. After he finds her, she is his snake in life and his dead snake in death!
Truthfully, she is just a lazy snake who loves freedom and an easy life. Unfortunately, she’s been dragged aboard his pirate ship. Getting on is easy, but getting off is another matter!
He means to keep her in line. “Stay by my side like a good girl, or I’ll skin you, eat your flesh, and drink your blood.”
She wants to fight back. “Wake up! A human-monster romance has no future. I’m not Bai Suzhen, and you’re not Xu Xian!”
That year, they drank wine and admired the snow in a plum grove. As snowflakes drifted down, someone played a haunting, tender rendition of Three Variations on the Plum Blossom.
She raised a hand to his face, her eyes filled with lovestruck devotion.
“I like you,” she said.
Her eyelashes trembled, and she spoke with careful hesitation.
It was the first time she had ever said she liked someone, and the only time.
Song Xiyan climbed onto the imperial throne with an air of command. “Tell me, are you going to let me out or not?”
Yu Huaijin raised an eyebrow. “The loser has to obey.”
Song Xiyan: “I don’t accept that. You cheated.”
Yu Huaijin: “Want to try again?”
Song Xiyan: “Bring it on. You think I’m scared of you?”
The two faced off, tension crackling in the air. Suddenly, Song Xiyan threw a punch with lightning speed.
“Rock, paper, scissors... Again.”
“Odds and evens, boys and girls... Again.”
“Who’s the fool? You’re the fool. Who’s the fool? He’s the fool... Again.”
“Seven Fairies, six sixes... Again.”
Song Xiyan shouted angrily, “Again! Again!”
Yu Huaijin soothed her. “All right, all right. I lose.”
Song Xiyan snapped, “I know how to lose properly. Don’t go easy on me.”
Yu Huaijin smiled and pulled her into his arms. “I don’t know how to lose properly. I insist on letting you win.”
This is the tragicomic tale of an unlucky heroine who transmigrates into the body of an unlucky snake, gets forced into being kept by a man, and struggles and schemes for freedom, only to be mercilessly subdued and tamed. It is also a lighthearted story about a man raising a pet until she becomes his wife, then spoiling her without limit. A sweet, devoted romance with one couple. I’m no good at writing blurbs, but the story is delightful, so please give it your support!