I am Lan Jin, an ordinary person from Tianshui Village.
People in my village have always said that I don't talk much, but I'm very polite.
My parents passed away when I was ten, and I began living alone.
I became fascinated by poisonous insects and snakes by chance and plunged into this place. Luckily, I was fortunate that Granny Li in the village was not only a skilled doctor but also had some research on Gu insects.
So I started learning from Grandma Li.
Days passed by in this boring way, one after another.
When I turned eighteen, Grandma Li advised me to go out and see the world outside the village, saying that being confined to this small world was not good for me.
She said that someone as vibrant as me should go out and explore the world.
After thinking it over, I agreed with Granny Li's words.
As I was leaving, Grandma Li held my hand and said, "Child, if you get tired, go back to the village. This will always be your home."
"If you could bring a wife back, then your father was also brought back from outside by your mother."
"good."
I said it was good, but in my heart I was dismissive. Right now, I just want to be alone because I hate separation and I feel more comfortable living alone.
I forgot to mention that my mother died of illness, and my father followed her not long after.
At that time, I felt a deep aversion to separation.
After leaving the village, I wandered around aimlessly, trying to experience what the outside world was like, as Grandma Li had described. However, I found it to be quite ordinary.
It would be better to cultivate the Gu worms properly in the village.
But I soon contradicted myself. One night, I was looking for poisonous insects. Poisonous insects love dark and damp environments, so I went to the woods in the middle of the night to look for poisonous insects that I liked.
Instead of finding the poisonous insects, they found a person.
She still called me "sister" in her silly way, and fell weakly at my feet, wearing a red wedding dress, and she was blind.
Especially when I heard her say she wanted to come with me, my heart pounded violently. I seemed to understand why my father had followed my mother in death.
I rescued her; she was blind and needed me to do everything for her, which made me happy to do it myself.
I initially thought I was just interested in her, like I was interested in silver for those little bugs.
As I spent more and more time with her, I realized I was wrong. I wanted more than just to take care of her; I wanted to kiss her and possess her.
When she urged me to take her away quickly, I roughly guessed who she was.
She comes from a powerful background; she is a member of the royal family, and more likely, a princess of the current dynasty.
Even if she's a princess, the fact that she wants to escape means the people in the palace aren't treating her well, so I'm taking her away.
She was happy to come back to the village with me, and I was happy too, but it seemed that she only saw me as an older brother.
Who wants to be her brother?
The time I spent with her passed quickly, so quickly that I returned to the village before I could even express my feelings.
I took her to see Granny Li, wanting Granny Li to see her eyes, and also to tell Granny Li that he had found someone willing to go back to the village with him.
Grandma Li said she couldn't cure Qingqing's eyes. I was afraid Qingqing would be sad, but she's a very good girl, and I felt even more guilty towards her.
Grandma Li noticed the relationship between Qingqing and me. She asked me if Qingqing was willing, and of course I answered that I was. Who else but me could take care of Qingqing? Who else was qualified to take care of Qingqing?
After a long while, Granny Li sighed and told me to treat Qingqing well. Of course I will.
I kept it from Qingqing, pretending it was a welcoming ceremony held for her in the village, but it was actually our wedding ceremony. She naively believed it. I know it was wrong of me to do this, but I can't let go.
After the wedding, I told Qingqing not to run around in the room because I had to take care of the guests.
I was very happy that day. I married the woman I loved. She was wonderful, the first and only person I ever fell in love with.
After finishing my drinks and returning to my room, the joy in my heart was almost completely dispelled by the empty room. At that moment, I knew that Qingqing had run away. She knew that today was our wedding ceremony, but she didn't like me, so she ran away.
My heart is aching terribly, but it's okay, I'll bring her back. Even if she dies, she'll die with me.
She's so clumsy, I caught her halfway through her escape, haha.
I didn't ask her why she ran away. I carried her back, and after we drank the nuptial wine, we were husband and wife.
After today, we will be a real couple. When I found her, my heart returned to normal. She said her eyes were healed too, and I was very happy.
She's been crying so much these past few days, and I love it.
These happy days didn't last long. One night, she disappeared without a trace.
My memory is missing a segment, and it feels like my heart has been ripped open; the pain is excruciating, unlike any I've ever experienced before.
All I know is that I need to find someone, I absolutely must find someone, but I can't remember who it is, I only have a blurry figure in my mind.
He searched aimlessly for three years, with only one thought in his mind: he would find that person even if it meant his death.
Three years is neither a long nor a short time. When I passed through the capital, the Heart-Eating Gu in my body, which had been dormant, started to react. I knew that the person I was looking for had appeared.
Following the guidance of the Heart-Eating Gu, I arrived at the Spring Breeze Pavilion. As if smelling something, the silver slipped excitedly from my hand.
Among the many rooms, Yinzi slipped into one of them. I took out some silver and gave it to the person in charge there, telling her not to disturb me no matter what happened next.
When I opened the door, I saw the man sitting on the couch, and the Heart-Eating Gu was more agitated than ever before.
I don't understand why it's a man, but the Heart-Eating Gu is definitely it.
The person inside called out Yinzi's name familiarly, and I knew it was him.
The necklace around his neck made me even more certain. So what if he was a man? As long as he was the person in my mind, that was enough.
As soon as I touched his body, I felt surprisingly relaxed, and I fell into a deep sleep on the bed in the room while holding him.
That was the best sleep I ever had.
When I woke up and saw her for the first time, my memories returned; everything was back.
I don't know why she ran away. Maybe she knew how awful I was, so she wanted to escape from me.
But I love her.
Before her eyes were better, everyone said she couldn't live without me, but the truth is, whether her eyes were better or not, the person she couldn't live without was always me.
It is I, Lan Jin, who cannot live without Shen Muqing.
So I used tricks, acting pitiful and playing the victim to keep her.
I don't feel ashamed at all; on the contrary, I would do anything to keep her here.
My biggest wish in this life is to grow old with her.
Now I have achieved my goal. Although we cannot be born together, I am content to be buried in the same grave after we die together.
I know she has many secrets, but that's okay, as long as she's by my side.
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I apologize to everyone who has read this far. This book has been written on and off for more than three months, and it will be finished after only a few worlds.
This is my first book, and it has many shortcomings. I wrote it on a whim, and I didn't expect that anyone would read it. Thank you.
Actually, I'm not very satisfied with this book. I feel like I wrote it poorly, and the plot is terrible.
The time I spent disappearing was also a period of self-denial, which made me not want to write anymore. But I felt I still had to finish writing it, at least the last one, to give them a happy ending.
The purpose of writing this book is to have the female protagonist save those original girls who are not doing well. Even though many people are criticizing the original female protagonist and saying this and that, I still want to give them a happy ending.
Just treat it as a separate little world, even though it's supposed to be 1v1, ?_?
However, my writing skills are limited, and this is all I can write. I apologize.
After this book is finished, I will take some time to reflect and strive to make my next book even better, although I don't know if there will be a next book.
That's all for now, goodbye everyone!
Bye-Bye!
August 11, 2025
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