Ten years ago, the foremost family of East City was annihilated in a night of blood and fire. A decade later, Chu Ming returns, resolute and unyielding, his hatred as deep as the ocean—he will repay every debt in blood. Faced with betrayal and deceit, he shows no mercy; confronted with love and care, he will never allow those he cherishes to be harmed.
“Don’t… don’t…”
“Beauty, bear with me. I’ll be done soon…”
“Scoundrel! Be gentle!”
In a lavish seaside suite, after a passionate encounter, the open window let in a breeze that scattered the intoxicating scent lingering in the room.
Chu Ming lounged lazily against the headboard. “Beauty, you’re really strong!”
Yun Xueyan’s hazy eyes snapped clear. She screamed, clutching the blanket with one hand and grabbing a pillow with the other, hurling it at Chu Ming with furious, blushing cheeks. “Scoundrel! Who are you? What did you do to me?”
Chu Ming dodged her attack and rubbed his nose. “Beauty, is this how you treat your savior?”
“If not for me, you’d be dead by now!”
Chu Ming, sent by his master to fulfill a marriage promise, passed by the Winding River and found Yun Xueyan had fallen in. After rescuing her, she was unconscious. Upon examination, he discovered she suffered from a rare cold ailment, her body riddled with lethal chill—her days numbered.
This illness was incurable by medicine; only a legendary physique, the Solar Body, could balance the cold toxin through the union of yin and yang, using the heat of yang fire to neutralize the chill and save her life.
By chance, he possessed this rare Solar Body. Driven by a compassionate sense of duty—if he didn’t descend into hell, who would?—he brought Yun Xueyan to the hotel, sacrificing his own virginity to save her.
Yun Xueyan shook her head, her memories returning. Her expression grew complicated, but when she saw Chu Ming’s smug demeanor, she was instantly infuriat