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Top Expert Descends the Mountain: Starting with Breaking Off the Engagement with His Fiancée

share time: 2026-01-19 00:35:08

Lin Chuan, a hidden genius skilled in both medicine and martial arts, descends the mountain to break off his engagement as ordered by his master—his target is Su Wantang, the daughter of the capital's wealthiest man, rumored to be the “number one evil woman.” But when he kicks open the prime minister's mansion gate, he crashes into Su Wantang's arms—she's holding a knife to protect her wet nurse from debt collectors, her eyes red as she shouts, “I want to break off this engagement!” Lin Chuan raises an eyebrow and replies, “What a coincidence, I'm here to break it off with you.” Later, he discovers the “evil woman” is actually a kind-hearted person who hides pastries for beggars and boils medicine for her seriously ill mother late at night. Behind the engagement break-off lie his master's old grudges and the turbulent power struggles in the capital. Lin Chuan pretends to break off the engagement while silently resolving troubles for Su Wantang, until Su Wantang asks with red eyes, “Do you not want to break off the engagement anymore?” Only then does he realize he's long forgotten his mission...

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