[Not an alternate world, not a power fantasy, female lead has a golden finger, light angst, 1v1, happy ending]
She is the vicious torturer in the Anshun yamen, who flays people without blinking. He is a wicked lackey of the powerful eunuchs in the Forbidden City.
They would never have crossed paths if a eunuch's peculiar tastes hadn't brought them together.
Qiu Huaixin never imagined that the notorious jailer in charge of the imperial prison would one day let down his guard in front of him and reveal the vulnerability buried in his heart.
“Those who are too rigid break easily. But Huaixin, I've already bent myself into the shape I am now. I don't know how many times my spine has buckled. Why won't they leave me alone? Why do they still want to break me? Why?!”
Huaixin wrapped an arm around those thin shoulders, holding the person who was on the verge of falling apart, and whispered in his ear, “From now on, walk this road with me, Qin Huai. Together, we'll hold the blade of revenge to their throats.”
The jailer felt for the short blade in his sleeve, his eyes glinting with a sharp, contained light. “I'll be the executioner. Who do we kill first?”
Huaixin said, “Let's come up with a plan!”
