"I stole someone else's identity to love you"
In the eyes of the world, he is the elegant and noble young master of the Shen family. But no one knows that the real Shen Mingxiu died in the war of water and fire nine thousand years ago. The one wearing his face now is Baili Xie, the Silver-Armored Demon Lord.
He should have kept the promise he made and guarded it for the rest of this borrowed life. Yet he couldn't stop himself from harboring forbidden thoughts about the figure by the bamboo grove and emerald waters.
He often plays the qin beneath the moon, its lonelier light reflected in his eyes than in hers.
"Xiao Yue." He reveals his true form before her, his dragon tail winding from her ankle around her waist. "Look closely."
"Who is the one by your side now..."
She is the most precious jewel of Mi Du, whose dance can captivate the world.
He is her gentlest pipa teacher, and also the demon who devours her pride.
When Zhuge Tianming shatters Shen Yao's Canghai, she finally sees the truth:
Their supposed harmony was nothing but a carefully planned hunt.
He wants her to fall from her pedestal, to have everyone turn against her, to...
Willingly kneel in a pool of blood and become his one and only prisoner.
The day the illusion shatters, Zhuge Tianming grips Shen Yao by the throat and chuckles. "You said you'd stay with me, so why can't you bear even this little pain?"
◇ Reading Guide ◇
Fake g*nder-bending trope | Dual identities | A distant beauty falls into darkness for love
One couple, mutually faithful | Angsty romance | A cast of beautiful, strong, tragic characters
A beautiful, strong, tragic madman × a noblewoman with a fragile aura
√ Fake eunuch fiction / imprisonment and corruption / lovers turned enemies
An ensemble story following four characters, with no melodramatic love triangle.
