Chasing the Wind and Shadows: The Vanishing Trace

[Fan fiction + long-form + villain + ensemble cast + no female lead + Xin Feng and Xue Yu pairing + prequel] (If you dislike the pairing, feel free to skip the holiday special chapters.) Fan fiction based on the film “The Shadow’s Edge.” Twenty years ago, Fu Longsheng (Shadow) unexpectedly encountered six children abandoned by the world. From then on, this makeshift family gradually grew. Under his protection, the children grew into blades, each with their own specialty. They were the brains behind cracking codes and the night wind slipping through the streets and alleys. They were also family, gathered around the same dining table in an orphanage hidden deep in the city, bickering over who had to do the dishes. Fu Longsheng taught them how to weave lies into a protective disguise, but he also taught them how to warm one another with their body heat. They weren’t born perfect or cold-hearted. They stumbled their way toward maturity through every dangerous mission. They had failed and doubted themselves, but they had never betrayed one another. To the police, the “Shadow Gang” was synonymous with meticulously planned crime, yet they also had a kind side. Beneath the shadows were both cracks and glimmers of light. With truth and emotion hopelessly entangled, in this decade-long hunt, who exactly is hunting whom? Follow the adopted children’s perspective and take a look at the city’s gleaming crimes.