Thin snow blankets the bones in the cold forest. As Lin Lang uses a cloth to cleanse the body of an unknown woman, her fingertips brush against a raised tattoo at the corpse's waist, and she freezes. It is a secret mark known only to her and her twin sister, Yu Er. The fresh ink spells out a bloodstained message: “The Guo family in the capital has fallen into a trap and is under someone's control. I escaped by seizing an opportunity. Come find me, and we'll flee together...” Lin Lang's throat tightens. Before her eyes appears the smile her mother wore when she took her elder sister away from the Yue Wu village in their childhood. Back then, her sister had said, “Once I've sent word that I'm safe, I'll take you to see the peach blossoms in the capital.”
Now the peach blossoms have yet to bloom, her family is gone, and only this cold body remains. The truth that her family is on the verge of ruin and her loved ones near death, along with an invitation left unanswered, is buried beneath the deep winter snow... ...
