Lin Wan is just a terrified daughter of a disgraced official, scraping by in the prince's residence. Her greatest dream is to grow vegetables, raise chickens, and live a quiet life to old age.
She's a transmigrated special forces soldier, with a modern military database in her head. Looking at the residence's security, full of glaring flaws, she can't help thinking: “I could get in here ten times.”
What's more, Xiao Chen, the Seventh Prince who seems as gentle as jade, has been able to hear every thought within thirty feet since birth. For twenty-three years, he's heard enough court intrigues and human treachery to last a lifetime. Then he meets Lin Wan
On the outside, she trembles with fear. Inside, she's calmly analyzing:
“The crossbow's locking catch is worn down by 0.3 millimeters.”
“The assassins' formation has a twelve-second blind spot in the third quadrant.”
“The red mud on the prince's boots... So the imperial kiln explosion this morning really wasn't an accident?”
Xiao Chen: “Interesting.”
And so begins a game of pretense, with neither of them letting on that they know:
On the surface, he coldly investigates cases. In reality, he “happens to pass by” her courtyard every day, collecting her sharp complaints and expert analyses that leave everyone else in the dust.
On the surface, she grows vegetables and raises chickens. In reality, she's forced to “happen” to resolve crises in the prince's residence, reveal brilliant strategies to defeat the enemy in her “dreams,” and “get lucky” enough to kill every assassin.
Until, on the night of the palace coup, his mind-reading ability backfires and he bleeds from all seven orifices. She fights her way through the surrounding enemies and takes his hand.
“Close your eyes, Xiao Chen.”
“Listen only to my heartbeat.”
This is the story of a laid-back special forces soldier forced into action and a mind-reading prince who learns to heal himself.
When the sharpest blade meets the loneliest heart, they go from testing each other to supporting one another, and finally understand:
The best disguise is being able to show your true self in front of the other person.
The deepest redemption is having
