[Two strong leads + both virgins + mystery and crime-solving + substitute bride + secret identities + rekindled romance]
Bold, resilient, revenge-seeking Chi Feng x sharp-tongued, scheming, devoted Zhu Hua
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In a nutshell: Chi Feng returns from her travels to find her family wiped out. She investigates the case and seeks revenge, all while getting tangled up with her former lover.
Chi Feng once thought she'd be as free and carefree as the wind, with nothing to hold her back. But in a chaotic age, the wind often carries the stench of blood and the sound of weeping.
Fate is unpredictable. She returns from her travels through the mountains and wilderness to find her entire family murdered by villains. While fleeing, she is pushed into the water by enraged commoners, but miraculously survives. After investigating, she finally finds a lead: the Thousand Lantern Guards.
To avenge her family and clear their name, Chi Feng assumes the identity of the runaway bride, Miss Ruan, and marries Zhu Hua, the Thousand Lantern Guards' Commander and Chief Judge, a man notorious for his ruthlessness.
The ghost wedding is interrupted when the groom, who should have been dead, arrives amid a clap of thunder. The veil is pulled away, revealing her lover from four years ago.
As they test and guard against each other, they repeatedly join forces, unravel the mystery, and make their way toward a peaceful, prosperous age, finally putting the past behind them.
The first volume sets the scene and moves at a slower pace. The investigations begin in the second volume, with the revenge plot and individual cases progressing in parallel.
