Alluring fox spirit × frosty general
A formidable couple play-acting at love | After his secret identity is exposed, he begs me not to leave
I'm a thousand-year-old fox spirit, posing as a courtesan to infiltrate my enemy's household.
On our wedding night, my general husband, who hates demons with all his heart, lifts my veil with the tip of his sword:
"Fox spirit, we cooperate for three months. If your cover is blown, you die."
I smile and tug at his sash. "General, the one whose cover gets blown... might not be me."
By day, we're the most loving couple in the capital.
He paints my brows and colors my lips; I warm his wine and lay out his clothes.
Everyone laughs that the cold-faced King of Hell has finally fallen for a woman of the pleasure quarters.
By night, we're the most in-sync partners in espionage.
He investigates treason at court, while I pursue vengeance for my clan's massacre.
Until one day, he takes an arrow meant to slay demons for me, staining his wedding robes with blood:
"Qing Heng, the three-month agreement is off..."
"In this life, alive, you belong to me. Dead, you'll still be my fox."
Later, my enemy exposes my demon form in front of everyone and demands that he burn me at the altar.
He tears up the demon-suppression order in full view and reveals his own astonishing demon form:
"Well, what a coincidence. I'm a demon too."
"Anyone who lays a hand on my wife will have their entire clan wiped out."
Later still, my identity is completely exposed...
The leader of Fox Shadow, the intelligence network controlling the capital, is the very person who saved his life three years ago, whom he has been searching for ever since.
The man who once swore to exterminate every demon under heaven corners me against a wall, his eyes red:
"Wife, just how many secret identities do you have?"
"But it doesn't matter..."
He lowers his head and kisses my trembling fox ear:
"I'll spend my whole life uncovering every one of your disguises."
