She thought becoming a god would let her go home.
She thought becoming a demon would let them meet again.
Only at the very end did she understand: the road home could be bought only with her own life.
Modern-day assassins Shen Qingluan and Su Xiaoxiao were all each other had.
One was as cool as frost, with rules she would never break when killing. The other was irresistibly seductive and did as she pleased. Raised together by their grandmother, they both descended into darkness to pay for her medical treatment, and time and again they trusted each other with their lives.
Until one night, their organization cornered them, and they leapt from a tall building.
Blood soaked the twin-fish jade pendant around their necks, an heirloom their grandmother had split in two.
As the light swallowed them, Shen Qingluan thought: If I could start over, I’d want Xiaoxiao to live an ordinary life.
It's starting to feel a bit broken. Let's start the love-love-la-la-la-lao-suo, mother-in-law and mother-in-law.