Qipao Under the Moonlight: Love and Evil Spirits Burn Alike

Former journalist Zhou Mingxuan is pulled into a mysterious web of intrigue spanning twenty years by half a jade pendant his dying mother left him. In a qipao shop in Nantou Ancient City, the silver threads embroidered by Chongqing native Jiang Xin are more than curling lotus vines: they form a deadly gateway back to the past. A late-night deliveryman who can fly, a coded money transfer hidden in an old ledger, a rift in time beneath the ruins of a clock tower... Every clue points to a mysterious organization called “Twining Lotus.” Zhao Deshan feeds evil spirits with the vital essence of the living. Black smoke that devours souls hides in the stitches of qipaos, and under the moonlight, an iron pipe sprouts petals that devour people. At last, Zhou Mingxuan understands: what his mother spent her life protecting was never a secret, but the lives of him and Jiang Xin. “When the Twining Lotus blooms, it soon fades. Something too perfect is never a good thing.” But he is determined to hold the reunited jade pendant tight and protect the girl beside him in her moon-white qipao. First-generation leaders, evil doppelgangers: if you dare touch someone he cares about, you’ll have to step over his bones first. And the silver scissors in Jiang Xin’s fingers are ready: poison hides in the needle, and love seals the throat.