Tomb Raiders Fanfiction: A Series of Stories

At twenty-two, Gu Wan is Qingluan, the number-one assassin on the rankings, and Xie Yuchen's sweet, soft fiancée, whom he cherishes above all else. Sent to an isolated island at six, she survived by personally killing the seventy-eight companions she had grown up with. But on the night before she left the island, thirteen people took turns tormenting her. She lived, bearing a body covered in scars and memories that made it impossible for her to open herself up to anyone again. In the second year after leaving the island, she became Xie Yuchen's fiancée. For a whole year, the man hadn't even dared lay a finger on her. She thought she hid everything well from the person she loved: acting cute, throwing tantrums, tattling, playing the sweetest and most harmless little darling. With a human-skin mask on, she was Qingluan, blowing everything to pieces. But how could the man in her life really know nothing? This time, Xie Yuchen secretly went into a tomb, claiming it was a business trip, when in fact he was taking Wu Xie, Pangzi, Hei Xiazi, and Zhang Qiling into a deadly tomb. He called to check in three times a day, earning Hei Xiazi's teasing nickname of “henpecked husband.” And the moment Xie Yuchen left, his little darling changed outfits and went out on a mission. Deep in the tomb, in a passageway flickering with firelight, he saw someone leaning against the stone wall, smoking. An ugly mask, a backpack full of pink bombs and detonators. Through the swirling smoke, that figure was all too familiar. “Good girl~” Xie Yuchen's voice was impossibly tender, though there was no warmth in his smile. “Will you take it off yourself, or should... I help you?” That night, she learned that the man's quiet, possessive need for control was far more frightening than she had imagined. She also learned that her battered body really could be gently held together, inch by inch, by someone who cared.