Gu Zhen, Yan’s finest covert assassin, lives her entire life devoted to repaying one act of kindness.
During a freezing winter in her youth, Crown Prince Yan Beichen saved her from death with a steamed bun. From then on, she willingly became the sharpest, most ruthless blade in his hands, never questioning right or wrong, good or evil, as she helped him eliminate his greatest rival: Third Prince Yan Beiyuan.
Once the mission was complete, the only thing waiting for her was a cold-blooded attempt to silence her.
Only as blood stained her sword did she finally understand. Every tender gesture had been a scheme, and all her loyalty had been a joke. She closed her eyes in hatred, haunted by endless regret.
When she opened them again, she was lying in a strange, luxurious bed, with Yan Beiyuan, the man she had killed with her own hands, right before her eyes.
After her soul transmigrates to the modern world, she becomes Gu Zhen, the foolish young heiress of the Gu family, who shares her name.
As a child, the original Gu Zhen was hunted by two factions and relied on the young Yan Beiyuan to survive. They exchanged jade pendants and pledged themselves to each other. To protect him, she lured their mortal enemies away alone, only to have her tendons severed and her martial arts crippled. The injuries damaged her mind and left her a fool. Later, she died shielding Yan Beiyuan from an assassin’s blade at a shopping mall, allowing the ancient assassin Gu Zhen to take over her body.
In her past life, she killed him. In this one, she risks her life to save him.
The treacherous Crown Prince Yan Beichen from her past life is reborn as the male lead’s second uncle, still coveting power and harming others at every turn.
Family feuds among the wealthy, gangland power struggles, secret ancient martial arts, and a jade pendant tied to their childhood fate all intertwine.
Once an isolated assassin with no parents, willing to die for love, she now has a father who cherishes her above all else, a beloved bound to her by fate, and immense power in the underworld.
She sheds her foolish persona, uses an assassin’s ruthless methods to bring the gang to heel, and rises to become its leader. In this life, she brings her enemies to justice, finds her faith anew, and spends her life by Yan Beiyuan’s side.
