I, Gu Yanzhi, am an incorruptible constable from the capital. Nothing disgusts me more than bandit dens rife with filth and corruption.
Then a bolt of lightning struck, and I became the most lawless bandit queen in the den: Huo Jiu.
From then on, surrounded by a pack of grubby men, I was forced to figure out how to use menstrual pads, while also dealing with her second-in-command, who was “hopelessly in love” with me.
I, Huo Jiu, am the boss of Blackwind Stronghold. Nothing annoys me more than pedantic officials who love to quote the classics.
Then a bolt of lightning struck, and I became the most proper pretty boy in the county yamen: Gu Yanzhi.
From then on, buried under piles of paperwork thicker than the city walls, I had to listen to my colleagues spout classical phrases and pretend I could actually make sense of the case files.
Unable to take it any longer, we started sending messages by carrier pigeon:
“Huo Jiu! If you gamble with my body again, I’ll tear down your stronghold’s flag!”
“Gu Yanzhi! If you make me read one more word, I’ll use all those precious brushes of yours to scrub the latrine!”
As we traded insults, we solved the toughest cases in each other’s most humiliating lives, and came to see... the one heart neither of us should have let stir.
This is a laugh-out-loud story about “me and my archenemy sharing one body, working together, and falling in love along the way.”
It sounds nice 😄