Revenge + playing weak while hiding her strength + reverse forced romance + woman disguised as a man + secret identity
Obsessive, ruthless assassin VS gentle bodhisattva
Historical romance in an alternate setting, no transmigration, no rebirth
Chi Yao, an assassin of the Jiuyou Pavilion, seized power by torturing her master to death. Now she has received the legendary “Jiuyou Heavenly Edict.”
Her target is the Junior Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, famed as an iron-faced judge and a jade-faced bodhisattva.
The head of the assassins accepted the job and took the deposit, but still hasn’t made a move.
When the client presses for an answer, one of her subordinates replies, “Our pavilion master has her own way of doing things. If you’re so capable, go after him yourself.”
The wicked assassin transforms into a lovesick little fox. Instead of killing him, she vows to steal his heart and drag the bodhisattva down from his lotus throne.
She says, “You’re mine. I won’t let anyone who dares hurt you get away with it!”
He asks, “Really? Does that include you?”
She promises, “Pei Huaizhi, if I ever truly hurt you, you won’t have to lift a finger. I’ll cast myself into the Ninefold Hell, never to be reborn.”
When the bodhisattva falls, the satisfaction she expected never comes. Instead, she is overwhelmed by remorse.
“I’ll send you back to that lofty lotus throne, my bodhisattva. Don’t hate me anymore!”
“I’m going to atone for my sins, my bodhisattva. Don’t resent me anymore!”
“All things in this world are illusions. From this day forth, love, hate, and all entanglements will fade away. Pei Huaizhi, you must live to a ripe old age and have a house full of children and grandchildren!”
When no trace of her existence remains in the world, he finally understands. All his hatred and resentment came down to one thing: she did not love him.
In his endless solitude, he asked the birds that paused in the courtyard, the winds that blew from every direction, and the clouds drifting across the sky, “Have any of you seen my A Yu?”
When she returns, she has long forgotten everything that came before. The only thing she remembers is saying, “I never want to see your face again.”
