【Female-female leads｜political intrigue｜childhood sweethearts｜mutual devotion｜fated bond｜exclusive love｜happy ending｜two strong leads｜ancient setting｜mystery-solving｜historical romance｜multiverse｜suspense｜period drama｜historical romance｜true love｜strong heroine｜love grows over time｜perfect match｜both leads are virgins｜younger love interest｜revenge｜raising a child｜yuri｜bottom lead｜fictional Ming Dynasty court structure】
A patient, protective older sister type x a younger puppy-like girl who openly has a crush on her. Expected length: around 300,000 words.
When Xie Changning was seven, her parents died.
Zhaozhao, an orphan her father had once saved, grew up alongside her. The two girls and their former servant, Aunt Xun, depended on one another. They squeezed into a dilapidated hut, barely getting by, but they managed.
As a child, Zhaozhao loved clinging to Changning, like a little ball of glutinous rice.
When Zhaozhao grew a little older, she blushed and told Changning, “I like you.”
Xie Changning thought about it for a long time, then said yes.
She understood everything except love. But when it came to Zhaozhao, she could never bring herself to deny her anything she wanted.
Later, she understood. She understood so deeply that she wanted to protect Zhaozhao completely, never letting even a breeze touch her.
But Zhaozhao still died, caught up in an old case that had been buried for more than a decade.
To settle the blood debt and uncover the truth, Xie Changning made her way step by step to the heart of the web.
From the remote town of Xizhen to the capital, where a storm was brewing, she would reclaim every debt, one by one.
She thought revenge’s endless night was all that remained of her life. She didn’t know that deep in that lightless abyss, a glimmer had always been there, guiding her home.
Though mountains and seas may separate them, they will meet again.
