[1970s setting + military marriage + mutual supernatural powers + naturally seductive, porcelain-skinned painter / nemeses across two lives, the Black Iron Rakshasa + sweet romance + family favorite + secret crush + fated rivals]
After her renowned master in the world of calligraphy and painting was implicated, Shen Zhiwei unexpectedly lost her memory and faced being sent to the countryside. Her family hurriedly arranged a marriage for her.
Her cousin Shen Zhaoren had been reborn 99 times and returned ahead of schedule, deliberately stealing the match that had been Shen Zhiwei’s in her previous life: Lu Jingxing, a border officer. Convinced that Lu Jingxing would love her deeply, shower her with wealth and glory, and let her live to 120 before dying peacefully, she claimed him for herself.
Forced by circumstance, Shen Zhiwei married Feng Muye, the nemesis who had come out of nowhere.
The cousins headed to the border military district one after the other, and married on the same day.
After losing her memory, Shen Zhiwei awakened her family’s ability to hear the wind. Overuse left her sleepless and plagued by headaches. Only Feng Muye, who had the same kind of supernatural ability, could calm her, so she drew his portrait to ease her discomfort.
Feng Muye saw through everything but said nothing, quietly guiding her to control her ability.
Once Shen Zhiwei had mastered her power, her memories returned, and she discovered Feng Muye was her nemesis and had been deceiving her all along. “Didn’t you say the organization arranged this marriage, so neither of us had a choice? Divorce!”
Feng Muye carried her back to the bedroom, tossed her onto the bed, and pounced on her, pinning her down. His eyes bloodshot, he said, “There will be no divorce, only widowhood.”
Shen Zhiwei failed to get a divorce and went on to have triplets. Transferred from the publicity department to the security department as a portrait artist, she helped her husband solve countless cases. With him honored and her favored, their life together was blissfully sweet.
Shen Zhaoren and Lu Jingxing’s dramatic divorce ended in the most devastating way.
A hundred lifetimes without light, an obsession turned into a tomb.
