Transmigrate into a book + obsessive love + 1v1, both chaste, happy ending + semi-fictional Republican-era setting + a touch of ensemble drama amid turbulent times + no involvement in the revolution
[Calculating, gentle sun-worshipper ✘ Arrogant, unruly mad-dog outlaw]
My name is Li Wanzhou. I'm a college student who just finished the gaokao.
In 1931, I transmigrated into a book.
In 1931, I met Chen Weiyi.
Amid the chaos of a turbulent era,
I laid a game of chess that would last eighteen years.
And Chen Yi stood at its center.
Chen Yi was an outlaw who made his living killing people. He knew his life was worth little, and that his end would be either killing someone else or being killed himself.
In 1931, he met the person who would change his life forever.
She was clever, rational, and calm, but also unfathomably kind. In his eyes, her temper was almost frighteningly good. More than once, he wished she would be a little more ruthless.
"Wanzhou, if anyone stands in your way, I'll get rid of them for you."
"I'll become the sharpest blade in your hand."
"Chen Weiyi, remember: no matter what kind of trouble you get into, I'll always have your back."
"I'll always be your way out."
There's a saying in Changsha: The Zhou, Liu, and Yang families stand as equals. Whoever kills the head of one of the families can take their place.
Then why does no one make a move?
Because countless people have their eyes on those lofty positions, yet not one has ever succeeded.
One night, five families in Changsha were massacred.
The famous Liu family was among them.
Blood flowed across Changsha, from East Street to West Street, for three days and three nights.
From then on, the renowned Liu family of Changsha changed its surname to Chen.
Excerpt from the Changsha Evening News
