[Sickly Scholar × Cold-Faced Brocade Guard]
In the waterways of the capital, the frail scholar Shen Zhihan makes a living writing letters and is famous for coughing up blood.
A case involving a skinned bride brings him into the sights of Xiao Yan, a thousand-household commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. One has a sharp eye, the other a swift blade, and together they work in perfect harmony.
He once shielded him from a hidden arrow.
He once helped him escape a deadly trap.
But in the end, Shen Zhihan discovers that the blood he has been coughing up for twenty years is the medicinal catalyst someone has carefully been feeding him. The day the killer’s blade is at his throat, Xiao Yan’s embroidered spring blade is already at the other man’s neck.
“Before you touch him, ask my blade if it agrees.”
Everyone says he won’t live long.
Only Xiao Yan knows he has to stay alive.
