Imaginary dynasty
Miss Down and Out x Crazy Warlord
The wind in Peiping during the Republic of China rustled the curtains of Yutangchun, and also brought the "Buddha" Shen Xuanyi - he stood in the box in a Chinese tunic suit, and the rhythm of his fingertips tapping on the table made Wen Xianyao more flustered than the drumbeats on the stage.
She shocked everyone with her Kunqu opera, so he handed over a silver pipa, decorated with pearls that were her favorite style in childhood; while she was waiting, she pursed her lips and pressed her throat, and he took out the pine nut candy. The sweet smell wrapped in old memories of Jiangnan made her mistakenly recognize her heartbeat.
But Beiping's tenderness is all an illusion. What he wanted was never her drama, but her brother Wen Minglan, who had been missing for three years; what he gave was not a preference, but a bait for clichés. When the silver hairpin on her temples reflected her brother's old traces, and when his cold words of "checking her out" on the phone hit her ears, Wen Yanyao understood: she was singing the tragedy of "La Traviata", but her life had become a piece in his chess game.
When the play resumed, she covered her face with sleeves, and her singing voice hid an edge; his eyes were dark, and his calculations were mixed with hesitation. The foggy night in Peiping is thick. Should they expose each other's masks, or bet on the trap of truth and sincerity and risk a loss-losing situation for both sides?
Intention: double strength