The Luckiest Draw (GB)

Shen Mo is the sharpest blade in the Dark Moon Pavilion, yet all he wants is to lie flat.

That changes when his escape fails and he is poisoned with “Heartburn.” The Pavilion Master sends a new watcher: Gu Qingyi.

She is an emotionless “puppet,” and the most beautiful, coldest executioner's blade hanging over his head.

He only wants to be an ordinary person. He only wants to survive. Her mission, however, is to kill him herself when he tries to flee.

At first, he pretends to smile at her and act cute, pressing his bloodstained forehead against her slender shoulder. She only watches in silence, as though observing a plant live and die.

Later, he breaks down amid a mountain of corpses, crying like a child in front of her.

For the first time, she raises a hand and touches his tear-damp cheek.

He thinks he can keep up the act until the day he gets away.

Until she is reprimanded by the Pavilion Master for disobeying orders, her slender figure kneeling in the hall of punishment.

The black sword leaves its scabbard and blocks her path.

With his back to her, covered in blood, his voice hoarse but smiling, he says:

“Since I'm trying so hard... Big Sister Qingyi, remember to feel sorry for me.”

Here's another upcoming novel: Plum Shadows at Sunset, Moonlight Wandering. A sweet girl who's amazing at cooking × a steward eunuch whose mouth is harder than a dead duck's. Gender-bender.

Theme: Flowers bloom in the darkness