[Strange and Wonderful Adventure on the Road, a Young Couple Roaming the Jianghu at Their Whim]
◆ A naturally strong butcher woman vs. a gentle, devoted top scholar
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Cen Xia was orphaned and homeless as a child. She studied under a master for three days before he died, leaving behind a mountain of debts. She took over his butcher shop and became a butcher.
Cen Xia was only ten then, short for her age, and relied entirely on brute strength to wield her pig-killing knife.
She kept at it for eight years.
Over those eight years, some married into wealthy families, some married into their wives' families, some lived through romance and moonlit nights, and some pursued grand, passionate lives.
Only Cen Xia remained rough around the edges, carrying the spirit of the Jianghu, and entirely overlooked.
She didn't mind. She practiced spear forms at dawn and read late into the night, becoming the most carefree and uninhibited person in Wangzhou City.
But even someone as carefree as Cen Xia had someone she cared about.
He was Wangzhou City's bright, pure moon, the lofty young lord of the city, and the youngest Crown Prince's Attendant in the Jia Dynasty.
He was also the young man who had stumbled into her pork shop and whom she had mistaken for a poor scholar, and the person Cen Xia had loved for a very, very long time.
Cen Xia always went after what she wanted.
She loved the moon, so she would pluck it from the sky and keep it by her side.
If anyone said they weren't a good match, she'd mount her horse, raise her spear, and run them through.
Most things in life don't go as planned, but Cen Xia was determined to have her way.
The day she stormed the City Lord's residence to steal her bridegroom, Ye Songming looked devastatingly handsome in his red-and-green wedding robes.
The City Lord's residence was rife with undercurrents that day, and Cen Xia took advantage of the chaos to abduct him.
On horseback, Ye Songming called her a bandit, but Cen Xia insisted she was acting as a chivalrous hero.
Cen Xia knew Ye Songming had no desire to serve at court, and he had no answer to that.
Ye Songming: You saved me. From now on, I'll be counting on you, my benefactor.
Ye Songming thought Cen Xia would be delighted. He never expected her to snap her whip and roar:
Cen Xia: I stole you to make you my husband, not to have you repay me!
Back then, Cen Xia didn't yet know what marriage really meant, and nobody had ever taught her how to love someone.
She charged headlong through life, and happened to tumble straight into his heart.
For the first half of Ye Songming's life as a young nobleman, he followed every rule and walked on eggshells. Only twice did he ever make an exception.
The first time was after his parents divorced, when the Xie family of Jinling was massacred. He risked his life to bring his mother's coffin back to the city for burial.
The second was when Cen Xia came to steal him away. He defied every convention to clasp her hand, and never let go again.
Ye Songming was no Buddha who could save all living beings, nor was he some immortal descended to earth.
The world might gild his image, but he only wanted to be the moon for Cen Xia alone.
As for Cen Xia...
She would become the greatest heroine under heaven, a mountain they would never be able to cross.
◆ Reader's Guide | ① Both leads are devoted only to each other; both are strong; episodic road-trip adventure.
② A lighthearted, passionate ensemble Jianghu story, with the author's take on a high-martial-arts wuxia world.
③ Set in an era of many states, with extensive original worldbuilding inspired by the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties.
◆ Please Note | Corrections and constructive criticism are welcome. Unsolicited writing advice, malicious attempts to discourage readers, and claims of borrowing are not.
◆ Blurb | Original timestamp: 2025.11.18 | No characters are based on real people. No substituting other characters for them.
Theme: Though today may surely bring death, I would still fight for you all
