Gentle, stubborn little mountain spirit x cool, restrained, emotionless swordmaster
Between her and him
were thirteen years of misunderstandings and missed chances.
Chi Qingyue and he had nothing to do with each other and never should have.
Then one day, she tried to save her childhood sweetheart, who was on the verge of death, while he sought to destroy a demon lord. The two accidentally wandered into the same abyssal illusion. With no other choice, they played the part of a loving married couple for thirteen years.
To them, those thirteen years passed like a flying knife.
So when they parted, they should have simply turned away and forgotten each other. There was no need to mention that dream of thirteen years, or the deep tenderness they had shared.
But the immortal herb Qingyue had obtained in the illusion was possessed by a demon. After her childhood sweetheart took it, the righteous sects hunted him down.
She fought with all her might and shielded him from the thousands gathered around them.
The leader of the righteous sects struck with his sword, its energy fierce and cold. She looked up in anguish, only to see that the sword's wielder was the man who had been her husband for thirteen years in the illusion.
He controlled the sword, holding its point to her childhood sweetheart's heart, and said to her,
“Come here, and I'll leave his body intact.”
She refused. Protecting her childhood sweetheart, she wept and asked him why.
His eyes darkened. He pressed forward, and the sword plunged into her childhood sweetheart's heart right before her eyes.
Many full moons later, on their bed, she drove a dagger into his heart and asked him that same question again.
But he only laughed, blood trickling down. He looked almost mad.
“Qingyue, you should understand. Since you're my wife, anyone who covets you deserves to die.”
[Keep your heart as it was before, and give it to no one else.]
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Theme: Persistence is victory
